Energy inSlovenia describes energy

World energy resources and consumption

]World energy consumption in 2010: over 5% growthEnergy markets have combined crisis recovery and strong industry dynamism. Energy consumption in the G20 soared by more than 5% in 2010, after the slight decrease of 2009. This strong increase is the result of two converging trends...

 and electricity

Electricity generation

Electricity generation is the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy.The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday...

 production, consumption and import in Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

. Energy policy of Slovenia will describe the energy policy

Energy policy

Energy policy is the manner in which a given entity has decided to address issues of energy development including energy production, distribution and consumption...

 in the politics of Slovenia

Politics of Slovenia

The politics of Slovenia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of Slovenia is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Government of Slovenia. Legislative power is vested in the...

 more in detail. Electricity sector in Slovenia is the main article of electricity in Slovenia.

Slovenia is net energy importer. Primary energy use in Slovenia was 81 TWh and 40 TWh per million persons in 2009.

Electricity

In 2008, electricity use per million person in Slovenia was 6.1 TWh compared to Spain

Electricity sector in Spain

The electricity sector in Spain describes electricity in Spain. In 2008 Spain consumed electricity 88 % compared to the European Union 15 average. Spain exported about 3 % of the produced electricity in 2009. The volume of renewable electricity :rose 5 % shares of the electricity use in 2009...

 6.0 TWh. or Britain

Electricity sector in the United Kingdom

The electricity sector in the United Kingdom relies mainly on fossil fuelled power and 15-20 % in nuclear power. The use of electricity declined 11 % in 2009 compared to 2004 and respectively the renewable energy per cent share of total electricity use increased 2.8 %. The annual use of electricity...

 5.7 TWh.

Renewable energy

In Slovanias forcast renewables meet ca 40% of the country’s electricity consumption in 2020. Slovenia is the EU country with the smallest forecast penetration of wind power

Wind power

Wind power is the conversion of wind energy into a useful form of energy, such as using wind turbines to make electricity, windmills for mechanical power, windpumps for water pumping or drainage, or sails to propel ships....

 in 2020: 1.3% of electricity consumption, while the Irish action plan shows wind meeting over 36% of the country’s electricity demand. Slovenia has intention to cover its EU renewable energy obligations 6.1TWh (2020) mainly with hydro power 5.1 TWh and biomass

Biomass

Biomass, as a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms. As an energy source, biomass can either be used directly, or converted into other energy products such as biofuel....

 0.7 TWh. According to EWEA’s calculations by 2020 wind could cover 6% - 9% of electricity demand. The newly adopted feed-in tariff limiting support to projects of 5 MW and under may be hindering perspectives for wind power development.

Climate change

1990 emissions were 20Mt CO2 ^eqKyoto protocol

Kyoto Protocol

The Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change , aimed at fighting global warming...

target is reduction of 2Mt (-8%).