Lower energy use in manufacturing

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Preliminary figures show that the total energy consumption in Norwegian manufacturing, mining and quarrying was around 76 500 GWh in 2016, which is 0.7 per cent lower than in 2015. Energy costs increased by 5 per cent in the same period to NOK 19 billion.

The lower energy use is mostly due to a drop in the consumption of self-produced gas. In 2016, around 9 240 GWh of self-produced gas was consumed, which is 1 260 GWh less than in 2015. Consumption of purchased electricity was up 750 GWh to around 44 960 GWh in 2016, accounting for almost 70 per cent of total purchased energy. This increase corresponds to 1.7 per cent and helped to curb the decline in energy consumption.

Figure 1. Manufacturing, mining and quarrying¹. Energy use by industry². 2003-2016. TWh³

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Mining and quarrying 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
Food products, beverages and tobacco 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 4 5 5
Wood and wood products 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pulp, paper and paperproducts 12 12 11 11 11 11 9 10 9 7 6 4 4 5
Refined petro., chemicals, pharmac. 25 25 26 27 26 26 24 25 24 23 25 24 26 24
Rubber, plastic and mineral prod. 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
Basic metals 33 37 36 33 34 34 27 30 30 30 30 31 32 32
Manufacturing n.e.c. 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3
¹The industries are by NACE Rev². The energy use are inclusive coal products used as a reduction agent³. 1 TWh (terrawatt hour) = 1 billion kWh (kilowatt hour).

Increased energy consumption in power-intensive industry

The most energy-intensive industries are called power-intensive industry. With a total consumption of over 53 000 GWh, which represents an increase of 0.7 per cent from 2015, these industries account for almost 70 per cent of all energy use in Norwegian manufacturing and mining.

Energy use in the manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard increased by 11.6 per cent to a total of 4 840 GWh. The increase is primarily due to a higher consumption of purchased electric power. More energy was also used in 2016 than the previous year in the production of iron, steel and ferroalloys, and the production of nonferrous metals.

In the industry for production of basic chemicals, energy consumption decreased. With a decline of 4.8 per cent in energy consumption from 2015, this industry used 16 030 GWh of energy in 2016. This decline is partly due to a fall in the consumption of purchased and self-produced gas.

Figure 2. Manufacturing, mining and quarrying¹. Energy use by energy product². 2003-2016. TWh³

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Biofuel and waste 5 5 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 4 4 3 3 3
Steam and district heating 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Coal products 8 10 8 7 8 8 6 8 8 8 8 9 9 9
Gas 17 16 17 18 17 17 16 16 15 15 17 15 16 15
Petroleum products used for transport 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1
Petroleum products for stationary use 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 5 5 4 3 3 3 3
Electricity 47 50 51 49 50 51 41 45 44 43 43 44 45 45
¹The industries are by NACE Rev. 2. ²The energy use are inclusive coal products used as a reduction agent. ³1 TWh (terrawatt hour) = 1 billion kWh (kilowatt hour)

Increased energy costs

Energy costs increased by NOK 900 million from 2015 to 2016. The increase is due to a combination of higher consumption and higher price of electricity and coal products. This means that the cost of electricity increased by 7.4 per cent, which amounts to NOK 970 million. Energy costs for coal products increased by NOK 450 million in 2016. Lower prices and consumption of purchased petroleum products and gas contributed to a slightly lower increase in the energy costs.

 

 

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