In 2024, 47.5% of the electricity consumed in the EU came from renewables and 23.4% of renewable electricity came from solar energy (Eurostat, January 2026). June 2025 was the first month in history where solar energy was the main source of electricity generated in the EU at 22%. Source: SolarPower Europe
The production volume of electricity from solar photovoltaic power in the European Union has been steadily increasing in the last years. In 2024, the EU's solar PV power production stood at over 296 terawatt-hours.
Source: SolarPower Europe The EU solar generation capacity keeps increasing and reached, according to SolarPower Europe, an estimated 406 GW in 2025. The EU has long been a front-runner in the roll-out of solar energy. Under the European Green Deal and the REPowerEU plan, solar power is a building block of the EU's transition to cleaner energy.
Solar became the EU's largest source of electricity for the first time in June 2025. National records for solar and wind rolled in across EU countries in May and June, pushing coal to an all-time low. In June 2025, solar was the largest source of EU electricity for the first time, with multiple countries producing record amounts of solar power.
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