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Energy balances
By comparing supply and use against one another, energy balances reflect the energy flow through the socio-economic system.
The trend from 2007 to 2008 was as follows:
Austrian gross domestic consumption rose by 0.3% to 1 428 761 terajoules (TJ).
Weather conditions could be seen as one major reason therefore, as the degree totals, at 3.5%, had increased significantly compared with 2007.
With respect to gross domestic consumption in Austria, the
greatest rate of decrease was recorded for electricity
With a share of 39.4%, oil remains the most important energy source, followed by renewable energy sources with a share of 26.6%, natural gas with a share of 22.1% and coal with a share of 10.6%.
The second major value in the energy balance is final energy consumption, in other words the
quantity of energy made available to the consumer for transformation
into useful energy. With a share of 41.2%, oil is still the most important
energy source in terms of final energy consumption, followed by electrical energy with 19.4%, natural gas with 17.3%, renewable energy sources with 14.1%, district heat with 5.7% and coal with 2.2%. A rise in consumption showed fuels used mainly
for space heating like renewable energy sources (5 715 TJ or 3.9%), natural gas (9 982 TJ
or 5.6%) and gas oil for heating purposes (8 738 TJ or 14.0%). A significant decrease of
consumption was given for fossil transport fuels - diesel
According to sectors, transport with 33.7%, industries and construction with 28.6%, households with 25.0% and public and private services with 10.4% account for the greater share of final energy consumption.
| Overall energy balances 1970 to 2008 |  |  |  |
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| Detailed energy balance 2008 |  | | |
| Energy balances 1970 to 2008 (detailed information) | | | |
| Electricity balance | | | |
| Oil balance | | | |
| Gas balance | | | |
| Coal balance | | | |
| District heat balance | | | |
| Balance of Renewables | | | |
| Standard documentation, meta information: Energy Balances for Austria and the Laender of Austria | |
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