Energy production in Luxembourg is still highly reliant on carbon-based fuels, new data has shown, with oil and petroleum products accounting for 62% of the country’s energy, and natural gas accounting for 14%.
According to the data from Statistiques Luxembourg, which covers the year 2022, renewable energies, including biogas and biofuels, covered just 5% of the country’s energy needs.
Electricity use
The main users of electricity in Luxembourg are the industrial sector, the tertiary sector and households, while electricity use in transport is still modest – rail accounts for just 2% of the country’s electricity consumption, while road use accounts for 1%.
Elsewhere, petroleum products are mainly used for transport and residential heating, natural gas is mainly consumed by industry and households, and coal is used almost exclusively by the industrial sector.
Imported energy
Luxembourg relies on foreign countries for 88% of its energy supplies. Due to increased prices in the international markets, businesses and households in the country have curtailed their usage of natural gas and heating oil.
In addition, the industrial and tertiary sectors have reduced their natural gas consumption by 29% and 26%, respectively, while households have decreased their natural gas usage by 11%. Some households have also opted to switch to alternative energy sources when possible.
In 2022, Luxembourg discontinued the import of Russian natural gas, which constituted 19% of its imports in the previous year (2021). This void has been filled by importing natural gas from the United Kingdom and receiving LNG deliveries from Qatar, with regasification taking place in Belgium and France.
