Luxembourg imports 70% of its electricity from Germany and 23% from France, but most of the electricity imported from France is fed into the SOTEL industrial network, which supplies the ArcelorMittal steelworks.
Looking at the overall European electricity market, 40% comes from non-renewable fossil fuels such as gas or coal, 35% from renewable energy sources such as wind, hydro or solar power, and a quarter of European electricity production comes from nuclear energy.
According to the Luxembourg Regulatory Institute (ILR), the electricity mix sold by suppliers in Luxembourg is composed of 7% nuclear energy, 27% fossil energy, and 65% renewable energy.
The ILR calculates the environmental impact and CO2 emissions on the basis of the national electricity mix. CO2 emission certificates, which are traded throughout Europe, have seen a downright explosion in prices, the price of CO2 having risen from 20 to €90 per tonne. This is also one of the reasons for the massive increase in the price of electricity for households over the last two years in Luxembourg (+10% in 2021).
All these details on the market and electricity imports were provided by Minister for Energy Claude Turmes in a reply to a parliamentary question by MP Fred Keup from the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (adr).
