Primary Energy Consumption
Primary energy is the amount of extractable energy present in fuels as they are found in nature. It is often expressed in tonnes of oil equivalent(toe) or watt-hour(Wh). Unless stated otherwise the lower heating value is used in the remainder of this text. A portion of primary energy is converted into other forms before it is used, depending on the energy conversion efficiency of the installation and method employed this number differs significantly from the final energy as consumed by end users.
| Gross primary energy by source(Mtoe) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coal | Oil | Natural gas | Nuclear | Renewable &
waste-to-energy |
Other (electricity
import/export) |
Total | |
| 2006 | 5.165 | 23.782 | 15.044 | 12.154 | 2.293 | +0.960 | 59.398 |
| 2007 | 4.612 | 23.073 | 14.969 | 12.566 | 2.917 | +0.682 | 58.819 |
| 2008 | 4.713 | 24.882 | 14.879 | 11.873 | 2.347 | +1.027 | 59.721 |
| 2009 | 3.257 | 24.615 | 15.153 | 12.304 | 2.706 | -0.021 | 58.014 |
| 2010 | 3.394 | 25.880 | 17.006 | 12.492 | 2.872 | +0.260 | 61.940 |
| share in 2010 | 5.48% | 41.8% | 27.5% | 20.2% | 4.64% | 0.42% | |
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