Ranked: EU nations with cleanest energy mix to save 58% more on bills

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Apr 22, 2026 · 1105 words · By Liam Gilliver

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Consumers in five EU countries will save up to €8.5 billion on their energy bills this year, compared to those with the dirtiest energy mix.

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What happened

Consumers in five EU countries will save up to €8.5 billion on their energy bills this year, compared to those with the dirtiest energy mix.

Why it matters

EU countries with the cleanest energy mix will be cushioned from the soaring price of oil and gas, as the war on Iran continues to highlight the true cost of fossil fuel reliance.

Common ground

Within two days after strikes hit the Middle East, Dutch TTF (the benchmark for wholesale gas prices across Europe) prices spiked by 68 per cent to €52.8 per megawatt-hour, the highest level in two years.

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Claim 1: “gas continues to be used as the single largest source of electricity in the country [Netherlands].”

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Claim 2: “the conflict began (€31.5 per MWh)”

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The evidence mentions a price of 31.57% compared to last year in one search result, but does not confirm a specific price of €31.5 per MWh before the conflict began.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran war fuel crisis is an ongoing worldwide fuel crisis caused by the war between Iran and the U.S.-Israel coalition. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, through which around 20% of the wor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war_fuel_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Iran war, including the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, has led to what the International Energy Agency has characterized as the "largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil m…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_impact_of_the_2026_Ir…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Global energy crisis (2021–2023) has caused varying effects in different parts of the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_effects_of_the_2021–2…

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Claim 3: “consumers in five EU countries particularly – Denmark, Finland, France, Sweden and Slovakia – that benefit from the highest clean energy share in their electricity mix.”

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Claim 4: “Hungary has also shown a greater sensitivity to gas prices compared to 2022, rising by 22 per cent year-on-year.”

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Claim 5: “Poland... registering a 48 per cent year-on-year growth in renewables since 2022”

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Claim 6: “This increased dependency, which constituted 13 per cent of the total in 2025, has meant that sensitivity to gas prices has also risen by 87 per cent.”

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Claim 7: “At the beginning of this week (Monday 20 April) Dutch TTF was trading at a much lower €40.2 per MWh.”

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The provided evidence includes general historical price links but does not contain the specific price of €40.2 per MWh for Monday, April 20.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The economic consequences of the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) began in late February 2022, in the days after Russia recognized two breakaway Ukrainian republics and launched an invasion of Ukrai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_consequences_of_the_R…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tuvalu ( too-VAH-loo) is an archipelagic country in the Polynesian sub-region of Oceania in the Pacific Ocean, about midway between Hawaii and Australia. It lies east-northeast of the Santa Cruz Isla…
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Claim 8: “Consumers in five EU countries will save up to €8.5 billion on their energy bills this year, compared to those with the dirtiest energy mix.”

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Multiple independent web search results confirm that consumers in five EU countries with the cleanest energy mix will save up to €8.5 billion on energy bills compared to those with the dirtiest mix.

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web search NEUTRAL — Consumers in five EU countries will save up to €8.5 billion on their energy bills this year, compared to those with the dirtiest energy mix.
https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/22/five-european-countries-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Consumers in the five EU countries (Denmark, Finland, France, Sweden and Slovakia) with the highest clean energy share in their electricity mix will save up to EUR 8.5 bn on their bills this year, com…
https://energyandcleanair.org/eu-countries-with-cleanest-ene…

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web search NEUTRAL — The report says that these nations will save €8.5 billion on their energy bills this year. This will reduce bills by 58 per cent compared to countries with the dirtiest mix (Poland, Italy, Greece, Est…
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/five-european-countries-save-58-03…

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Claim 9: “99 per cent of its electricity met with clean energy”

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Claim 10: “On average, for every €1 rise in the price of gas, Sweden records a mere €0.04/MWh rise in wholesale electricity prices.”

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Claim 11: “both countries’ sensitivity to gas price shocks has dropped by 53 per cent.”

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Claim 12: “In March, liquified natural gas (LNG) exports to the EU dropped by 11 per cent.”

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The evidence provides general information about LNG and the 2026 fuel crisis, but does not contain the specific statistic that LNG exports to the EU dropped by 11% in March.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is natural gas (predominantly methane, CH4, with some mixture of ethane, C2H6) that has been cooled to liquid form for ease and safety of non-pressurized storage or transpo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquefied_natural_gas

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yamal LNG (Russian: ОАО "Ямал СПГ") is a joint venture led by Novatek based around a liquefied natural gas plant located in Sabetta at the north-east of the Yamal Peninsula, northwest Siberia, Russia.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamal_LNG

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Claim 13: “power generation from the commodity [gas] rise by 132 per cent in 2025 compared to 2022”

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Claim 14: “Spain and Portugal are also benefitting from accelerating investment in renewables, having seen a 21 per cent growth in clean energy in 2025 compared to 2022.”

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Claim 15: “In 2025, every €1/MWh rise in gas price led to a €0.37 per MWh rise in electricity prices – an eight per cent reduction from 2022.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the specific price correlation of €0.37 per MWh in 2025.

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Claim 16: “Gas has traditionally played an outsized role in centralised electricity production in the Netherlands (22 per cent)”

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Claim 17: “For every €1 increase in the price of gas, Poland sees a €0.36 per MWh rise in electricity.”

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Claim 18: “investments in clean energy, whose share towards electricity generation in the EU grew by 14 per cent in 2025, compared to 2022”

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Claim 19: “coal, which remains essential to over half of the total electricity production in the country [Poland].”

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Claim 20: “Within two days after strikes hit the Middle East, Dutch TTF (the benchmark for wholesale gas prices across Europe) prices spiked by 68 per cent to €52.8 per megawatt-hour, the highest level in two years.”

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While Wikipedia confirms a '2026 Iran war fuel crisis' and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the specific price spike of 68% to €52.8 per MWh within two days is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence. The web search results provide different dates and prices (e.g., May 8, 2026 at €43.99).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Global energy crisis (2021–2023) has caused varying effects in different parts of the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional_effects_of_the_2021–2…

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Claim 21: “A new report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) found that despite a sharp rise in prices and growing fears over dwindling supplies, the bloc remains “better protected” from price sensitivity than in 2022”

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Multiple web search results confirm a CREA report stating the EU is better protected from price sensitivity than in 2022 due to an increase in clean energy.

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web search NEUTRAL — Which EU countries are the most sheltered from rising gas prices? Every single EU member state has seen its sensitivity to gas price movements reduce in recent years, following an increase in clean en…
https://renewables.az/en/news/five-european-countries-will-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — Despite the sharp rise in prices and fears over supplies, CREA analysis found that the bloc remains better protected from price sensitivity than in 2022 — the last energy crisis for the bloc in the af…
https://energyandcleanair.org/eu-countries-with-cleanest-ene…

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web search NEUTRAL — Why is gas so important for the EU and for Europeans? Gas is mainly used for power generation, household heating and industrial processes. Around 30% of households in the EU are heated using gas. The …
https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/infographics/where-does-t…

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Claim 22: “This has largely been spearheaded by a 74 per cent boom in solar.”

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Claim 23: “Sweden came out victorious as the EU state with the least sensitivity to gas price shocks, according to data from 2025.”

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Claim 24: “The Netherlands, despite recording a 31 per cent increase in clean power generation, remains more sensitive to gas prices than 2022.”

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Claim 25: “Iran’s stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, a 38km passage that carries around one-fifth of global oil and gas supplies.”

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Wikipedia and multiple web sources confirm that the Strait of Hormuz carries approximately 20% of the world's oil/energy supplies. While the exact width (38km) is not explicitly in the snippets, the 20% figure is verified by Wikipedia and EIA estimates.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 19 March 2026, the United States began an aerial campaign against Iranian targets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz following its closure by Iran in response to the attacks by the United States and Is…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_campaign

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Strait of Hormuz () is a waterway between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. On the north coast lies Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam Peninsula under the Musandam Governorate of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz

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Claim 26: “Last year, for every €1 rise in the price of gas, Spain and Portugal’s joint production zone saw a €0.089 rise in price per MWh”

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Claim 27: “This will reduce bills by 58 per cent compared to countries with the dirtiest mix (Poland, Italy, Greece, Estonia and the Netherlands).”

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Claim 28: “the boom in renewables, which hit new records in 2025, and could save the EU a staggering €5.8 billion in 2026 by displacing expensive gas.”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support the claim regarding 2025 records or €5.8 billion savings in 2026.

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Claim 29: ““There are no price spikes for sunlight and no embargoes on the wind,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said last month.”

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Three independent web search results confirm the exact quote from UN Secretary-General António Guterres: 'There are no price spikes for sunlight and no embargoes on the wind.'

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web search NEUTRAL — Renewables offer both. There are no price spikes for sunlight. No embargoes on wind. Renewables can put power - literally and figuratively - in the hands of people and governments. And almost every na…
https://ukraine.un.org/en/298369-secretary-general-antónio-g…

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web search NEUTRAL — With renewables, he said, "there are no price spikes for sunlight. No embargoes on wind." David Waskow of the World Resources Institute said the message of problems mixed with optimism makes ...
https://www.ksat.com/news/world/2025/07/22/un-says-booming-s…

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web search NEUTRAL — There are no price spikes for sunlight and no embargoes on the wind. The fastest path to energy security, economic security, and national security is clear: speed up a just transition away from ...
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/antonio-guterres_the-turmoil-…

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Claim 30: “France has also witnessed a sharp reduction in its sensitivity to gas prices, chiefly due to a growth in clean energy that has seen its sensitivity to gas halve between 2022 and 2025.”

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