The share of cleaner electricity and renewables is highest in the Nordic countries and the electricity is the cheapest there.

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• The claim refers to 'today' (May 2026), but the most recent available data is from 2025 — Q1 2025 for renewable electricity shares and H2 2025 for electricity prices. This is a normal statistical lag and the data is sufficiently recent to support the claim.
• The claim says 'the Nordics' broadly, but only three Nordic countries are EU members (Denmark, Sweden, Finland). Norway and Iceland are Nordic but not in the EU. Within the EU context, the claim holds for the three Nordic EU member states.
• The Eurostat electricity price source refers specifically to non-household consumers. However, the IEA confirms the same pattern for wholesale prices, and Euronews data suggests household prices also follow a similar Nordic-low pattern.
• The claim groups 'cleaner electricity and renewables' together without distinguishing between the two concepts. The verified metric is the share of electricity from renewable sources, which is the standard EU indicator.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Environment Agency (EEA)Sweden, Finland and Denmark had the highest RES shares among Member States in 2024 due to strong hydro industries (Sweden and Finland), wind power (Denmark) and biomass.
• PrimaryEurostat — Electricity price statisticsThe lowest prices were observed in Finland (€0.0748 per kWh) and Sweden (€0.0970 per kWh). The EU average price in the second half of 2025 was €0.1837 per kWh.
• PrimaryInternational Energy Agency (IEA) — Electricity Mid-Year Update 2025Electricity prices in the Nordics remained the lowest in Europe, falling by more than 20% year-on-year in H1 2025 to an average of about USD 40/MWh.
• SecondaryBalticWind.EU (citing Eurostat)Among EU countries, in the first quarter of 2025 Denmark had the highest share of renewables in net electricity generated with 88.5%, followed by Croatia (78.5%) and Sweden (73.5%).