Primary and final energy consumption in the European Union are 4.9% and 3.2% behind the EU’s 2020 energy reduction targets, respectively, according to the latest figures from the EU’s statistical office (Eurostat) for the year 2018, published on Tuesday 4 February (these are the figures and targets for the Twenty-Seven, i.e., without the UK).
Primary energy consumption measures total energy demand at the national level, while final energy consumption refers to what end users actually...