Energy production and consumption in 2013 – Energy consumption in the EU down to its early 1990s level, EU energy dependence at 53%

Eurorstat News Release: Energy production and consumption in 2013 – Energy consumption in the EU down to its early 1990s level, EU energy dependence at 53%, 09 Φεβρουαρίου.

In 2013, gross inland energy consumption, which reflects the energy necessary to satisfy inland consumption, amounted in the European Union (EU) to 1666 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe), back to its early 1990s level and down by 9.1% compared to its peak of 1 832 Mtoe in 2006.

In 2013, nuclear energy (29%) accounted for the largest share of EU domestic production of energy, ahead of renewables (24%), solid fuels (20%), gas (17%), oil (9%) and non-renewable wastes (1%). In total, the EU produced 790 Mtoe of energy in 2013.

As a result, the EU was dependent on energy imports for slightly over a half (53%) of its consumption in 2013.

These figures are issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, and are complemented with a publication on energy saving in the EU