Europe Fuel | Change in fuel mix in EU industry

Electricity has the highest share in industry consumption (33% in 2023), closely followed by gas (32%). The share of electricity has increased by almost 3 points since 2000 ( +0.4 points only since 2010), while the share of gas has roughly remained constant (33% in 2000).
The shares of oil and coal have been decreasing since 2000 (-5.2 points and -5.3 points respectively). The largest reduction occurred before 2010 (-3.2 and -3.8 points respectively).
The shares of biomass and heat have been increasing (+7.2 points and +1.7 points respectively). The share of heat increased before 2010 (+2.7 points), and then decreased by 1 point, while the share of biomass increased significantly since 2010 (+4.2 points).