Eurostat: Energy consumption on the rise in Poland, falls in EU

According to Eurostat data, the gross energy consumption in Poland in 2015 amounted to 95.4 Mtoe (million tonnes of oil equivalent), which is up from 92.2 Mtoe used in 2005 and down from the 1990 levels of 103.3 Mtoe. Overall, throughout the EU, in 2015, 1,626 Mtoe of energy was consumed, down from the 2015 and 1990 levels (1,832 and 1667.9 Mtoe respectively). Germany remains the EU biggest energy consumer, accounting for 19 percent of the whole bloc needs, followed by France (16 percent) and the UK (12 percent). Poland placed sixth with 6 percent. Between 1990-2015, the countries with biggest drops in Energy consumption include Lithuania (57 percent decline), Latvia (-45 percent) and Romania (44 percent). On the other end of the spectrum were Cyprus (41 percent growth), Ireland (38 percent) and  Spain (35 percent). The bloc dependency on fossil fuels has also dropped. Between 1990-2015 it declined from 83 percent to 73 percent. In Poland’s case it fell from 99 percent in 1990 to 91 percent in 2015.