Energy consumption trend by industrial branch
The decrease of energy consumption concerns most industrial branches… however with different magnitudes
- Chemicals, non-metallic, paper and food industries contribute to almost 2/3 of industry energy consumption in the EU. Chemicals is the largest consumer (20% in 2022), followed by non-metallic (15%), paper (14%) and food (13%).
- Energy consumption of steel and non-metallic minerals have strongly decreased since 2000 (-34% and -23% respectively).
Energy consumption of industry by branch (EU)
- At country level, the situation is very different from one country to another. Chemicals is the main industrial consumer in 7 EU Member States. Paper and pulp is the most important branch in Scandinavian countries (Sweden and Finland), Portugal, and Austria.
Energy consumption by industrial branch (2022)
