89. Only a relatively small fraction of overall electricity consumption in Luxembourg is generated
by installations in Luxembourg - especially since the generation from blast furnace gas was
stopped. The natural gas fired TWINerg power plant, which was set into service in 2002 but
which shut down in 2016, led to an increase of the share of domestically produced electricity, as
did the numerous small combined heat and power (CHP) installations. Despite the increase in
generation capacity, since 2002 the import dependency -measured as net imports divided by
national consumption - remains on a high level of about 50 to 70 %, compared to 94.3 % in 1990.
With the subsequent slowdown and shut down of the TWINerg, this ratio is again close to 90 %.
The import dependency - mainly from the German network - has one major impact on the
quantitative assessment of effects of PaMs in the field of electricity generation from renewable
energy sources: while most EU Member States and by extension, most countries - own a
"double dividend" from the encouragement of electricity generation from renewable ("carbon
neutral") sources - by increasing the share of renewable energy in accordance with the RED
(Directive No 2009/28/EC) and, in addition, by lowering GHG emissions from electricity
generation - Luxembourg only benefits from the increase in the share of renewable energy.