EU energy consumption drops to 1990 levels

Will Nichols
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New figures show continued decline in energy use, but dependence on imports remains high

EU energy use is now down to levels last seen in the early 1990s having fallen more than nine per cent from its peak in 2006. New figures from EU agency Eurostat detail how gross inland energy consumption...

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