Energy consumption by Dutch industry, 1990-2002

Approximately half of the fossil fuels consumed by industry are used as raw materials or for use in conversion to other products. The chemical industry is the largest consumer.

	Total	As fuel in combined heat and power plants1)	As fuel in ovens, boilers, stoves, etc.	As raw material or for use in conversion to other products
	PJ
1990	1 058	188	444	426
1995	1 051	160	493	398
1998	1 023	160	471	392
1999	1 018	149	383	486
2000	1 030	156	368	506
2001	1 034	151	357	526
2002	1 054	147	369	539
Breakdown for 2002
Food products, beverages and tobacco products	75	30	45	0.52
Textiles and leather products	5.0	0.4	4.6	-
Paper products and printing industries	27	16	10	-
Refineries	183	44	85	53
Fertilisers	90	6	20	65
Other chemical products	494	45	119	330
Basic metals2)	109	4	32	73
Other industry	71	1	52	18
Source: CBS.			CBS/EDC/Oct03/0017
1) For conversion to electricity, steam and hot water. 2) Including coke plants. N.B. The data relate only to the use of fossil fuels and are therefore exclusive of electricity and heat use.

Changes in fuel consumption

Both the rise in industrial activities and improvements in energy efficiency have an impact on energy use.
The reduction in fuel consumption in combined heat and power plants is mainly due to the fact that a number of combined heat and power plants have been transferred to joint ventures. These joint ventures are allocated to the Energy supply target sector.

Technical note

The data relate only to the use of fossil fuels and are therefore exclusive of electricity and heat use.

Relevant sections and indicators in the Environmental Data Compendium

• CBS (2003). Statline. Energieverbruik. Statistics Netherlands, Voorburg/Heerlen.

Relevant information outside of the Environmental Data Compendium

• Consumption in the Netherlands of energy carriers by target sector, 1990-2002
• More information about the consumption of energy carriers can be found on Statline (Statistics Netherlands).