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  Energy consumption and energy efficiency trends in the EU-28 for the period 2000-2016
  

  Latest edition.

  This report aims at showing the present status of energy consumption in the EU-28, in the four main energy consuming sectors: residential, tertiary, transport and industry. During the last years, there have been efforts by the European Union to cut down on energy consumption and improve energy e...

  This report aims at showing the present status of energy consumption in the EU-28, in the four main energy consuming sectors: residential, tertiary, transport and industry. During the last years, there have been efforts by the European Union to cut down on energy consumption and improve energy efficiency in the framework of the EU energy consumption targets within the Europe 2020 strategy. Therefore, the report demonstrates the energy consumption progress from 2000 to 2016 in the mentioned four sectors. There is a special focus on electricity and gas consumption, as they are the most important alternatives to oil. Energy indicators such as energy intensity and energy consumption per capita are also analysed. The report includes an analysis of the most important factors influencing energy consumption trends such as economic growth, population, heating demand, household characteristics and energy prices.

  • Published: 2018-12-10
  • Corporate Author(s): Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
  • Subject: electrical energy, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy research, gas, household consumption, research report, transport market
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  Societal appreciation of energy security
  Volume 2, Long-term security (EE, NL and PT)

  The report presents the results of a multi-country survey providing qualitative and quantitative information on the level of appreciation of customers and of regulators, suppliers and other key actors involved in electricity markets. The survey was conducted in Estonia, the Netherlands and Portu...

  The report presents the results of a multi-country survey providing qualitative and quantitative information on the level of appreciation of customers and of regulators, suppliers and other key actors involved in electricity markets. The survey was conducted in Estonia, the Netherlands and Portugal.

  • Published: 2019-01-14
  • Corporate Author(s): Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
  • Subject: consumer survey, data collection, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy consumption, energy supply, Estonia, household consumption, Netherlands, Portugal, research report, sample survey, security of supply
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  Societal appreciation of energy security
  Volume 1, Value of lost load – households (EE, NL and PT)

  The report presents the results of a multi-country survey providing qualitative and quantitative information on the Value of Lost Load, an indicator of the economic value of unserved energy during electricity outages (blackouts). The point of view of residential consumers in the electricity mark...

  The report presents the results of a multi-country survey providing qualitative and quantitative information on the Value of Lost Load, an indicator of the economic value of unserved energy during electricity outages (blackouts). The point of view of residential consumers in the electricity market is explored through a discrete choice experiment. The results, in-line with other studies in this framework, highlight that respondents are willing to support further increases in the reliability and quality of electricity supply. Furthermore, consumers are found to have as aversion toward the possibility of losing their current security. Using a random parameter logit, we show that the ways to perceive the losses of security are remarkably dispersed. The survey was conducted in Estonia, the Netherlands and Portugal.

  • Published: 2019-01-11
  • Corporate Author(s): Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
  • Subject: consumer survey, data collection, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy consumption, energy supply, Estonia, household consumption, Netherlands, Portugal, research report, sample survey, security of supply
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  Estimation of food demand parameters in Kenya
  

  Food security is a key topic for the Kenyan economy. This report contributes to the improvement of the understanding of the demand-side drivers of food demand patterns and their evolution in respect to changes in income and prices in this country. The report provides a new estimate of expenditur...

  Food security is a key topic for the Kenyan economy. This report contributes to the improvement of the understanding of the demand-side drivers of food demand patterns and their evolution in respect to changes in income and prices in this country. The report provides a new estimate of expenditure and price elasticities for goods consumed by households in Kenya. The estimation approach employed is based on the Quadratic Almost Ideal Demand System (QUAIDS) which depicts the demand system in a flexible way by imposing less restrictive marginal expenditure shares. The estimations are performed for 4 different levels of commodity grouping and also at the regional level, yielding significant income and price elasticities at all levels. These estimations will contribute to improve the overall food security analysis and in particularly can be useful to enhance the demand side of economic simulation models largely employed by JRC.

  • Published: 2019-02-21
  • Corporate Author(s): Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
  • Subject: food consumption, food expenditure, food safety, food security, household consumption, household income, Kenya, nutritional needs, research report, undernourishment
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  Sustainable use of biomass in the residential sector
  A report prepared in support of the European Union Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR)

  In the framework of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), biomass burning for heat production in households has emerged as a major issue where a better balance between “decarbonisation” benefits and negative impacts on air quality, the environment and human health is needed. This report...

  In the framework of the EU Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR), biomass burning for heat production in households has emerged as a major issue where a better balance between “decarbonisation” benefits and negative impacts on air quality, the environment and human health is needed. This report provides a synthesis of the current knowledge, leading the reader from problem formulation, to impact analysis and suggested solutions, both from the technical and regulatory points of view.

  • Published: 2018-12-19
  • Corporate Author(s): Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
  • Subject: atmospheric pollutant, atmospheric pollution, biomass, carbon capture and storage, energy policy, environmental monitoring, heating, household consumption, reduction of gas emissions, report, residence
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  Eurostat
  Trusted statistics on energy prices : informed Europeans, better decisions

  Eurostat's mission is to provide high-quality statistics for Europe. We provide official statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions....

  Eurostat's mission is to provide high-quality statistics for Europe. We provide official statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.

  • Published: 2018-08-06
  • Corporate Author(s): Eurostat (European Commission)
  • Subject: electrical energy, energy market, energy saving, EU statistics, Eurostat, gas, household consumption, price of energy
• REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the suitability of the owner-occupied housing (OOH) price index for integration into the harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) coverage

  • Published: 2018-11-29
  • Corporate Author(s): European Commission ; Eurostat (European Commission)
  • Subject: consumer price, data collection, EU statistics, European Central Bank, household consumption, housing, official statistics, price index, statistical method
• Commission Regulation (EU) 2019/414 of 14 March 2019 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning Community statistics on income and living conditions (EU-SILC) as regards the 2020 list of target secondary variables on over-indebtedness, consumption and wealth as well as labour (Text with EEA relevance.)

  • Published: 2019-03-14
  • Corporate Author(s): European Commission ; Eurostat (European Commission)
  • Subject: data collection, EU statistics, household, household consumption, indebtedness, living conditions, marginalisation, poverty, statistical method, wealth
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  Societal appreciation of energy security
  Volume 4, Value of lost load - Greece

  This report presents the results of a study on the Value of Lost Load (VoLL) in Greece for various scenarios of interruptions of power supply. The VoLL is the value of unserved energy, and quantifies the value of damages perceived by energy users, in case of a blackout. The VoLL is used as a pro...

  This report presents the results of a study on the Value of Lost Load (VoLL) in Greece for various scenarios of interruptions of power supply. The VoLL is the value of unserved energy, and quantifies the value of damages perceived by energy users, in case of a blackout. The VoLL is used as a proxy of the economic value of reliability or alternatively of the social costs of power outages. The study involved two surveys: one on a random sample of 1500 households, completed via web and telephone interviews, and a second on a random sample of 750 non-residential customers included industrial, commercial and small medium enterprises participating in telephone interviews. VoLL is a latent unobservable variable and is influenced by characteristics of the consumers. In the literature on the monetary valuation of VoLL, a common approach is to consider the variation in wellbeing of consumers comparing the two conditions (with/without electricity supply). The value of the damage, in this methodological framework, is represented by the consumers' willingness-to-pay (WTP) to avoid the interruptions, and by the willingness-to-accept (WTA) compensations for the inconveniences of the interruptions.

  • Published: 2019-01-14
  • Corporate Author(s): Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
  • Subject: consumer survey, data collection, electrical energy, electricity supply, energy consumption, energy supply, Greece, household consumption, research report, sample survey, security of supply
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  Is the top tail of the wealth distribution the missing link between the household finance and consumption survey and national accounts?
  

  The financial accounts of the household sector within the system of national accounts report the aggregate asset holdings and liabilities of all households within a country. In principle, when household wealth surveys are explicitly designed to be representative of all households, aggregating th...

  The financial accounts of the household sector within the system of national accounts report the aggregate asset holdings and liabilities of all households within a country. In principle, when household wealth surveys are explicitly designed to be representative of all households, aggregating these micro data should correspond to the macro aggregates. In practice, however, differences are large. We first discuss conceptual and generic differences between those two sources of data. Thereafter we investigate missing top tail observation from wealth surveys as a source of discrepancy. By fitting a Pareto distribution to the upper tail, we provide an estimate of how much of the gap between the micro and macro data is caused by the underestimation of the top tail of the wealth distribution. Conceptual and generic differences as well as missing top tail observations explain part of the gap between financial accounts and survey aggregates.

  • Published: 2018-10-23
  • Corporate Author(s): European Central Bank
  • Subject: distribution of income, distribution of wealth, household consumption, national accounts, national income