Renewables accounted for 22.58% of Bulgaria’s energy use in 2023
In 2023, about 22.58 per cent of gross final energy consumption in Bulgaria came from renewable sources, up from 19 per cent in 2022, European Union statistics agency Eurostat said on December 19.
The figures posted by Eurostat go back to 2014. That year, about 18.05 per cent of gross final energy consumption in Bulgaria came from renewable sources.
In 2023, 24.5 per cent of gross final energy consumption in the EU came from renewable sources, up by 1.4 percentage points compared with 2022.
This share is 18 percentage points (pp) short of meeting the 2030 target (42.5 per cent), which would require an annual average increase of 2.6 pp from 2024 to 2030, Eurostat said.
Sweden ranked first among EU countries, with two-thirds (66.4 per cent) of its gross final energy consumption coming from renewable sources in 2023.
Sweden primarily relied on solid biofuels, hydro and wind. Finland followed with 50.8 per cent, also relying on solid biofuels, wind and hydro, while Denmark came in third with 44.9 per cent, with most of its renewable energy sourced from solid biofuels and wind.
The lowest shares of renewables were recorded in Luxembourg (11.6 per cent), Belgium (14.7 per cent) and Malta (15.1 per cent).
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