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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.
Coal
Lignite
Gas
Oil
Mixed
Other
2015
%
30
25
30
4
2
9
Gas
Oil
Mixed
Other
Coal
Lignite
2010
%
19
18
33
3
25
2
Figure 2.6:
European thermal generation mix for power generation 2010, 2013 and 2015
(Source: ENTSO-E data platform, ENTSOG depiction)
Gas
Oil
Mixed
Other
Coal
Lignite
2013
%
31
23
27
3
3
13
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.
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
AT
BE
BA
BG
CH
CY
CZ
DE
DK
EE
ES
FI
FR
GR
HR
HU
400
200
0
600
800
1,200
1,000
TWh
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
IE
LT
IT
LU
LV
MK
MT
NL
PL
PT
RO
RS
SE
SI
SK
UK
400
200
0
600
800
1,200
1,000
TWh
Figure 2.7:
Evolution of European yearly gas consumption by country (TWh/y) (Source: ENTSOG)