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, at Eurozone level and at the EU-27 Member States plus Norway, Croatia 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 volume of supply for 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 %)

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 at EU-27 level in 2010 with 3.6% compared to the preceding year.

Tables 1 to 11 show the production and supply figures for EU-27, Eurozone, all EU Member States, Norway, Croatia 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 electricity generation in 2010 (figure 2):

- The generation of conventional thermal electricity increased by 1.4% in the EU-27 and accounted for 54.5% of total generation;
- The generation of electricity by nuclear power plants also increased in the EU-27 (+2.6%) and accounted for 27.6% of the total;
- The electricity generation by 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 electricity generation by solar increased by 58.9% in the EU-27 and represented 0.7% 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 compared to 2009.

Although the electricity generated by nuclear power plants increased by 2.6%, its share decreased slightly from 27.8 to 27.6% between 2009 and 2010.The largest share of electricity generated by nuclear in the 14 EU member states that have nuclear facilities to produce electricity can be found in France (75.0%), followed by Slovakia (52.6%), Belgium (51.2%), Hungary (42.4%) and Sweden (38.1%). Germany that has decided to close down its nuclear power plants during the next decade has a share of 22.9%.

Electricity production from bio-fuels was not reported separately in the provisional 2010 data, and is included in the conventional thermal electricity production.

Electricity supplied to the market

The volume of electricity that is supplied to the market is defined as the total net volume of generated electricity minus export plus import minus the electricity that is absorbed by pumping.
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 level at 2008.
In 2010, the EU-27 was a net importer of electricity with 2215 GWh or 0.07% of the total generation, compared to 0.5% (14724 GWh) in 2009.
When looking at national level, the largest increases could be observed in Luxembourg (+8.1%), Finland (+7.6%), and Slovenia (+7.3%). Supply of electricity increased in the 5 largest EU Member States, France (+4.4%), Germany (+3.6%), Spain (+2.2%), Italy (+2.0%) and in the UK (+1.5%). In Turkey, the supply increased with 7.9% compared to 2009.
Decreases in supply figures were observed in Portugal (-11.2%), Greece (-5.4%), Malta (-2.6%) and Ireland and Bulgaria (both -0.9%).

Further Eurostat information

Publications

Panorama of energy - Panorama April 2009
European electricity market indicators 2008 - Statistics in focus 11/2010
Renewable energy statistics - Statistics in focus 56/2010
Energy, transport and environment indicators - Pocketbook February 2011

Main tables

Energy (t_nrg), see:

Main indicators - Energy Statistics (t_nrg_indic)

Market share of the largest generator in the electricity market (tsier060)

Electricity generated from renewable sources (tsien050))

Energy Statistics - quantities (t_nrg_quant)

Total gross electricity generation (ten00087))

Total gross electricity generation (ten00087)

Electricity generation by origin: hard coal (ten00088)

Electricity generation by origin: petroleum products (ten00089)

Electricity generation by origin: natural gas (ten00090)

Electricity generation by origin: nuclear (ten00091)

Electricity generation by origin: hydroelectricity (ten00092)

Electricity generation by origin: wind (ten00093)

Consumption of electricity by industry, transport activities and households/services (ten00094)

Electricity consumption of households (tsdpc310)

Energy Statistics - prices (t_nrg_price)

Electricity prices by type of user (tsier040)

Electricity prices for large industrial standard consumers (ten00105)

Energy Statistics - prices (t_nrg_price)

Electricity prices for industrial consumers (ten00114)

Electricity prices for household consumers (ten00115)

Database

Energy (nrg), see:

Main indicators - Energy Statistics (nrg_indic)

Market share of the largest generator in the electricity market (nrg_ind_331a)

Energy Statistics - Euro-indicators in energy - monthly data (nrg_ind_34m)

Supply of electricity - monthly data (nrg_ind_342m)

Energy Statistics - quantities (nrg_quant)

Supply, transformation, consumption - electricity - annual data (nrg_105a)

Supply - electricity - monthly data (nrg_105m)

Dedicated section

Energy

Source data for tables, figures and maps on this page (MS Excel)

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Methodology / Metadata

Energy Statistics (ESMS metadata file - nrg_indic_esms)
Energy Statistics - quantities (ESMS metadata file - nrg_quant_esms)

Other information

Regulation 713/2009 of 13 July 2009 establishing an Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
Regulation 714/2009 of 13 July 2009 on conditions for access to the network for cross-border exchanges in electricity
Directive 2009/72/EC of 13 July 2009 concerning common rules for the internal market in electricity