France had the highest level of nuclear energy consumption among European countries, at 3.14 exajoules in 2020, down from 3.98 exajoules in 2015. By comparison. nuclear energy consumption in Belgium increased from 240 petajoules in 2015 to 310 petajoules in 2020.
Nuclear energy consumption in selected countries in Europe in 2015 and 2020*
(in exajoules)
* Based on gross generation and not accounting for cross-border electricity supply. ’Input-equivalent’ energy is the amount of fuel that would be required by thermal power stations to generate the reported electricity output.
Details on thermal efficiency assumptions are available in the appendices and definitions page and here.
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