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Eurostat: Energy use for cooling in EU households doubled in six years
Brussels – There has been a steady, gradual increase in energy consumption for domestic cooling: in the European Union, this reached 80,400 terajoules (TJ) in 2024, double the 2018 figure of 40,500 TJ. According to Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, as temperatures rise, air conditioning is playing an increasingly important role in combating the heat. Between []
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· Jun 27, 2026
Is Europe embracing air conditioning as deadly heat waves become more common?
Many Europeans have long seen air conditioning as an unnecessary, costly, carbon emissions-heavy indulgence. But as the continent's summers get hotter, claiming more lives as they do, that appears to be changing. Over the last week, 40 people died in France from drowning as they sought relief from extreme heat. In Spain, temperatures hit 111 degrees, and the U.K. is enduring its hottest June on record. Every year, heat claims an average of 175,000 lives across Europe, according to the World Health Organization...
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· Jun 22, 2026
One in five homes have air conditioning as heatwaves increase
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· Jun 23, 2026
Heat in Europe is causing sky-high electricity prices
Heat in Europe is causing sky-high electricity prices
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· Jun 26, 2026
As Europe faces a massive heatwave, read how EU regulations pose hurdles to the purchase of Air Conditioners
With rising temperatures, electricity prices are also increasing. However, the obvious resort to relief in peak summers, Air Conditioners are not that easily available in Europe.
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· Jul 4, 2026
Ukraine accumulates only half of necessary gas reserves for winter
The accumulation is hampered by rising prices on the European energy markets and high demand for gas in EU countries
The Local France
· Jun 25, 2026
French aversion to air conditioning melts as homes sizzle
As Europe's heatwave leaves millions sweltering in poorly insulated apartments, schools and retirement homes, more French people are breaking with tradition to turn to air conditioning.
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