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Primary energy consumption

  • Glossary item | Last updated: 12 Apr 2024
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Measures the total energy demand of a country. It covers consumption of the energy sector itself, losses during transformation (for example, from oil or gas into electricity) and distribution of energy, and the final consumption by end users. It excludes energy carriers used for non-energy purposes (such as petroleum not used not for combustion but for producing plastics).

Eurostat b, Glossary, accessed 12 April 2024

Source category: EC Technical Documents

The direct use at the source, or supply to users without transformation, of crude energy, that is, energy that has not been subjected to any conversion or transformation process.

OECD, 2008, Glossary of Statistical Terms

Source category: International Organisations

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