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Eurostat published electricity market statistics in the European Union (EU) analyzing electricity production across a number of different energy sources as well as household electricity consumption in 2021. It should be noted that electricity production does not reflect the picture of electricity consumption, for which it is important to consider data on electricity imports and exports.

As can be seen from the figure below, over the tvelwe years the total net electricity production in the EU has stayed roughly at the same level with minor fluctuations. In 2021, 2,785 TWh was produced, essentially the same as in 2020 (-0.1%), with 32.8% coming from wind, hydro, and solar power. Over the 10-year period from 2011 to 2021, household electricity consumption increased by 6.2% in the EU.



The highest level of net electricity production in 2021 among the EU member states was in Germany and amounted to 20.1% of the total EU production, ahead of France (19.1%) and Italy (10.2%). Compared to 2020, Estonia (+21.5 %) and Greece (+17 %) had the highest annual increase in electricity production. Lithuania (-8.6 %), Slovenia (-7.6 %) and Portugal (-3.7 %) saw the largest declines.

The next graph illustrates the level of change in net electricity production in the EU from 2011 to 2021, which decreased by 0.1%. The largest overall increases were recorded in Croatia (34.5%), Norway (23.8%) and Ireland (17.7%). Among the EU member states where the level of electricity production in 2021 was lower (compared to 2011), a decrease of more than 40% was recorded in Estonia and Luxembourg.



41.9% of electricity generation in 2021 came from combustible fuels such as natural gas, coal and oil. The remaining 58.1% was split among nuclear with 25%, wind – 13.7%, hydro – 13.3%, solar – 5.8%, and 0.4% – geothermal and others. The share of renewable energy in electricity production in the EU rose from 19.5% to 33% between 2011 and 2021, while the share of fossil fuels fell from 51.8% to 41.9%, and there was also a decline in the share of electricity produced by nuclear power plants from 28.5% to 25%.  In the same period, solar electricity increased from 1.7% to 5.8% and wind power from 5.8% to 13.7%.



By the Editorial Board