Among the EU member states, Sweden had by far the highest share of renewables, with 52.6 percent of energy from renewable sources in its gross final consumption of energy, Eurostat said. According to figures from Eurostat , the European Union 's statistical office , the share of energy consumption from renewable energy reached 16 % in 2014 . In 2004 , when the data was first published , the share of consumption provided by renewable energy was 8.5 % . The figures show that Sweden has the highest share of renewable energy at 52.6 % , followed by Latvia and Finland with 38.7 % while in the UK the share was only 7 % ; the EU is expecting a 20 % share of energy from renewable energy by 2020 .
According to figures from Eurostat , the European Union 's statistical office , the share of energy consumption from renewable energy reached 16 % in 2014 . In 2004 , when the data was first published , the share of consumption provided by renewable energy was 8.5 % . The figures show that Sweden has the highest share of renewable energy at 52.6 % , followed by Latvia and Finland with 38.7 % while in the UK the share was only 7 % ; the EU is expecting a 20 % share of energy from renewable energy by 2020 .