Cyprus recorded total energy consumption of 10,334.447 terajoules (TJ) in the industrial sector in 2024, up from 9,442.880 TJ in 2014, according to Eurostat data published on Friday.
The figures show a significant decline in the use of oil and petroleum products in Cyprus over the past decade, falling to 3,729 TJ in 2024 from 6,937.236 TJ in 2014.
By contrast, renewable energy sources and biofuels recorded strong growth, rising to 1,499.608 TJ from 430 TJ over the same period. Electricity consumption also increased, reaching 2,227.176 TJ compared with 1,666.800 TJ a decade earlier.
Energy consumption
Non-renewable waste rose sharply to 2,347.187 TJ from 316 TJ, while solid fossil fuels increased to 531.476 TJ from 92.844 TJ.
Across the European Union, the industrial sector consumed a total of 8,835,353.924 TJ of energy in 2024, compared with 9,610,495.780 TJ in 2014, representing a decrease of 8.1 per cent.
According to Eurostat, final energy consumption in the EU industrial sector has generally followed a downward trend since 1990.
The largest share of energy consumption across the bloc came from electricity, accounting for 2,944,631.898 TJ or 33.3 per cent of the total, followed closely by natural gas at 2,817,262.940 TJ or 31.9 per cent.
Renewable energy sources and biofuels accounted for 998,523.913 TJ, or 11.3 per cent, while oil and petroleum products represented 922,287.297 TJ, or 10.4 per cent. Smaller shares came from heat, solid fossil fuels and non-renewable waste.
Compared with 2014, the sharpest declines across the EU were recorded in solid fossil fuels and heat consumption, while renewable energy and non-renewable waste both increased.
Food industry bucks trend
The food, beverages and tobacco industry presented a different picture, consuming 1,134 petajoules (PJ) of energy in 2024, equivalent to 12.8 per cent of total industrial energy consumption in the EU.
According to Eurostat, the sector moved against the wider industrial trend by recording an increase of 4.7 per cent compared with 2014.
Energy consumption in the sector came mainly from natural gas, which accounted for 525 PJ or 46.3 per cent, followed by electricity at 401 PJ or 35.3 per cent.
Renewable energy sources and biofuels contributed 68 PJ or 6 per cent, while oil and petroleum products accounted for 60 PJ or 5.3 per cent. Heat represented 47 PJ or 4.2 per cent, solid fossil fuels 32 PJ or 2.8 per cent, and non-renewable waste 1 PJ or 0.1 per cent.
Within the same sector, the largest increases since 2014 were recorded in renewable energy and biofuels, which rose by 68.4 per cent, and non-renewable waste, up 47.4 per cent.
Electricity consumption increased by 8.1 per cent and natural gas by 5 per cent, while the use of solid fossil fuels declined by 36.4 per cent.
Source: CNA
