The Baltic states, Romania and Bulgaria recorded the most significant decline in the energy consumption in 2015, compared with 1990, shows data published on Monday by the European Statistics Office (Eurostat).
In 2015 the energy consumption in EU reached 1.626 billion tep (tones oil equivalent), a 2.5 percent drop compared to 1990 and down by 11.6 percent compared to 2006, when a record consumption of 1.84 billion tep was registered.
The most significant energy consumption decline from EU in 2015 was registered in Baltic states: Lithuania (-75 percent), Latvia (-45 percent) and Estonia (-37 percent) as well as Romania (-44 percent) and Bulgaria (-33 percent), compared with 1990. In contrast, the highest growth was registered in Cyprus (41 percent), Ireland (38 percent), Spain (35 percent) and Austria (3 percent).
The main energy users in EU in 2015 were Germany (with 314 million tep or 19 percent of the total energy consume from EU), France (253 million tep or 16 percent), UK (191 million tep or 12 percent), Italy (156 million tep or 10 percent), Spain (121 million tep or 7 percent) and Poland (95 million tep or 6 percent).
In every EU state member the percentage of fossil fuel in energy consumption dropped in 1990-2015 period, the most significant decline being registered in Denmark (from 91 percent in 1990 to 69 percent in 2015), Latvia (from 83 percent in 1990 to 61 percent in 2015) and Romania (from 96 percent in 1990 to 74 percent in 2015).
Georgiana Bendre