Archive:Electricity generation statistics – first results

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Main statistical findings

Figure 1: EU-27 Evolution of electricity supplied, 2001-2010
(in GWh)

This article takes a look at most recent statistics (provisional 2010 figures) on the volumes of electricity that have been produced and supplied at EU-27 level and at the EU-27 Member States plus Norway, Serbia and Turkey. As illustrated in figure 1, the supply of electricity in EU27 increased with 3.2% in 2010 compared to 2009, but it is still below the peak production from 2008.

Figure 2: EU-27 Electricity generation by source, 2010
(in %)

Table 1: Electricity Statistics, 2010
(in GWh)

Table 2: Electricity Statistics, 2010
(in GWh)

Table 3: Electricity Statistics, 2010
(in GWh)

Table 4: Electricity Statistics, 2010
(in GWh)

Table 5: Electricity Statistics, 2010
(in GWh)

Table 6: Electricity Statistics, 2010
(in GWh)

Table 7: Electricity Statistics, 2010
(in GWh)

Table 8: Electricity Statistics, 2010
(in GWh)

Table 9: Electricity Statistics, 2010
(in GWh)

Table 10: Electricity Statistics, 2010
(in GWh)

Table 11: Electricity Statistics, 2010
(in GWh)

Figure 3: Breakdown of electricity generation by source, 2010
(in %)

Figure 4: Share of renewables in electricity generation, 2010
(in %)

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Production of electricity

After the significant decrease of electricity production in 2009 (-4.9%), caused by the economical crisis, the volume of produced electricity increased again in the EU-27 in 2010 with 3.6% compared to the preceding year.

Tables 1-10 show production and supply figures for EU-27, Eurozone, all EU Member States, Norway, Serbia and Turkey.
Estonia (+45.5%), Latvia (+24%), Luxembourg (+19.1%), Finland (+11.2%) and Sweden (+8.4%) are the Member States that recorded the largest increases in electricity generation. Estonia and Latvia exported increased volumes of electricity to Lithuania that closed a Nuclear Power Station in 2010.

As regards the structure of generation in 2010 (figure 2):

- The generation of conventional thermal energy increased by 1.4% in the EU-27 and accounted for 54.4% of total generation;
- The generation of nuclear energy also increased in the EU-27 (+2.6%) and accounted for 27.5% of the total;
- The generation of hydro and wind increased in the EU-27 by 10% and 9.1% respectively and represented 12.4% and 4.6% of the total;
- The generation of solar energy increased by 58.9% in the EU-27 and represented 0.3% of the total.

Norway recorded a decrease in total generation (-7.1%), in Turkey and Croatia, generation increased in 2010 by 7.9% and 10.6% respectively.

Electricity supplied to the market

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