Per Ember:
« The EU’s transition to clean power reached a tipping point in 2025 as wind and solar generated more electricity than fossil sources for the first time. Wind and solar generated 30.1% of EU electricity in 2025 (841 TWh), while all fossil power sources generated 29.0% (809 TWh).
Over the past decade, wind and solar have shown a consistent upward trend. This accelerated in the past five years, when their share of EU power increased by over 10 percentage points (from 19.7% in 2020 to 30.1 % in 2025). This is in stark contrast with the decline in fossil power over the same period, falling by almost 8 percentage points from 36.7% of the EU power in 2020 to 29.0% in 2025….
For the majority of EU countries, wind and solar have become central in the electricity mix. In 2025, wind and solar generated more electricity than all fossil sources in 14 of the 27 EU countries. Two countries achieved this milestone for the first time in 2025: the Netherlands and Croatia. In the Netherlands this was due to strong solar growth (+31% compared to 2024), whereas Croatia’s result was pushed by strong growth in solar and wind output (+57% and +19% compared to 2024, respectively). Largely thanks to strong growth in solar generation, formerly coal-heavy countries such as Greece, Bulgaria and Slovenia are very close to reaching this tipping point. »
Source: EinSV