EFTA Member States rank highly in Eurostat renewable energy usage comparison

In 2009, oil remained the main source of energy in the EU27, with a share of 37% in the total gross inland energy consumption. There have, however, been changes in the mix of sources contributing to gross inland energy consumption over the last decade. The share of renewable energy has almost doubled, from 5% of total gross inland energy consumption in 1999 to 9% in 2009, while gas rose from 22% to 24%. Nuclear energy remained almost stable at 14% during this period, while oil fell from 39% to 37% and solid fuels from 18% to 16%.

Norway ranks the highest in the Eurostat comparison with 42.4% renewable energy of gross inland energy consumption. The other EFTA Member State in the comparison, Switzerland, ranks at number 7 of 32 European countries with 16.9% of renewable energy. At the same time, the EU27 average is 9%.

No data was available in this news release for Iceland or Liechtenstein.

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