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Is the European energy production system becoming more efficient?

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Indicator codes: ENER 019

This page was archived on 09 Feb 2021 with reason: Other (Discontinued indicator)

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(05 Dec 2018)

Between 2005 and 2016, the efficiency of public conventional thermal power plants in the EU increased from 47 % to almost 50 %.
The efficiency of electricity and heat production from autoproducer conventional thermal power plants stabilised at around 57 % in the period 2007-2016. This followed a 5 percentage point decrease in the 2 years before.

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