Share of renewable energies: Luxembourg, dead last in the European class
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Share of renewable energiesLuxembourg, bottom of the European class
LUXEMBOURG – Only 11% of our gross final energy consumption came from renewable energies in 2021. Far from the European average and the objectives set.
While Luxembourg prides itself on achieving far greater energy savings the objectives set by the European Union, it is far from the mark with regard to the share of renewable energies in its energy consumption. While it reached 21.8% in the EU (down from 2020, a first), it was only 11.7% in the Grand Duchy, which ranks our country in last place, behind Malta (12.2%), the Netherlands (12.3%), Ireland (15.5%) and Belgium (13%).
Conversely, Sweden (62.5%), Finland (43%) and Latvia (42%) are the best students. And declines (or almost) the new criteria of 45% by 2030 (REPowerEU plan presented by the European Commission) when 14 countries – including Luxembourg – do not even reach 20% yet (far from the initial objectives of 32% set by a directive of 2018).
It is in the transport sector that the Grand Duchy is the worst with only 8% of renewable energies, against 14.2% in the electricity sector and 13% in the heating and cooling sector.
By way of comparison, the share of renewable energies in the final consumption of Iceland, the leader in this field, is 85.7%, its electricity or even its heating relying almost exclusively on renewable energies (respectively 99.6% and 97.2%). It is true that countries are not on an equal footing when it comes to what nature has to offer them.
(Mc)