Jul 23, 2024 · Consumption of natural gas in Europe consistently decreased since mid-2022, driven by a combination of mild winter weather and government policies aimed at reducing natural gas consumption. In 2023, natural gas consumption in the European Union’s 27 member countries (EU-27) declined 18% from the previous five-year (2017–21) average ...

Dec 12, 2024 · Natural gas consumption in the European Union from 1998 to 2023 (in billion cubic meters) Premium Statistic Natural gas use in the EU-27 2022, by country Natural gas use in the EU-27 2022, by country

May 29, 2024 · Since January 2022, European natural gas demand has decreased significantly. Compared to the average across the period 2019 to 2021, European countries consumed 490 TWh less (or 12%) in 2022, and 860 TWh less (or 20%) in 2023. Figure 1 compares the total reduction in gas demand across countries since January 2022.

Jul 8, 2024 · The consumption of natural gas in the European Union has fluctuated since 1998. It increased to a peak of 423.2 billion cubic meters in 2010, but by 2022 had fallen to around 319.5 billion cubic ...

May 30, 2025 · This article looks at monthly cumulated data on natural gas in the European Union (EU) for 2022 and 2023, as well as changes between these two years. ... Consumption trends. In 2023, inland demand of natural gas in the EU decreased by 7.1 % compared with 2022, to drop to 12 719 409 terajoules. ...

Apr 19, 2023 · The EU consumption of natural gas has dropped by 17.7% in the period August 2022-March 2023, compared with the average gas consumption for the same months (August-March) between 2017 and 2022. The Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1369 on coordinated demand-reduction measures for gas, part of the REPowerEU plan to end EU dependence on Russian fossil fuels, set a reduction target of 15% for the ...

The gas market report for the third quarter of 2024 shows that EU gas markets continued the structural changes that started in 2022, in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the July-September period EU gas consumption and imports further declined and have shown signs of stabilisation at significantly lower levels than before the 2022 supply crisis.

The graph shows a clear reduction in natural gas consumption across Europe in 2023 when compared with the previous 4 years. Between January and July 2023, natural gas consumption in the EU varied between 1 594 Petajoules (PJ) in January and 703 PJ in July, indicating a monthly decrease overall, in line with the target 15 % gas reduction ...

The European Green Deal aims to fully decarbonize the gas sector by 2050. The gas sector accounted for a quarter of EU’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. Its relative share has slightly risen over the last decade as an outcome of the decrease in consumption of coal and oil and of coal to gas switches (the emissions associated to power generation at newer gas-fired plants are up to 50% lower ...

IEA based on ENTSOG (2020), Transparency Platform; Gaspool (2020), Consumption Data; NCG (2020), Consumption Data; EPIAS (2020), Transparency Platform Related charts Contribution of key elements to reduce energy-related emissions in …