Cyprus was one of many international locations the place the biggest discount in each major in addition to ultimate power consumption was recorded, in line with information launched by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical workplace.
When evaluating with the 2017-2019 common, major power consumption decreased in all EU Member States, primarily as a result of restrictions imposed to restrict the unfold of COVID-19.
EU power consumption in 2020 reached the bottom ranges since 1990 (the primary yr for which information can be found), which is basically defined by the consequences of the pandemic. It peaked in 2006 when major power consumption was 15.1% above the 2020 discount goal and ultimate power consumption was 9.0% above the 2020 goal.
In contrast with the 2017-2019 common, major power consumption decreased by 9.9% on the EU stage and ultimate power consumption by 8.4%. A big a part of this sharp drop is because of COVID-19 associated restrictions.
When evaluating with the 2017-2019 common, major power consumption decreased in all EU Member States. The best decreases have been recorded in Estonia (21.2%), adopted by Spain (14.8%) and Cyprus (13.4%), whereas Lithuania (0.7%), Hungary (2.5%) and Romania (4.5%) registered the smallest reductions.
The identical common drop was additionally registered within the ultimate power consumption in contrast with the 2017-2019 common. The best drops have been registered in Malta (17.4%), Cyprus (15.9%) and Spain (14.2%) and the smallest in Romania (0.3%), Hungary (2.9%) and Sweden (2.9%).
Total in 2020, major power consumption within the EU dropped sharply to 1,236 million tonnes of oil equal (Mtoe), which is 5.8% higher than the effectivity goal for 2020, thus clearly outperforming it.
Nonetheless, that is nonetheless 9.6% away from the 2030 goal, implying that efforts to enhance effectivity should be maintained within the years to come back.
Remaining power consumption reached 907 Mtoe: 5.4% higher than the effectivity goal for 2020 and seven.2% away from the 2030 goal.