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Share of EU energy consumption from renewable sources, 2005–2050

Figure Created 10 Dec 2019 Published 11 Dec 2019 Last modified 11 Dec 2019

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Topics: Energy Climate change mitigation

The solid line shows the development of the share of renewables in EU energy consumption based on historic data. The dashed lines show expected progress to 2020 based on projection data. The dots illustrate the 2020, 2030 targets.The 2050 scenario range illustrates the an average of eight scenarios published in the Commission's 2050 long term strategy.

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Methodology:: Based on:
• Renewable energy data from Eurostat, reported by MS under the Energy Statistics Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 and the Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC) and published in the SHARES - SHort Assessment of Renewable Energy Sources tool.

Targets and trajectories based on:
• Part A and B of Annex 1 of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC
• European Commission: A policy framework for climate and energy in the period from 2020 to 2030
• 2050 Long term stategy
Units:: % RES shares in gross final energy consumption
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: European Topic Centre on Air pollution and Climate change mitigation (ETC/ACM)
Figure type:: Graph

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