More than 70% of the European Union's electricity comes from domestic clean sources, namely renewables and nuclear.

Omissions

• The 'more than 70%' figure is only just above the threshold: Eurostat's components (47.3% renewables + ~23% nuclear in 2025) sum to approximately 70.3%, so the margin over 70% is razor-thin.
• The claim aggregates two distinct Eurostat indicators (renewable share and nuclear share) into a single combined figure that Eurostat does not publish as one statistic.
• 'Clean' is a contestable label for nuclear power, which is low-carbon but not renewable; the framing bundles renewables and nuclear as 'home-grown and clean'.
• Eurostat's 47.3% refers to electricity generated, while a related Eurostat indicator (renewable share of electricity consumed) stood at 49.9% in 2025 — the choice of metric affects the total.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat — 47% of EU's electricity came from renewables in 2025In 2025, 47.3% of the electricity generated in the EU came from renewable energy sources. This represents a slight increase from 2024
• PrimaryEurostat — Energy in Europe, 2026 edition (interactive publication)23% of the electricity generated in the EU comes from nuclear power stations, 18% of the electricity generated in the EU comes from windmills
• PrimaryEurostat — Renewable energy supply grew by 3.4% in 2024Nuclear plants produced 0.65 million GWh or 23.4% of the EU electricity production, reflecting a 4.8% increase in production compared with 2023