The EU renewables directive has set targets to member states for the amount of energy from renewable sources. The following table shows information held by the Department for each of the EU member states, on a comparable basis for 1995 and 2005, as well as the normalised hydro basis, as calculated by Eurostat, for 2005.
The Department does not hold information on the proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources in each of the EU member states—this can be found on the Eurostat website.
Share of renewable sources in final consumption of energy, 1995 Share of renewable sources in final consumption of energy, 2005 Share of renewable sources in final consumption of energy, 2005, after normalisation of hydro Sweden 35.7 40.8 39.8 Latvia 30.2 35.5 34.9 Finland 25.3 28.5 28.5 Austria 26.0 23.0 23.3 Romania 9.3 19.2 17.8 Estonia 9.3 18.0 18.0 Portugal 22.8 17.0 20.5 Denmark 8.3 17.0 17.0 Lithuania 9.5 15.1 15.0 Slovenia 13.2 14.9 16.0 Bulgaria 2.6 10.6 9.4 France 11.4 9.5 10.3 Spain 8.2 7.6 8.7 Greece 7.9 7.5 6.9 Poland 6.0 7.2 7.2 Slovakia 3.8 6.9 6.7 Czech Republic 2.2 6.3 6.1 Germany 2.3 5.9 5.8 Italy 4.3 4.6 5.2 Hungary 3.5 4.3 4.3 Ireland 2.0 3.0 3.1 Cyprus 2.3 2.9 2.9 Netherlands 1.2 2.4 2.4 Belgium 1.1 2.2 2.2 UK 1.0 1.3 1.3 Luxembourg 0.8 0.9 0.9 Malta 0.0 0.0 0.0
The proportion of UK electricity generation from renewable sources for 2006 and 2007 are given in the following table. Data for 2008 will be available on 25 June 2009.
UK electricity generation (GWh) UK electricity generation from renewables (GWh) Renewables share of generation (percentage) 2006 397,855 18,116 4.6 2007 396,142 19,664 5.0 Source: Digest of UK Energy Statistics, 2008, tables 5.6 and 7.4, as updated on 23 December 2008. Available at: http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/statistics/publications/dukes/page45537.html