Share of renewables in electricity production rises

The share of solid fossil fuels (hard coal, brown coal and coal products) in electricity production declined over the last two decades in the region and in the whole EU. Actually, Poland and Czechia are the only two remaining producers of hard coal in the EU. Although, Poland keeps using hard coal as a major source for electricity generation, the share of solid fossil fuels in electricity generation declined from 90% in 2002 to 70% in 2022. Further, brown coal (that is coal with lower energy content) is used in electricity generation by nine EU countries. Slovakia, Hungary and Croatia, on the other hand have the lowest share of solid fossil fuels in electricity generation within the region. Setting the climate goals helps the share of renewables and biofuels to keep growing. In fact, in the EU more electricity is generated using renewables and biofuels than solid fossil fuels. In the region, Croatia leads in terms of use of renewables in electricity generation (more than 60% share).