In 2019, renewable energy accounted for 22.1 percent of total energy use for heating and cooling in the European Union, according to Eurostat. The EU share of energy from renewable sources for heating and cooling (households, industrial processes, hospitals, schools, etc.) almost doubled, from 11.7 percent in 2004 to 22.1 percent in 2019. Among the EU Member States, the share of energy from renewable sources in heating and cooling was more than half in Sweden (66.1 percent), Latvia (57.8 percent), Finland (57.5 percent) and Estonia (52.3 percent). At the other side of the scale, the EU Member States with a share of energy from renewable sources in heating and cooling of less than 10 percent were Ireland (6.3 percent), the Netherlands (7.1 percent), Belgium (8.3 percent) and Luxembourg (8.7 percent). Iceland recorded a very high share of energy from renewable sources in heating and cooling (79.4 percent), informed Eurostat.
