Informe El medio ambiente en Europa: Estado y perspectivas 2020

PART 2
FIGURE 7.5
Share of energy from renewable energy sources in the EU’s gross final energy consumption,
2005-2050
Note:
Sources:
Values for 2020 and 2030 represent legally binding targets for the minimum share of renewable energy sources in the EU’s gross final
energy use. The 2050 value represents the indicative share of renewable energy in the EU’s gross final consumption that, combined
with energy efficiency and other climate mitigation measures, would allow the EU to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. The 2050 value is
consistent with the carbon neutrality scenarios ‘1.5 TECH’ and ‘1.5 LIFE’ in the in-depth analysis accompanying the Commission’s recent
strategic long-term vision for a climate-neutral economy by 2050. The renewable energy shares in the figure follow the accounting
methodology put forward under Directive 2009/28/EC.
EC (2013a, 2013d, 2018c, 2018e); EEA (2018b); EU (2009); Eurostat (2019a).
States have agreed to progress towards
the energy efficiency and renewable
energy headline targets for 2020
and 2030 that were included in the
Energy Union framework strategy, and
to reform environmentally harmful
subsidies, such as support for fossil
fuels, limiting the exceptions to
vulnerable social groups (EC, 2015c).
Energy efficiency
Overall, the EU is reducing its energy
consumption, but this trend has
reversed since 2014 (Figure 7.4).
Compared with 2005, the EU’s primary
energy consumption in 2016 was 10 %
lower as a result of decreases in final
energy consumption, changes in the
fuel mix used to produce electricity and
heat (higher penetration of renewables
and natural gas) and of improved
efficiency in the conversion of primary
energy sources (e.g. coal and gas) into
final energy.
In 2017, final energy consumption in
the EU was 6 % lower than in 2005
and 3 % higher than in 1990. The
Energy consumption gives rise
to approximately 2/3 of EU
greenhouse gas emissions.
main drivers of the decrease since
2005 were the implementation of
energy efficiency policies, structural
changes in the economy towards less
energy-intensive industrial sectors
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