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The EU''s electricity transition reached a new milestone in 2025 with wind and solar generating more power than fossil fuels.
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The EU''s electricity transition reached a new milestone in 2025 with wind and solar generating more power than fossil fuels.
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The EU solar sector continues its upward trajectory, with mid-2025 figures confirming robust growth. SolarPower Europe''s latest analysis highlights
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The revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive will speed up the uptake of solar photovoltaics and solar thermal – both on residential and non-residential buildings - and increase the possibilities
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Wind and solar generated more EU electricity than fossil fuels for the first time in 2025, marking a “major milestone” in the transition to clean power.
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Solarpower Europe offers a new online tool to compare the solar ambition of the EU27 member states.
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Solar energy Solar power is a safe and cost-competitive renewable energy source. The EU solar energy strategy will contribute to repowering the EU.
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The European Solar Charter marks the latest step in the Commission''s actions to support solar panel manufacturing in Europe. Previous measures include, amongst others, a proposal for a
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This Commission department is responsible for the EU''s energy policy: secure, sustainable, and competitively priced energy for Europe.
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This article shines a light on the rapid growth of solar energy in Europe in recent years and its benefits for both consumers and the EU as a whole. Solar technology at a glance A range of
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The EU has doubled its solar capacity in the last three years. How have subsidies made this possible, what support is still available, and what still
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The EU installed a record 27.1 GWh of new battery storage capacity in 2025, driven by utility-scale projects that accounted for over half of new additions as the bloc races to build the
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The report reveals a 92% decline in solar growth and a drop in investment in the EU solar sector in 2024. It warns of system challenges,
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Fast-forward to 2022, and wind and solar power alone generated 22% of EU electricity, compared with natural gas at 20% and coal generating 16%. Hydro and nuclear power still make up
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Source: SolarPower Europe The EU solar generation capacity keeps increasing and reached, according to SolarPower Europe, an estimated 406 GW in 2025. The EU has long been a front-runner in the
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The European Solar Charter, signed on 15 April 2024, sets out a series of voluntary actions to be undertaken to support the EU photovoltaic sector.
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This shift comes as solar generation reached a record level in Europe in 2025, according to the report, producing more than 340 TWh. This lifted solar''s share in the EU power mix to 12.6%, its
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The bulk of the demand for solar modules in Europe is covered by imports from a single supplier, China, a concentration that creates short-term risks for the resilience ofthe value chain and long-term risks
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Solar energy is one of the world''s most abundant and easily accessible sources of renewable power. But how well do you know it? Several distinct technologies harness the sun''s
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The European solar market slows to 65.5 GW of new installations in 2024, marking just a 4% growth compared to 2023. Explore the challenges and
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