Belgium

Total energy consumption per capita is 55% higher than the EU average, at 4.8 toe compared to 3.1 toe (2015). The difference is mainly due to a higher final consumption per capita (3.8 toe compared to 2.2 toe). Electricity consumption per capita is 30% above the EU average and amounted to 7 200 ...

All the oil is imported (60 Mt in 2015). Crude oil accounts for around 58% of oil imports and 58% of crude imports come from Russia and Saudi Arabia (31% and 27%, respectively, in 2015). The country re-exports a substantial volume of oil products (around 25 Mt in 2015). There are four refineries...

Oil consumption has been increasing since 2012 by an average of 3.4%/year to 22.8 Mt in 2015, thanks to the contribution of the industrial sector (+7.2%/year).

Graph: OIL CONSUMPTION (Mt)

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Gas consumption decreased by an average of 5.6%/year between its peak in 2010 (19.7 bcm) and 2014. The 4 bcm drop over the period comes from the power plants (-2.2 bcm, -32%), industry (-1.4 bcm) and the residential-services sector (-1.2 bcm). Due to colder temperatures in 2015 than in 2014, gas...

Coal consumption decreased strongly (-5.3%/year, on average, between 1990 and 2012), driven by the power sector and industry (6.2%/year and 4.5%/year, respectively), before stabilising at around 5 Mt.

Graph: COAL CONSUMPTION (Mt)

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In accordance with the European Directive on renewable energy sources, the national target is to increase the share of renewables in final consumption to 13% by 2020 (including 10% in transport, nearly 12% in heating and cooling and nearly 21% in electricity). According to the Federal Planning...