Primary energy consumption - Energy Efficiency Directive is an indicator that follows the definition laid out in Article 2 of the revised Energy Efficiency Directive (EU/2023/1791) and is calculated as gross available energy excluding international marine bunkers, final non-energy consumption and ambient energy. It is used for measuring progress towards the targets set by the Energy Efficiency Directive.


Further information

  • Energy efficiency (ESMS metadata file — nrg_ind_eff)
  • Directive 2023/1791 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 on energy efficiency and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 (recast)

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