---
title: "Half of Europe’s Electricity Set to Be from Renewables by 2030"
description: "Europe will likely get more than half of its electricity from renewable sources by the end of the next decade if EU countries meet their climate pledges."
date: "2015-07-07"
modified: "2015-08-13"
authors:
  - name: "Elise Bailey"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/bailey"
url: "https://futurism.com/half-of-europes-electricity-set-to-be-from-renewables-by-2030"
categories:
  - "Energy"
  - "Science & Energy"
tags:
  - "energy"
---

# Half of Europe’s Electricity Set to Be from Renewables by 2030

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- “Reaching the European Union 2030 energy and climate objectives means the share of renewables is likely to reach 50% of installed electricity capacity,” says the consultation paper, due to be published on 15 July.
- The EU has set itself a goal of cutting emissions 40% on 1990 levels by 2030, and an aspiration for a 27% share for renewables across Europe’s full energy mix, which includes sectors such as transport, agriculture and buildings that do not necessarily rely on electricity. Around a quarter of Europe’s electricity currently comes from renewable sources.
- Oliver Joy, a spokesman for the European Wind Energy Association welcomed the draft text but noted the 27% goal for 2030 was non-binding, and some countries were looking likely to even miss an earlier goal, for 2020, that is binding.