Applying bottom-up analysis to identify the system boundaries of non-energy use data in international energy statistics

Weiss, M.; Neelis, M.L.; Zuidberg, M.C.; Patel, Martin

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2008.05.014

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Applying bottom-up analysis to identify the system boundaries of non-energy use data in international energy statistics

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Weiss, M.; Neelis, M.L.; Zuidberg, M.C.; Patel, Martin

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Energy, vol. 33, no. 11, p. 1609-1622

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2008

Abstract

Data on the non-energy use of fossil fuels in energy statistics are subject to major uncertainties. We apply a simple bottom-up methodology to recalculate non-energy use for the entire world and for the 50 countries with the highest consumption of fossil fuels for non-energy purposes.We quantify worldwide non-energy use in the year 2000 to be 2472 exajoules (EJ), thereby accounting for 6% of the global total primary energy supply (TPES). Our bottom-up estimates are in line with data from international energy statistics for the entire world and for 14 individual countries. Our estimates exceed official non-energy use data for 22 countries, whereas they are lower than official data in the case of 14 countries. Inconsistent system boundaries of non-energy use data in international energy statistics can explain parts of the observed deviations. We regard our bottom-up methodology as reliable albeit being attached with uncertainties. We recommend its use for energy statisticians and greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory makers to generate a shortlist of countries, for which efforts should be made to clarify and improve the quality of non-energy use data in national and international energy statistics.

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Non-energy use
International energy statistics
Greenhouse gas inventories
CO2 emissions

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WEISS, M. et al. Applying bottom-up analysis to identify the system boundaries of non-energy use data in international energy statistics. In: Energy, 2008, vol. 33, n° 11, p. 1609–1622. doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2008.05.014

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DOI : 10.1016/j.energy.2008.05.014

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