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Eurostat: Romania, the least dependent on energy imports in 2013
The states of the European Union the least dependent on energy imports in 2013 were Estonia (11.9%), Denmark (12.3%) and Romania (18.6%), and the countries with the highest level of dependence were Malta (104%), Luxembourg (96.9%) and Cyprus (96.4%), show the data released on Monday by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat).
In 2013, the gross energy consumption in the EU stood at 1.666 billion tonnes of oil equivalent, down by 9.1% compared to the record level of 1.832 billion tonnes of oil equivalent recorded in 2006.
The main energy producers in the EU were, in 2013, France (135 million tonnes of oil equivalent, 17% of total EU production), Germany (121 million tonnes of oil equivalent, 15% of total EU production), Great Britain (110 million tonnes of oil equivalent, 14% of total EU production), Poland (71 million tonnes of oil equivalent, 9% of total EU production) and the Netherlands (70 million tonnes or 9% of total EU production).
Together, the five states were responsible for two thirds of the total EU energy production.
Romania's total primary energy production in 2013 (26.1 million tonnes of oil equivalent) was lower than that of the Czech Republic (29.9 million tonnes of oil equivalent), but higher than Bulgaria's (10.5 million tonnes of oil equivalent) and Hungary's (10.1 million tonnes of oil equivalent).
Out of Romania's total primary energy production, in 2013, 17.8% were solid fuels, 16.3% oil, 32.9% natural gas, 11.5% nuclear energy and 21.3% renewable energy sources.