Latvia ranks third among European Union (EU) Member States in terms of reliance on renewable energy sources, reveals the latest data from Eurostat.
With more than half of the country’s energy from renewable sources in its gross final consumption of energy, Sweden (62.6%, relying mostly on a mix of biomass, hydro, wind, heat pumps and liquid biofuels) reported the highest share among EU Member States in 2021. It came ahead of Finland (43.1%) and Latvia (42.1%) (both using mostly biomass and hydro), Estonia (37.6%, relying mostly on biomass and wind), Austria (36.4%, mostly hydro and biomass) and Denmark (34.7%, mostly biomass and wind).
