Statistical analysis regarding energy supply and demand in the EU and Romania between 1990 and 2014

• Author: Gradinaru E., Bucs L., Bratucu G.
• Pages: 335-346

Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Braşov

Series V: Economic Sciences • Vol. 9 (58) No. 1 – 2016

Statistical analysis regarding energy supply and

demand in the EU and Romania between 1990

and 2014

Evelina GRADINARU1, Lorant BUCS2, Gabriel BRTUCU3

Abstract: Climate changes and mankind’s unlimited needs in term of energy, in opposition

with the limited nature of our planet energy sources, impose an all new approach regarding

the way in which we produce our energy and how efficient we are using it. The European

Union is a world leader in promoting sustainability in this field, and Romania, as part of this

multi-state organization, follows the same path. We will see further in this paper the

evolution of the main statistical indicators regarding energy, with a particular emphasis on

electricity, for both the EU and Romania. The starting point will be primary energy

production and demand, continuing with the sources of energy, and finishing with electricity

and its relevant indicators regarding production and renewable sources. Finally, the

relevant conclusions will be drawn.

Key-words: energy, electricity, supply, consumption, renewables

1. Introduction

Throughout history mankind has continuously consumed the resources of this planet

that hosts us, at first to secure our survival and then gradually arriving to satisfy our

most complex needs, whether these are material or spiritual. All these needs have in

common the fact that they require energy, and this energy is obtained in the most

diverse ways, each stage of our development having a predilection towards one

energy resource or another. Unfortunately, this consumption of resources was not

the most rational possible, so that we are now in the position to try to radically

change our thinking from this point of view, being aware that the planet's resources

will end well ahead of the needs of mankind. A noticeable interest emerged in recent

decades in sustainable energy resources, materialized in worldwide initiatives and

the implementation of these with considerable efforts to ensure the sustainability of

our way of development; the massive investments in renewable energy resources are

1 Transilvania University of Brasov, evelina.gradinaru@unitbv.ro

2 Transilvania University of Brasov, lorant.bucs@unitbv.ro

3 Transilvania University of Brasov, gabriel.bratucu@unitbv.ro