abstract
The paper's main research objective is to analyse the renewable energy sector in the European Union
member states. The first step of the research was to generate clusters of countries based on the share of
renewables in total energy produced and the countries’ energy dependence. In order to generate the
clusters, we applied the k-means clustering method based on the data obtained from Eurostat. By using
the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, three clusters of countries have been generated. In the next
step the EU states were ranked based on the following criteria: share of renewable energy sources, share
of renewable electricity, share of renewable heating and cooling and share of renewable energy in
transport. Then the main characteristics of the renewable energy policy in each member state have been
highlighted.