site.bta23.7% of Electricity in Bulgaria Comes from Renewables in Q1, 2025

In the first quarter of 2025, 42.5% of net electricity generated in the EU came from renewable energy sources, a 4.3 percentage points decrease compared to the same period last year, Eurostat reported on Thursday. Electricity from renewable sources in Bulgaria accounted for 23.7% of net electricity generated in the country, a yearly decline of 0.6 percentage points.

Among EU Member States in the first quarter of 2025, Denmark had the highest share of renewables in net electricity generated with 88.5%, followed by Portugal with 86.6% and Croatia with 77.3%. The lowest shares of renewables were recorded in Czechia with 13.4%, Malta with 14.4% and Slovakia with 15.1%.

Most of the electricity generated from renewable sources in the EU in the first quarter of 2025 came from wind with 42.5%, followed by hydro with 29.2%, solar with 18.1%, combustible renewable fuels with 9.8%, and geothermal energy with 0.5%.