Power Sector Gas Consumption in Decline. The power sector has been a key driver of the decline in total EU-28 gas consumption since 2008. IHS estimates that coal burn at power plants in the EU-28 only decreased by 5.48% from 2008-2013.
• Challenging market conditions account for the fall in gas-burn at power plants in the EU-28 since 2008.
• Year-on-year contractions in power sector gas consumption to stop in 2015
