US EditionSolar Becomes Europe's Main Energy Source in June: Consultants
EUROPEAN UNION, JUL 9 – Solar power generated 22.1% of EU electricity in June 2025, surpassing nuclear and fossil fuels amid heatwaves and increased renewable capacity, Ember data shows.
- In June 2025, solar power generated 22.1 percent of the EU's electricity, surpassing nuclear and fossil fuels.
- Thirteen EU member states, including the Netherlands with 40.5 percent and Greece with 35.1 percent, set monthly solar power records.
- Electricity from coal fell to 6.1 percent, the lowest level on record, down from 8.8 percent a year earlier.
- Nearly nine in ten Europeans support increasing renewable energy, according to the European Commission.
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Photovoltaic power production peaked in June in some ten EU countries, according to the Ember think tank.
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This is the first time that solar energy has dethroned nuclear power over a month. 13 countries have broken their own record of photovoltaic production solar energy was the first in June.
For the first time, solar energy has supplied more electricity in the EU than wind power or nuclear energy. According to the Ember think tank, the share of coal in June was low than ever.
Solar energy has been the largest source of electricity in the European Union for the first time last month, but at the same time the share of fossil fuels in electricity production has not decreased.
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