Euro area - Electricity production from coal sources
Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)
Electricity production from coal sources (% of total) in Euro area was 22.06 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 50.19 in 1962, while its lowest value was 20.07 in 2010.
Definition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.
Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/
See also:
Year | Value |
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1960 | 48.32 |
1961 | 49.22 |
1962 | 50.19 |
1963 | 47.07 |
1964 | 48.18 |
1965 | 44.72 |
1966 | 41.66 |
1967 | 43.22 |
1968 | 42.33 |
1969 | 40.57 |
1970 | 40.10 |
1971 | 40.33 |
1972 | 37.24 |
1973 | 34.85 |
1974 | 34.15 |
1975 | 32.90 |
1976 | 36.05 |
1977 | 34.75 |
1978 | 34.98 |
1979 | 34.97 |
1980 | 35.90 |
1981 | 35.97 |
1982 | 37.83 |
1983 | 37.94 |
1984 | 36.72 |
1985 | 35.19 |
1986 | 33.92 |
1987 | 32.96 |
1988 | 32.12 |
1989 | 32.87 |
1990 | 32.71 |
1991 | 31.65 |
1992 | 30.61 |
1993 | 29.40 |
1994 | 29.25 |
1995 | 29.24 |
1996 | 28.17 |
1997 | 27.44 |
1998 | 27.68 |
1999 | 26.80 |
2000 | 27.31 |
2001 | 26.22 |
2002 | 26.99 |
2003 | 26.79 |
2004 | 26.06 |
2005 | 25.11 |
2006 | 24.20 |
2007 | 24.66 |
2008 | 21.86 |
2009 | 20.99 |
2010 | 20.07 |
2011 | 21.10 |
2012 | 22.66 |
2013 | 22.38 |
2014 | 21.80 |
2015 | 22.06 |
Classification
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Energy production & use