Energy balance; supply, conversion and consumption

This table contains figures on the supply, conversion and consumption of energy. Energy is released, for example, in the combustion of natural gas, oil, coal and biofuels. Energy can also be obtained from electricity or heat or extracted from nature, for example wind power or solar energy. In energy statistics all these sources from which energy can be used are called ‘energy carriers’. The supply of energy consists of the extraction of energy, the balance of imports and exports and the balance of the change in stocks. This is also referred to as the primary energy supply, as it is the amount of energy available in the country for conversion or consumption. Of the energy conversion, the table gives figures on the use of energy carriers for conversion (the amount of energy used to make other energy carriers), and on the production of energy after conversion (the amount of energy produced from other energy carriers), and on the balance of deployment and production. This balance of energy conversion can be interpreted as the loss of energy during conversion. Then the energy balance shows the final consumption of energy, which is the final consumption of energy. First, this concerns own consumption and distribution losses. After deduction of these quantities, final consumption of energy customers remains. This consists of final energy consumption and non-energy use. Final energy consumption is the energy used by energy consumers for energy purposes. It shall be specified for industry, transport and other customers, broken down by various sub-sectors. The last form of energy consumption is non-energy use. This is the use of an energy carrier for making a product that is not an energy carrier. Data available: From 1946 onwards. Status of the figures: All figures up to reporting year 2019 are final. The 2020 figures are further provisional. Changes as of 1 March 2022: Figures for the years 1990 to 2020 have been revised. The main change is another way of reflecting the own electricity consumption of electricity generating facilities. Previously, this was considered as electricity/wkk conversion. From now on, this is seen as self-consumption, as is customary in international energy statistics. As a result, the stakes and conversion balances increase off and own consumption, on average some 15 PJ per year. The self-consumption of electricity production plants is now visible in the new topic ‘Own consumption of electricity and heat production’. The previous revision of 2021 introduced the new blast furnaces sector for the years 2015 to 2020 describing the transformation of coke oven coke and coking coal into blast furnace gas that takes place in the production of iron ore crude iron. This activity was previously part of the steel industry. With this revision, the amendment was reduced to 1990. Changes as of 16 December 2021: Figures from 2015 to 2018 have been revised and the structure of the table has been adjusted. The main points of the revision are the following: Blast furnaces are visible as a separate sector from 2015 onwards and are no longer part of the iron and steel industry, but part of the energy sector. As a result, the energy sector’s own consumption increased over 10 PJ for these years and the final energy consumption decreased by more than 10 PJ. The energy carriers are coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, natural gas and electricity. Another revision point concerns shifting the production of other oil products in the chemical industry outside petrochemicals to extraction (0.4 to 4 PJ per year). Both revision points are intended to monitor even more fully the international agreements on energy statistics. In addition, a number of other improved insights on the energy balance of individual companies have been taken into account for 2015 to 2018. When will there be new figures? Provisional figures: April following the reporting year. Further provisional figures: June/July following the reporting year. Final figures: December of the second year following the reporting year.