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Europe’s Electricity Production By Country And Fuel Type [Charts]

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The share of electricity generated by different energy sources has changed significantly in Europe over the last two decades.

The major story here is the decline in consumption of fossil fuels. More specifically, the combined share of petroleum products and solid fuels (meaning coal or shale oil) has fallen from 65.1% of total consumption in 1990 to 50.6% by 2013.

H/T Visual Capitalist

Europe’s Electricity Production By Country And Fuel Type

Here’s how specific countries look in terms of their electricity consumption per capita:

Europe's Electricity Production By Country And Fuel Type [Charts]

Want to dive more into the data? Here it is in its full glory:

Europe's Electricity Production

Graphics by: afschakelplan, Eurostat

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