Electricity production in the European Union

Eurostat published new data on the production of electricity in the EU. Total supply (production + net imports/exports) is declining. The share of renewables is rising rapidly, the share of ‘conventional thermal’, though still the most important kind of production, is declining. Update: in an economic history perspective the replacement of  ‘conventional thermal’ by renewables could not have gone much faster than in 2011 and 2012.

Graph 1. Total supply of electricity, EU.

Graph 2. Production of electricity by source