Some 26.4% of the energy used by Sweden‘s transport network comes from renewable sources, new data has shown.
According to the Eurostat data, other European countries to report a notably high share of renewable energy in their transport networks include Finland (20.3%) and the Netherlands (19.7%).
The lowest shares were recorded in Croatia (0.9%), Greece (3.9%) and Czechia (5.7%), the data showed.
Renewable energy
At a European level, the share of renewable energy in the transport network stood at 11.2% in 2024, up marginally (+0.2 percentage points) on the previous year, and close to ten times that of 2024 (1.4%).
Several countries reported an increase in the use of renewable energy in transport between 2023 and 2024, led by Latvia (+7.4 percentage points) and the Netherlands (+6.2 percentage points), while Sweden reported the biggest decrease, of 7.2 percentage points.
Other countries saw smaller decreases, ranging from 0.1 percentage points (Greece and Cyprus) to 0.8 percentage points (Slovenia), Eurostat‘s data showed.
Short of targets
Despite the progress made in powering transport networks with renewable energy across the bloc, the EU remains well short of its 2030 target of 29%, meaning a significant investment will be required between now and the end of the decade.
Notably, instead of meeting the 29% target, countries can opt to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of transport fuels by at least 14.5% by 2030.
Among the main renewable energy sources used in Europe’s transport networks are liquid biofuels, biomethane, and renewable electricity, the latter of which is primarily used for road and rail vehicles. Read more here.
