The main factors behind the decline were a 29% drop in natural gas consumption and a 3.4% drop in coal demand. The reduction in natural gas consumption in 2022 is due to higher natural gas prices, encouraging consumers to "save gas," according to the DEA on Thursday. In contrast, consumption of petroleum products increased by 5.3%, "mainly due to higher sales of fuel for domestic and international aviation at Danish airports." During the same period, renewable energy consumption increased by 5.3%. According to the DEA, energy production from wind and solar cells could grow 22 percent by 2022 and provide nearly 60 percent of the nation's electricity supply. By comparison, solar and wind will only account for 47 percent of Denmark's electricity supply by 2021, according to Xinhua. Preliminary DEA figures also show that the decline in energy consumption would reduce carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption by 0.9 percent in 2022.