Sentences with phrase «consumption subsidies amounted»
Natural gas consumption subsidies amounted to about $ 75 billion and coal subsidies to $ 1 billion.
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Natural gas subsidies were also significant, amounting to around USD 50 billion, affecting the price paid for 22 % of gas consumption.
According to the IEA, global fossil fuel consumption subsidies are over twice as large as subsidies for renewable energy in 2015, which amounted to $ 150 billion globally — $ 120 billion for non-hydro renewables for power generation and about $ 30 billion for renewables in other sectors, primarily biofuels.
But while the figure for fossil - fuel consumption subsidies may be coming down, it remains much higher than estimated government support to renewable energy: subsidies for renewables in power generation amounted to $ 140 billion in 2016.