Introduction
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. One of the aims of this report is to show the present status of electricity consumption for the main appliances and equipments, and on the base of the best available data estimate the saving potential for electricity in buildings in EU Member States and Candidate Countries. It also describes the policy actions introduced at EU level and some of the national policies. The report focuses also on motor driven systems, a horizontal technology present in all types of industry. In particular electric motors are responsible for 10 to 20% losses of the above indicated electricity consumption in the process of converting electrical energy into mechanical energy.
This document does not represent the point of view of the European Commission. The interpretation and opinions contained in it are solely those of the authors.
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