Brussels, 18/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - Nuclear power and renewables accounted for half of the EU's energy production between 2006 and 2012. The energy dependence rate stood at 53% in 2012.
According to figures published by Eurostat on 17 February, gross inland energy consumption in the EU28 rose from 1.67 billion tonnes of oil equivalent (toe) in 1990 to 1.83 billion toe in 2006, then dropped to stand at 1.68 billion toe in 2012 - in other words, an 8% decrease in six years. At the same...