Energy and environment in the European Union - Tracking progress towards integration

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Indicator-based report to measure progress of environmental integration within the energy sector.

Energy and environment in the European Union - Tracking progress towards integration

Publication Created 27 Jun 2006 Published 27 Jun 2006
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EEA Report No 8/2006
Indicator-based report to measure progress of environmental integration within the energy sector.
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Change in the emissions intensity of energy-related air pollutants in the EU-25, 2001-2003 PM10 includes only primary particle emissions
Annual quantities of spent nuclear fuel from nuclear power plants in the EU, 1990-2003 The vast majority of highly radioactive waste consists of spent fuel and spent fuel reprocessing wastes
Accidental tanker oil spills (above 7 tonnes per spill), European seas Oil spilt in an incident includes all oil lost to the environment, including that which is burnt or remains in a sunken vessel
Final energy and electricity consumption per capita in EU Member States, 2003
Energy consumption by renewable energy sources in 2003, EU-25
Average annual change in final energy and electricity consumption in EU Member States between 1990-2003 The change in Germany refers to 1991-2003.
Overall changes in final energy and electricity consumption by sector between 1990-2003, EU-25 The services sector alone (excluding agriculture and other sectors) increased slightly more than the transport sector.
Trends in final energy intensity, EU-25 The indicator serves to highlight the evolution in energy intensity within each sector
Greenhouse gas emissions by sector in 2003, EU-25, EU-15 and EU-10 The numbers in parentheses indicate the share of emissions from public heat and electricity production, which form the major part of emissions from energy production
Overall change in emissions of acidifying substances by country, 1990-2003 The graph shows the emissions of acidifying pollutants (SO2, NOX and NH3) each weighted by an acid equivalency factor prior to aggregation to represent their respective acidification potentials
Total energy consumption by fuel, EU-25
Renewable electricity as a percentage of gross electricity consumption, 2003 The renewable electricity directive (EC, 2001a) defines renewable electricity as the share of electricity produced from renewable energy sources in total electricity consumption
Average annual change in total energy consumption by fuel, EU-25
Total energy intensity in the EU-25 between 1990-2003, 1990 = 100 Some estimates have been necessary in order to compute the EU-25 GDP index in 1990
Emissions of air pollutants by sector in 2003, EU-25 'Other' includes energy-related emissions from households, services and agriculture.
Oil production and discharges from offshore oil installations in the north-east Atlantic Data only available from Denmark, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Norway, hence coverage is restricted to north-east Atlantic; Production data for 1990 is not available.
Greenhouse-gas emissions intensity of energy consumption by country in 1990 and 2003
Annual average growth rates in renewable energy consumption, EU-25
Estimated impact of different factors on the reduction of CO2, SO2 and NOX emissions from public heat and electricity generation in the EU-25, 1990-2003 The technique used to derive the graphs is based on the multiplicative 'IPAT' and 'Kaya' identities, which is a frequently used approach for portraying the primary driving forces of emissions
Electricity production by fuel, EU-25 Data for Germany in 1990 include West Germany only
Overall change in greenhouse gas emissions by sector between 1990 and 2003, EU-25
Share of combined heat and power in gross electricity production in 2002 The method for data collection by Eurostat on CHP was revised in 2000 and 2002 and has tended to decrease the overall share of electricity from CHP
Change in selected end user energy prices and taxes between 1991 and 2004 or 2005, EU-15 Price and tax changes are between 1991 and 2004 for gasoline and diesel and between 1991 and 2005 for electricity and gas
Overall changes in energy-related emissions by main group of air pollutants in the EU-25, 1990-2003 The emissions of acidifying pollutants (SO2, NOX and NH3) are each weighted by an acid equivalency factor prior to aggregation to represent their respective acidification potentials
Total energy R and D expenditure, EU-15 Member States and EU level funding MS means Member State.
Share of final energy and electricity consumption by sector in 2003, EU-25 Mtoe means million tonnes of oil equivalent; TWh means Terrawatt hours.
Share of electricity production by fuel, EU-25 Electricity produced from pumping in hydro power plants is not considered a renewable source of energy and it is not shown in the chart.
Summary of trends in key energy, environment and economic factors from 1990 to 2003, EU-25
Estimated average EU-25 external costs for electricity generation technologies in 2003 Average emissions per unit of electricity generation are taken from ExternE-Pol (2005) and include emissions from the operation of the power plant and the rest of the energy chain
Efficiency of conventional electricity generation in 1990 and 2003 The efficiency is calculated as total electricity output from conventional thermal power plants divided by total fuel input
Indicative estimate of the distribution of energy subsidies in the EU-15, 2001
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