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Nearly 50% of electricity in the EU generated from renewable sources but electricity prices remain high

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According to the latest statistics issued by Eurostat, up 47.5% of all electricity in the EU was generated from renewable energy sources with a 2.1% increase from the previous year. The renewable energy sources were composed of wind, with up to 38%, hydro-power with up to 26.4% and solar power with up to 23.4%.

Austria has the highest rate of energy created by renewable energy sources with up to 90.1% of its energy by renewables with most of it being hydro-power. Austria is followed by Sweden with up to 88.1% mostly with hydro and wind and Denmark with up to 79.7% with mostly wind.

The countries generating the lowest share of electricity from renewables are Malta with up to 10.7%, Czechia with 17.9% and Luxembourg with up to 20.5%.

Denmark has some of the highest electricity prices in the EU despite its overwhelming use of renewable energy sources.  Malta has some of the lowest electricity prices in the EU due to significant subsidies.

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