Electricity generation from RES in Cyprus

An increase, in absolute numbers, of electricity production from renewable energy sources in the European Union between 2020 and 2021 by 5%, according to figures released by Eurostat, the EU's statistical agency.

However, as noted, due to the large increase in gross energy consumption after the lifting of the measures to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, this increase concerns only 0.1 percentage point in terms of the share of renewables in total energy consumption (from 37 .4% in 2020 to 37.5% in 2021).

In Cyprus the percentage of the use of renewable energy sources was in fifth place from the end, with 14.8%.

However, it is noted that the share of renewables in Cyprus increased in Cyprus compared to 2020, when it was at 12.0%.

This increase has been continuous over the past 20 years as the share stood at 0.019% in 2004, gradually increased to 1.4% by 2010, rose again in 2011 (3.4%), and continued to rise to 8.4 % in 2015. In 2019 the share stood at 9.8% before increasing again to 12.0% in 2020.

According to the data, more than two-thirds of electricity produced from renewable sources in the EU came from wind power (37%) and hydropower (32%). The rest of the electricity from renewables was produced by solar energy (15%), solid biofuels (7%) and other renewable sources (8%).

The largest increase recorded concerns solar energy, as its share was limited to just 1% of electricity consumption in the EU in 2008.

At Member State level, renewables accounted for three quarters of gross electricity consumption in Austria (76.2%, mainly from hydro) and Sweden (75.7%, mainly from hydro and wind).

This was followed by Denmark (62.6%, mainly wind), Portugal (58.4%, wind and hydro) and Croatia (53.5%, mainly hydro).

The lowest rates of renewable energy consumption in 2021 were recorded in Malta (9.7%), Hungary (13.7%), Luxembourg (14.2%), the Czech Republic (14.5%) and Cyprus (14, 8%).

Source: stockwatch.com.cy

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