Growing electricity consumption n the enlarged EU

-Complete Report on : http://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/energyefficiency/pdf/EnEff%20Report%202006.pdf

Electricity consumption in the EU-27 Member States and Candidate Countries has continued
to grow in the last years despite numerous energy efficiency polices and programmes at EU
and national level. Total electricity consumption in the residential sector in the EU-25 has
grown by 10.8% in the period 1999-2004, at almost the same rate as the economy (GDP).
Similar trends are also observed in the tertiary sector and to a lesser extend in industry. The
electricity consumption in the tertiary sector has grown by 15.6% in the period 1999-2004 and
by 2.0% in the period 2003-2004. Despite this increase and the consequent impact on CO2
emissions, there is little knowledge at European level, where the electricity is uses, what is the
status of efficiency of the installed and sold equipment and what is the likely impact of the
past, present and planned policies. For the tertiary sector there is even much less data
available for individual electricity end-uses than for the residential sector, and only a few
sources or countries attempted to split the total electricity consumption among the different
end-uses.
The energy consumption of the industrial sector has continued to grow in the period 1999 to
2004 in the EU-25 with an increase of 6.6%, while the yearly growth rate in the period 2003-
2004 has been 1,3. The electricity in the industrial sectors has grown by 9.5% in the period
1999-2004 and by 1.7% in the period 2003-2004.
This report summarises the result of a 2006 in-depth survey on the electricity consumption in
buildings in the enlarged EU and Candidate Countries, together with the present market share
of efficient appliances and equipment.