{"id":129671,"date":"2023-01-31T03:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T02:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=129671"},"modified":"2023-01-30T13:42:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:42:43","slug":"according-to-eurostat-fossil-fuels-accounted-for-70-of-the-total-energy-consumed-in-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/according-to-eurostat-fossil-fuels-accounted-for-70-of-the-total-energy-consumed-in-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"According to Eurostat, fossil fuels accounted for 70% of the total energy consumed in the EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Glossary:European_Union_(EU)\">EU<\/a>\u00a0continues to largely rely on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Glossary:Fossil_fuel\">fossil fuels<\/a>\u00a0for its overall energy supply, as illustrated by the ratio of fossil fuels in gross available energy (the total energy demand of a country or region).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gasolina.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-129676 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gasolina-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"dispensadores de energ\u00eda\" width=\"623\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gasolina-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gasolina-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gasolina-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/gasolina.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2021, fossil fuels made up 70% of gross available energy in the EU, remaining at the same level as in 2020. This percentage had decreased significantly over the last decades. Since 1990, the first year for which data are available, it dropped by 13\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php?title=Glossary:Percentage_point\">percentage points (pp)<\/a>, mostly due to the increase in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/web\/products-eurostat-news\/-\/ddn-20220119-1\">renewable energy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/consumo-energia-fosil-eu.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-129672 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/consumo-energia-fosil-eu-1024x790.png\" alt=\"consumo energ\u00eda f\u00f3sil eu\" width=\"682\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/consumo-energia-fosil-eu-1024x790.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/consumo-energia-fosil-eu-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/consumo-energia-fosil-eu-768x592.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/consumo-energia-fosil-eu-1536x1185.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/consumo-energia-fosil-eu-2048x1580.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2021, Malta (96%) remained the EU country with the highest share of fossil fuels in gross available energy followed by Cyprus and the Netherlands (89%), Ireland and Poland (88%). Most of the other EU countries had shares between 50% and 85%. Only Sweden (32%), Finland (38%) and France (48%) had shares below 50%.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 99.9988%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: double; border-color: #001f7d;\" cellpadding=\"0,5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/ficha\/energy-consumption-and-energy-efficiency-trends-in-the-eu-2000-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/energy-consumption.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"165\" height=\"235\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/ficha\/energy-consumption-and-energy-efficiency-trends-in-the-eu-2000-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Energy consumption and energy efficiency trends in the EU- 2000-2020<br \/>\n<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Compared with 2020, in 2021, the largest, yet rather small, decreases in the share of fossil fuels in gross available energy were in Finland (-3 pp), Belgium (-3 pp), Lithuania (-3 pp), Portugal (-2 pp) and Denmark (-2 pp). The largest increases were in Bulgaria (+4 pp), Estonia (+3 pp), Poland and Slovakia (both +2 pp) and Spain (+1 pp).<\/p>\n<div id=\"fragment-15308127-ubvm\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"publication-web-content ecl-row\">\n<div class=\"ecl-col-12 ecl-col-l-9\">\n<p><strong>Denmark: top performer in diminishing share of fossil fuels between 2010-2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over the past decade, all the EU members registered a decrease in their share of fossil fuels in gross available energy. The largest decrease was measured in Denmark (from 81% to 57%; -25 pp), followed by Estonia (from 91% in 2010 to 69% in 2021; -22 pp) and Finland (from 57% to 38%; -19 pp).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230130_FossilCountry_v1_web1400.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-129674 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230130_FossilCountry_v1_web1400-1024x790.png\" alt=\"consumo energ\u00eda f\u00f3sil eu por pa\u00edses\" width=\"666\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230130_FossilCountry_v1_web1400-1024x790.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230130_FossilCountry_v1_web1400-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230130_FossilCountry_v1_web1400-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230130_FossilCountry_v1_web1400-1536x1185.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230130_FossilCountry_v1_web1400-2048x1580.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Other significant decreases were recorded in Latvia (from 69% to 57%; -12 pp), Luxembourg (from 90% to 79%; -11 pp) and Lithuania (from 75% to 64%; -10 pp).<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, the smallest decreases were measured in Germany (from 81% to 79%; -2 pp), followed by Romania (from 75% to 72%; -3 pp), Malta (from 100% to 96%; slightly over -3 pp), Hungary (from 73% to 69%; -4 pp) and France (from 52% to 48%; -4 pp).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"fragment-15308137-tqmz\">\n<div class=\"more-info\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>More information: <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/en\/web\/products-eurostat-news\/w\/DDN-20230130-1\">Eurostat<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0EU\u00a0continues to largely rely on\u00a0fossil fuels\u00a0for its overall energy supply, as illustrated by the ratio of fossil fuels in gross available energy (the total energy demand of a country or region). In 2021, fossil fuels made up 70% of gross available energy in the EU, remaining at the same level as in 2020. 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