2020 was a year marked by Corona worldwide. The pandemic - amongst others - had far-reaching consequences for the energy sector - but not all energy sources were equally affected, as new figures from Eurostat show.
The latest European Union statistics, issued by Eurostat, show that electricity consumption and production declined in Europe last year due to the widespread lockdowns. In particular, electricity production from fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas suffered from the pandemic and continued its decline, which has been ongoing for some time. In 2020, fossils reached an interim low, with a 9.8 percent year-on-year decline.
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