EurObserv’ER reports that the 2009-2010 growth of the renewable energy share of overall gross final energy consumption is related to a bigger gross consumption of final energy from renewable sources: 145 Mtoe (against 131.6 Mtoe in 2009) for a gross final energy consumption of 1,170.7 Mtoe (against 1,146.3 Mtoe in 2009).
From 2009 to 2010, gross consumption of final energy from renewable sources increased by 10.2 percent (+ 13.4 Mtoe), as against to a 2.1 percent increase (+ 24.4 Mtoe) of the overall gross final energy consumption.
The renewable energy share in electricity consumption increased to 19.8 percent in 2010 (18.2 percent in 2009), and the renewable energy share of domestic energy consumption rose to 9.9 percent in 2010 (9.1 percent in 2009).
In sharing energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in 2010, Sweden is leader with 46.9 percent, followed by Latvia with 34.3 percent. Germany shares 10.7 percent and ranks as number 15 in EU-27.
EurObserv’ER highlights that "despite the progress made in boosting the share of renewable energy in Europe's energy mix, EU members still need to produce an extra hundred Mtoe of final energy from renewable sources to achieve the 2020 target of 20 percent of renewable energies in the EU-27 final energy gross consumption (2009/28/CE directive)". This equates to an extra annual average of 10 Mtoe of final energy from renewable sources.
EurObserv’ER will publish its new edition of “The state of renewable energy in Europe” in January 2012.
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