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Primary production of energy

  • Glossary item | Last updated: 12 Apr 2024
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Any extraction of energy products in a useable form from natural sources. This occurs either when natural sources are exploited (for example, in coal mines, crude oil fields, hydro power plants) or in the fabrication of biofuels.

Transforming energy from one form into another, such as electricity or heat generation in thermal power plants (where primary energy sources are burned), or coke production in coke ovens, is not primary production.

Eurostat b, Glossary, accessed 12 April 2024

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Eurostat b, Glossary, accessed 12 April 2024

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