Summary european landscape

The purpose of this section is to establish a comparison between the European countries belonging to ENTSO-E in the different aspects of the electricity system. For this purpose, public information available on the ENTSO-E Transparency Platform has been used. This information is protected under Regulation (EU) No. 543/2013, which establishes common and homogeneous criteria that must be used by all member countries. Therefore, there may be some discrepancies with the rest of the sections for the specific case of Spain, where consolidated data on measures with national scope are used.

In 2024, the demand for the entire ENTSO-E member countries increased by 1.4% compared to 2023. Renewable energy generation once again demonstrated its significant role in Europe, with the share of renewable energy generation in relation to total generation rising from 45.9% in 2023 to 48.4% in 2024. Installed solar capacity surpassed wind power technology for the first time, becoming the second most important technology in the European generation mix, only behind traditional thermal (gas and coal). In the realm of international exchanges, the pattern from the previous year was repeated, with France continuing as the country with the largest export balance and Italy as the largest importer, with 87 TWh and 50 TWh, respectively.