In the European Union, 11.2% of all transport runs on energy from renewable sources. These figures for 2024 exceed the previous year's figure by 0.2%.
According to Eurostat, the share of transport using renewable energy sources began to be tracked in 2004. At that time, it was only 1.4%. Overall, the EU's goal in the eco-transport sector is to reach a target of 29%.
On different sides of the ranking
Sweden has the largest share of renewable energy in the transport sector among EU countries, at 26.4%. Finland is also among the top three leaders with 20.3%, followed by the Netherlands with 19.7%.
Croatia is the anti-leader. There, renewable energy powers only 0.9% of all transport. Greece (3.9%) and the Czech Republic (5.7%) also have low levels of eco-transport.
Source: ec.europa.eu.
Dynamics of greening the transport sector
Between 2023 and 2024, 19 European Union countries showed an increase in the use of RES in the industry. The largest increase was recorded in Latvia (+7.4%) and the Netherlands (+6.2%).
While remaining the leader in terms of RES implementation in transport, Sweden actually lost 7.2% of this indicator. In 2023, it stood at 33.6%, making the country the first among all EU member states to reach the target.
A decrease in the share of RES was recorded in seven other countries, but it fluctuated between 0.1% and 0.8%.
Earlier, EcoPolitic reported that since 2024, the electric car market in Ukraine has grown 2.5 times.
