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 2025, the demand for the entire ENTSO-E member countries increased by 0.5% compared to 2024. Renewable energy generation once again demonstrated its significant role in Europe, even though the share of renewable energy generation in relation to total generation has dropped slightly, going from 48.4% in 2024 to 47.9% in 2025. Installed solar capacity remains, for yet another year, the second most important technology in the European generation fleet, steadily closing the gap with conventional thermal generation (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 98 TWh and 52 TWh, respectively.