The amount of energy necessary to cultivate, process, pack and bring the food to European citizens tables accounts for the 17 % of the EU's gross energy consumption, equivalent to about 26 % of the EU's final energy consumption in 2013. Challenges and solutions for decreasing energy consumption and increasing the use of renewable energy in the European food sector are presented and discussed.
MONFORTI-FERRARIO Fabio;
DALLEMAND Jean-Francois;
PINEDO PASCUA Irene;
MOTOLA Vincenzo;
BANJA Manjola;
SCARLAT Nicolae;
MEDARAC Hrvoje;
CASTELLAZZI Luca;
LABANCA Nicola;
BERTOLDI Paolo;
PENNINGTON David;
GORALCZYK Malgorzata;
SCHAU Erwin;
SAOUTER Erwan;
SALA Serenella;
NOTARNICOLA Bruno;
TASSIELLI Giuseppe;
RENZULLI Pietro A.;
Monforti-Ferrario F, Dallemand J, Pinedo Pascua I, Motola V, Banja M, Scarlat N, Medarac H, Castellazzi L, Labanca N, Bertoldi P, Pennington D, Goralczyk M, Schau E, Saouter E, Sala S, Notarnicola B, Tassielli G, Renzulli P. Energy use in the EU food sector: State of play and opportunities for improvement
. EUR 27247. Luxembourg (Luxembourg): Publications Office of the European Union; 2015. JRC96121
2015-06-24
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC96121
978-92-79-48298-4,
978-92-79-48299-1,
1018-5593,
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 27247,
OP LD-NA-27247-EN-C,
OP LD-NA-27247-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC96121,
10.2790/266295,
10.2790/158316 (online),