Greece – climate and energy statistics
Posted in National and regional statistics on 01/24/2011 02:13 pm by Stephen Tindale
Annual per capita greenhouse gas emissions
11.5 tonnes in 2005 (without land use change, which is not significant in Greece).
Change in annual greenhouse gas emissions 1990 to 2006
+ 27.3%
Balance of energy sources, 2008
| Fuel |
% |
| Oil |
54% |
| Coal |
27.5% |
| Gas |
11.5% |
| Renewables |
4.5% |
| Imported electricity |
1.5% |
| Hydro | 1% |
Energy security
Greece has plenty of coal, but imports oil and gas:
“Greece is second only to Germany in the EU for lignite coal production, with coal reserves of 3900 million tonnes at the end of 2007. Coal is Greece’s single most important local energy source. Lignite and low quality black coal is used to generate power. According to the 2008 BP Statistical Energy Survey, Greece had 2007 coal production of 62.45 million tonnes and consumption of 8.07 million tonnes oil equivalent.”
(See MBEndi: Coal Mining in Greece – Overview.)
Electricity generated, 2008
| Fuel | % |
| Coal | 52% |
| Gas | 22% |
| Oil | 16% |
| Large hydro | 6.5% |
| Wind | 3.5% |
| Biomass | 0.3% |
Installed wind capacity
2002 276Mw
2007 873Mw
2008 990Mw
2009 1,109Mw
Electricity – supply and demand
“The use of electricity is expected to grow over the next ten years at rates slightly above GDP growth, as it was the case over the last fifteen years.” (See Eusustel: Horizontal Overview – GREECE.)
Fuels used for heat, 2008
| Fuel |
% |
| Coal |
99.5% |
| Oil |
0.5% |
Percentage of agriculture certified as organic
2.72%
Cars per thousand of population
329