Domestic energy consumption in the Netherlands by energy carrier, 1990-2002
The consumption of most fossil fuel energy carriers has risen in the last ten years. Electricity consumption has doubled in this period.
| 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | of which | ||||
| as fuel in | raw material | ||||||||
| combined | ovens | 2) | |||||||
| heat and | boilers | ||||||||
| power plants | stoves | ||||||||
| 1) | etc. | ||||||||
| PJ | |||||||||
| Total | 2 735 | 2 943 | 3 051 | 3 145 | 3 141 | 413 | 2 112 | 616 | |
| Hard coal and | |||||||||
| coal-related products | 374 | 379 | 332 | 352 | 355 | 254 | 20 | 81 | |
| Oil and | |||||||||
| oil products | 975 | 993 | 1 073 | 1 113 | 1 119 | 45 | 665 | 408 | |
| of which | oil | ||||||||
| raw materials | 2 216 | 2678 | 2 649 | 2 665 | 2470 | - | - | 2 470 | |
| heavy | |||||||||
| fuel oil | -391 | -439 | -375 | -345 | -375 | 1 | 12 | -387 | |
| LPG | 63 | 36 | 15 | 14 | -12 | - | 27 | -40 | |
| other oil | |||||||||
| products | -913 | -1282 | -1216 | -1221 | -965 | 45 | 626 | -1 636 | |
| Natural gas | 1 290 | 1 451 | 1 469 | 1 508 | 1500 | 540 | 846 | 114 | |
| Electricity | 34 | 43 | 72 | 66 | 63 | -327 | 361 | 29 | |
| Steam and/or | |||||||||
| hot water | 59 | 73 | 99 | 101 | 99 | -104 | 218 | -15 | |
| Fermentation gas | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Source: CBS. | CBS/EDC/Oct03/0054 | ||||||||
| 1) For transformation into electricity, steam and/or hot water. 2) Including transformation losses. | |||||||||
Developments in domestic energy consumption
Despite energy-saving measures, the consumption of oil, oil products and natural gas has risen in the last ten years. The consumption of hard coal and coal-related products fell in this period and electricity consumption doubled.
