ENTSOG TYNDP 2017 - Main Report

The individual fuel shares of thermal power generation have evolved over recent years, mainly due to fuel prices. A shift to coal and lignite can be seen between 2010 and 2013, causing the gas share to reduce from 33% to 27%. Although 2015 closely resembles 2013, gas recovered some of its share moving to 30% reflecting the data submitted by TSOs. In aggregate, other fossil fuels have played only a mi- nor role in power generation in recent years.

2015

2010

2013

9

13

4

19

25

3

Gas Oil

Gas Oil

Coal Lignite Gas Oil Mixed Other

31

30

3

2

%

%

%

Mixed Other Coal Lignite

30 Mixed Other Coal Lignite

3

2

18

27

23

25

33

Figure 2.6: European thermal generation mix for power generation 2010, 2013 and 2015 (Source: ENTSO-E data platform, ENTSOG depiction)

2.2.1.4 Split by country ( last 6 years )

The following graph contains information on actual gas consumption over the past six years across Europe. The data has not been adjusted for climatic conditions, as a result the cold year of 2010 and the warm years of 2014 and 2015 need to be tak- en into consideration for identifying the trends.

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400

200

0

AT

BA

BE

BG

CH

CY

CZ

DE

DK

EE

ES

FI

FR

GR

HR

HU

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

TWh

1,200

1,000

800

600

400

200

0

IE

IT

LT

LU

LV

MK

MT

NL

PL

PT

RO

RS

SE

SI

SK

UK

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Figure 2.7: Evolution of European yearly gas consumption by country (TWh/y) (Source: ENTSOG)

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