Norway is the greatest consumer of hydroelectricity among European Union members, with a consumption of 1.25 exajoules in 2020. Turkey and Sweden followed, with hydroelectricity consumption at 690 and 650 petajoules, respectively. By comparison, Finland's hydroelectricity consumption stood at 140 petajoules.
Hydropower consumption in selected European countries in 2019 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.
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