E.ON SE: World Energy Day on October 22: Is Germany the European energy-saving champion?

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*World Energy Day on October 22: 
Is Germany the European energy-saving champion?* 
 
Is Germany the European energy-saving champion? According to a survey by 
E.ON and KantarEMNID, at least 14 percent of Germans believe so, but the 
reality is rather different. Of the ten European countries covered in the 
survey, Romania takes first place with a primary energy consumption of 
18,515 kilowatt hours (kWh) per head each year. 
 
Second and third places go to Turkey and Hungary, with an annual consumption 
of 19,271 and 28,296 kWh, respectively. Those questioned in the survey 
believed - entirely incorrectly - that these places would go to Denmark (16 
percent) and Germany (11 percent). 
 
They also placed Hungary - which in reality comes in third - in last place 
with just one percent. Only two percent of those surveyed thought that 
Romania, which actually uses the least energy, was Europe's energy-saving 
champion. 
 
All those questioned believed the title should go to a nation in the north 
of the continent. On average, across all the countries in the survey, 26 
percent believe Sweden is the best at saving energy, hence it was placed top 
in nine out of ten countries among those questioned by E.ON and KantarEMNID 
- who were therefore entirely wrong. Incidentally, the Danes are the only 
ones to be firmly convinced - likewise incorrectly - that their own nation 
takes the title, with a total of 34 percent. 
 
These results are part of the "Living in Europe" study, for which E.ON and 
KantarEMNID questioned around 10,000 people in the Czech Republic, Denmark, 
France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Sweden, Turkey and the UK. The 
energy consumption figures are based on the World Bank's World Development 
Indicators (2015), published by the Federal Statistical Office. 
 
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assumptions and forecasts made by E.ON Group Management and other 
information currently available to E.ON. Various known and unknown risks, 
uncertainties, and other factors could lead to material differences between 
the actual future results, financial situation, development or performance 
of the company and the estimates given here. E.ON SE does not intend, and 
does not assume any liability whatsoever, to update these forward-looking 
statements or to align them to future events or developments. 
 
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