Oil is the most used fuel in the European Union, followed by natural gas, both combined accounted with 60.5 percent of the total consumption in 2020. At that year, nuclear energy consumption surpassed coal consumption. By comparison, hydroelectricity and renewable fuels combined, accounted with ten percent of the total primary energy consumption in the EU.
Primary energy consumption in the European Union in 2019 and 2020, by fuel*
(in exajoules)
* In this review, primary energy comprises commercially traded fuels, including modern renewables used to generate electricity.
Energy from all sources of non-fossil power generation is accounted for on an input-equivalent basis.
Further information on the methodology can be found here.
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