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Understand prices, units, Eurostat indicators and the regional, household, heating, building, business and transport datasets published on EnergyBoard.
Energy units: MW, MWh, GWh, TJ, PJ, Mtoe and kgoe
Power, energy, oil equivalent, large TJ/PJ volumes, prices, productivity and degree days.
Read guide →Energy, climate and data glossary
Quick definitions for prices, tax levels, HDD, CDD, NUTS 2, final consumption, transport and units.
Read guide →Electricity generation vs installed capacity: what is the difference?
MW, GWh and capacity factors: why the country with the largest power fleet does not necessarily generate the most electricity.
Read guide →Renewable electricity vs renewable energy: why the percentages differ
Why the renewable share of electricity generation can differ sharply from renewables as a share of final energy consumption.
Read guide →Energy efficiency vs energy productivity: two concepts not to confuse
Primary consumption, final consumption and €/kgoe: how to interpret EnergyBoard’s efficiency indicators together.
Read guide →Understanding electricity prices in Europe
How Eurostat measures household electricity prices and why European countries can differ so widely.
Read guide →Understanding gas prices in Europe
Consumption bands, taxes and units: the essentials for comparing household gas prices.
Read guide →Understanding the energy mix
Electricity generation, final consumption and total energy supply are not the same thing.
Read guide →Understanding energy dependency
How to read import dependency rates, including negative values and rates above 100%.
Read guide →What is a kWh?
The difference between kW and kWh, with simple examples for reading energy data.
Read guide →How to read Eurostat data on EnergyBoard
Datasets, dimensions, units, reference years, geographies, missing values and revisions: the key rules for reading Eurostat series on EnergyBoard.
Read guide →NEW DATASETS
Continue from the guides to the data
The guides explain the concepts. These shortcuts then let you explore the Eurostat series used directly by EnergyBoard.
nrg_d_hhq · 2024Households
Home end uses, heating, hot water, appliances and energy sources.
→ilc_mdes01 2025 · ilc_lvhe01 2023 · Census 2021Heating & buildingsEnergy poverty, heating systems, efficiency improvements and housing-stock structure.
→2025-S2Business pricesElectricity and gas for non-household consumers, including tax levels.
→nrg_chddr2_a · 2025Climate and regionsHDD, CDD, maps and NUTS 2 profiles for regional climate needs.
→nrg_bal_c 2024 · nrg_d_traq 2023Transport & energyRoad, rail, aviation, fuels, electricity and sub-modes.
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