Almost 40 % of the electricity consumed in the EU comes from power stations burning fossil fuels Around 21 % of the final energy we consume is electricity and it comes from different sources. In the EU in 2019, 39 % of the electricity consumed came from power stations burning fossil fuels and 35 % from renewable energy sources, while 26 % came from nuclear power plants. Among the renewable energy sources, the highest share of electricity consumed came from wind turbines (13 %), hydropower plants (12 %), biofuels (6 %) and solar power (4 %).