EUROPE: Cyprus has low share of energy from renewable resources in transport

Cyprus had one of the lowest shares of energy from renewable sources in transport at 2.6% against the EU average of 7.6% for 2017.

The three Member States with the lowest shares of energy from renewable sources in transport were Estonia (0.4 %), Croatia (1.2%) and Greece (1.8 %) followed by Latvia and then Cyprus 5^th from bottom.

The share of energy from renewable sources used for transport in the European Union stood at 7.6% in 2017, compared with 3.1% in 2007.

Although the share has been increasing steadily in recent years across the EU, only two Member States were above the 2020 target share of 10 % in 2017: Sweden (38.6%) and Finland (18.8%).

These two countries also had the highest increases in shares between 2016 and 2017 among the EU Member States: + 9.8 percentage points for Finland and + 4.8 percentage points for Sweden.

While Austria (9.7%) and France (9.1%) were relatively close to achieving the 10 % target, most countries had shares between 5% and 8%.

In the transport sector, renewable energy sources typically include liquid biofuels, hydrogen, and biomethane.

More generally, renewable energy sources also cover wind power, solar power (thermal, photovoltaic and concentrated), hydro power, tidal power, geothermal energy, ambient heat captured by heat pumps, and the renewable part of waste.