Balgarianovinite.com Bulgaria is among the European Union (EU) member states that recorded the sharpest decline in the share of renewable energy sources used for heating and cooling in 2024, with a year-on-year decrease of 1.9 percentage points, according to the latest data released by Eurostat on Monday.
At EU level, the use of renewable energy sources for heating and cooling continued to rise, with their share reaching 26.7% in 2024, which is the highest level since the start of comparable statistics in 2004, when the indicator stood at 11.7%. Compared with 2023, the share increased by 0.5 percentage points, remaining below the average annual increase of 0.75 percentage points recorded over the 2004–2024 period.
In absolute terms, the gross final consumption of renewable energy for heating and cooling purposes in the EU has gradually increased over time, mostly due to the contribution of biomass and heat pumps.
The EU Directive 2023/2413 of October 18, 2023 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources requires each EU country to increase its annual average share of renewables in heating and cooling by at least 0.8 percentage points from 2021 to 2025 and by at least 1.1 percentage points from 2026 to 2030. At EU level, the annual average increased by 0.93 percentage points from 2021 to 2024.
Among the EU countries in 2024, Sweden had the highest share of renewables in heating and cooling (67.8%), followed by Finland (62.6%) and Latvia (61.8%). By contrast, the lowest shares were recorded in Ireland (7.9%), the Netherlands and Belgium (both 11.3%).
Compared with 2023, 16 EU member states reported an increase in the share of renewable energy used for heating and cooling in 2024. The largest rise was seen in Malta, up by 6.0 percentage points, followed by Luxembourg (+3.7 percentage points) and Denmark (+1.9 percentage points).
The steepest decline was recorded in Estonia, down by 11.1 percentage points, followed by Greece (-2.9 percentage points) and Bulgaria (-1.9 percentage points). Bulgaria Records 1.9-Percentage-Point Drop in Renewable Energy Use for Heating and Cooling in 2024 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-01-26 14:02:10 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law