Recent research has revealed Luxembourg ranks 7th in the countries with the highest solar power consumption.

According to DriveElectric in the UK, whose team analysed the solar capacity of a country compared to its total electricity generation to reveal the countries generating the most energy from solar power, the top ten countries with the highest percentage solar power consumption are presented as follows:

 

Rank

Country

Solar energy

Electricity generation

Percentage of total energy consumption from solar energy

1

Australia

31.2

267.5

11.66%

2

Hungary

3.8

35.8

10.61%

3

Spain

26.8

272.1

9.85%

4

Netherlands

11.4

121.6

9.38%

5

Greece

5.2

55.8

9.32%

6

Italy

25.1

287.2

8.74%

7

Luxembourg

0.2

2.3

8.70%

8

Japan

86.3

1019.7

8.46%

9

Germany

49.0

584.5

8.38%

10

Israel

5.4

73.6

7.34%

 
 
Australia takes first place as the country with the highest solar panel consumption, with 11.66% of its energy coming from solar panels. The adoption of solar power is fast-growing in the country. It is also the fastest-growing generation type, with more than 30% of Australian households having rooftop solar PV, which equates to a combined capacity exceeding 11 GW.
 
Hungary follows in second place with a solar power consumption of 10.61%. Thanks to government support and declining system prices, solar power in Hungary has experienced rapid advancement. In recent years, the country launched its largest solar power plant to date, which is expected to account for 8% of the total domestic solar-generated electricity.
 
Completing the top three countries with the highest solar power consumption is Spain with 9.85%. The country is considered a world leader in solar power production. Spain’s solar power capacity is expected to see strong growth as its energy strategy could accommodate an additional 65 GW of photovoltaic (PV) capacity installation by 2030.
 
Further findings:
  • Denmark consumes more renewable energy than any other country, with 40.3% of the country's energy produced from renewable sources.
  • China takes first place as the country with the highest railway usage with 946,499 million passenger kilometres in a year.
  • India has had the biggest increase in EV sales, surging by 300% after almost hitting 50,000 battery electric vehicle sales in 2022.
  • With one of the world's most extensive nuclear power programmes, France tops the list as the country with the highest nuclear energy consumption with over a third (36.5%) of its energy coming from nuclear power.
  • Norway’s hydroelectricity consumption is the highest in the world with hydroelectricity accounting for 65.9% of the total Norwegian power production.
The full study is available here.