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Energy use in the manufacturing sector
The purpose of this statistics is to highlight the energy consumption in the manufacturing and mining industry in Norway.
Selected figures from the statistics
- Energy consumption and costs in establishments in manufacturing, mining and quarrying.Download table as ...Energy consumption and costs in establishments in manufacturing, mining and quarrying.1
Total energy consumption Energy costs Gwh Per cent NOK million Per cent 20242 2023 - 2024 20242 2023 - 2024 05,07,08,09.9,10-33 Manufacturing, mining and quarrying 76 756 -0.3 34 911 -9.2 05,07,08,09.9 Mining and quarrying 1 153 -8.5 1 231 -8.5 10-33 Manufacture 75 603 -0.2 33 680 -9.2 10-12 Manufacture of food products and beverages 5 018 -4.8 3 957 -18.2 16 Wood and wood products 2 752 -2.7 803 -7.9 17 Paper and paper products 4 729 10.0 1 704 -18.0 19-21 Refined petro., chemicals, pharmac. 22 766 -5.8 7 540 -18.4 22-23 Rubber, plastic and mineral prod. 3 972 -2.6 2 334 -6.0 24 Basic metals 33 083 3.6 14 230 4.0 13-15,18,25-33 Manufacturing n.e.c. 3 283 2.9 3 111 -20.4 1Published data are based on SN07. 2Preliminary figures Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Energy consumption in establishments in maufacturing, mining and quarrying1. Overview. Preliminary figures.Download table as ...Energy consumption in establishments in maufacturing, mining and quarrying1. Overview. Preliminary figures.1
2024 Energy consumption (M1) Energy consumption (GWh) Fraction in per cent Energy costs (NOK million) Energy prices (kr/M1 and øre/M1) Energy prices (øre/kWh) Total energy consumption (M1 = GWh) . 76 756 100.0 . . . Purchased energy (M1 = GWh) . 63 565 82.8 34 911 . 54.9 Electricity (M1 = GWh)2 44 854 44 854 58.4 22 725 50.7 50.7 Petroleum products (excl. used for transport) (M1 = tonnes) 161 252 1 863 2.4 1 840 11 411 98.8 Kerosene (M1 = tonnes) 1 047 14 17 16 237 121.4 Light heating oils (M1 = tonnes) 28 749 346 385 13 392 111.3 Heavy distillates (M1 = tonnes) 42 1 - - - Heavy fuel oils (M1 = tonnes) 2 125 24 27 12 706 112.5 Waste oil (M1 = tonnes) 36 242 362 96 2 649 26.5 Auto diesel (non-dutiable) (M1 = tonnes) 93 047 1 117 1 313 14 111 117.5 Gas (M1 = GWh) 5 670 5 670 7.4 4 145 . 73.1 Propane and butane (M1 = tonnes) 210 774 2 700 2 316 10 988 85.8 Liquified natural gas (LNG) (M1 = tonnes) 103 932 1 403 1 042 10 026 74.3 Natural gas (in gaseous form) (M1 = 1 000 Sm3) 82 166 806 554 6 742 68.7 Fuel gas (M1 = tonnes) 31 734 529 156 4 916 29.5 CO-gas (M1 = GWh) 58 58 15 25.9 25.9 Other purchased gas (M1 = GWh) . . . . . Coal products (M1 = tonnes)3 1 026 708 8 580 11.2 4 382 4 268 51.1 Pit coal, briquettes (M1 = tonnes)3 49 161 384 87 1 770 22.7 Coke and semi-coke of coal (M1 = tonnes)3 11 242 89 63 5 604 70.8 Pit coal, briqbruettes (used as reducing agent during production) (M1 = tonnes)3 567 100 4 427 2 175 3 835 49.1 Coke and semi-coke of coal (used as reducing agent during production) (M1 = tonnes)3 399 205 3 162 1 618 4 053 51.2 Petrol coke (M1 = tonnes)3 4 31 409 305 115 3 661 37.7 Charcoal (M1 = tonnes) 27 377 214 324 11 835 151.4 Steam and district heating (M1 = GWh) 1 262 1 262 1.6 663 52.5 52.5 Steam (M1 = GWh) 623 623 307 49.3 49.3 District heating (M1 = GWh) 639 639 357 55.9 55.9 Fire wood, waste of wood and other biofuel (M1 = GWh) 776 776 0.7 333 . 42.9 Fire wood, waste of wood (M1 = m3) 255 818 512 252 985 49.2 Other biofuel (M1 = GWh) 110 110 59 13 53.6 Wood pellets (M1=tonnes) 17 043 154 22 1 291 14.3 Petroleum products for transport (M1 = 1 000 litres) 55 880 558 0.7 820 14 674 147.0 Gasoline (M1 = 1 000 litres) 1 582 14 - - - Auto diesel (dutiable) (M1 = 1 000 litres) 41 264 412 682 16 528 165.5 Marine gas oils (M1 = 1 000 litres) 13 034 131 138 10 588 105.3 Self-produced energy (M1 = GWh) 13 192 13 192 17.2 - . . Self-produced wood waste (M1 = m3) 956 470 2 391 - . . Self-produced black liquor (M1 = GWh) 181 181 - . . Other self-produced waste (M1 = GWh) 705 705 - . . Self-produced electricity (M1 = GWh) 250 250 - . . Self-produced refinery gas (M1 = GWh) . . - . . Self-produced fuel gas (M1 = GWh) . . - . . Self-produced CO-gas (M1 = GWh) . . - . . Self-produced Natural gas (in gaseous form (M1 = GWh) . . . . . Other self-produced gas (M1 = GWh) . . - . . 1Auxiliary units and establishments in extraction of oil and gas are not included. 2Occasional power and grid rent included. 3Coal, coke etc. used as reducing agent during production is considered as fuel in the energy balance and is included in the statistics from 2003. Costs are included from 2011. 4Incl. petrol coke used as reducing agent during production Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Energy consumption in establishments1 in manufacturing, mining and quarrying, by industry subclass and energy type measured in GWH. Preliminary figures.Download table as ...Energy consumption in establishments1 in manufacturing, mining and quarrying, by industry subclass and energy type measured in GWH. Preliminary figures.1
2024 Total for all energy products Purchased electricity2 Purchased petroleum products Purchased gas Purchased coal products3 Purchased district heating and steam Purchased fire wood and waste Purchased petroleum products for transport Self-produced bio energy Self-produced electricity Self-produced gas 05,07,08,09.9,10-33 Manufacturing, mining and quarrying 76 756 44 853 1 863 5 670 8 580 1 262 776 558 2 802 250 9 643 05,07,08,09.9 Mining and quarrying 1 153 386 642 52 - - 1 71 - - - 10-33 Manufacturing 75 603 44 467 1 222 5 618 8 580 1 262 774 487 2 802 249 9 643 10-12 Food products, beverages and tobacco 5 018 3 280 227 973 - 299 17 161 44 17 - 16 Wood and wood products 2 752 630 101 17 - 83 225 22 1 673 - - 17 Pulp, paper and paperproducts 4 729 3 256 67 187 - 107 233 1 875 1 - 19-21 Refined petro., chemicals, pharmac. 22 766 6 916 98 2 299 2 806 621 49 34 86 120 9 610 22-23 Rubber, plastic and mineral prod. 3 972 977 480 1 231 440 12 238 101 112 12 - 24 Basic metals 33 083 26 713 118 775 5 332 16 - 2 - 94 33 13-15,18,25-33 Manufacturing n.e.c. 3 283 2 695 132 135 1 124 13 166 11 6 - 1Published data are based on SN07 2Occasional power included. 3Coal, coke etc. used as reducing agent during production is considered as fuel in the energy balance and is included in the statistics from 2009. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Energy costs in establishments in manufacturing, mining and quarrying, by industry subclass and energy type. Preliminary figures.Download table as ...Energy costs in establishments in manufacturing, mining and quarrying, by industry subclass and energy type. Preliminary figures.1
2024 Total for all energy products Purchased electricity2 Purchased petroleum products Purchased gas Purchased coal products3 Purchased district heating and steam Purchased fire wood and waste Purchased petroleum products for transport 05,07,08,09.9,10-33 Manufacturing, mining and quarrying 34 911 22 725 1 840 4 145 4 382 663 333 820 05,07,08,09.9 Mining and quarrying 1 231 354 714 48 - - - 114 10-33 Manufacturing 33 680 22 371 1 126 4 097 4 382 663 333 706 10-12 Food products, beverages and tobacco 3 957 2 517 255 850 - 104 21 211 16 Wood and wood products 803 555 122 12 - 28 50 36 17 Pulp, paper and paper products 1 704 1 387 74 132 - 45 65 1 19-21 Refined petro., chemicals, pharmac. 7 540 3 495 107 1 590 1 820 343 141 43 22-23 Rubber, plastic and mineral prod. 2 334 867 263 848 137 9 44 165 24 Basic metals 14 230 11 117 142 533 2 423 14 - 3 13-15,18,25-33 Manufacturing n.e.c 3 111 2 434 162 132 2 121 11 247 1Published data are based on SN07. 2Occasional power included. 3Coal, coke etc. used as reducing agent during production is considered as fuel in the energy balance and is included in the statistics from 2009. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Energy prices in establishments in manufacturing, mining and quarrying, by industry subclass and energy type measured in øre per kWh. Preliminary figures.Download table as ...Energy prices in establishments in manufacturing, mining and quarrying, by industry subclass and energy type measured in øre per kWh. Preliminary figures.1
2024 Total for all energy products Purchased electricity2 Purchased petroleum products Purchased gas Purchased coal products3 Purchased district heating and steam Purchased fire wood and waste Purchased petroleum products for transport 05,07,08,09.9,10-33 Manufacturing, mining and quarrying 45.5 50.7 98.7 73.1 51.1 52.6 43.0 147.0 05,07,08,09.9 Mining and quarrying 106.8 91.7 111.2 92.3 : : 21.7 161.6 10-33 Manufacturing 44.5 50.3 92.2 72.9 51.1 52.6 43.0 144.8 10-12 Food products, beverages and tobacco 78.9 76.7 112.3 87.3 : 34.7 126.6 130.5 16 Wood and wood products 29.2 88.1 121.3 70.7 : 33.8 22.3 162.6 17 Pulp, paper and paper products 36.0 42.6 111.3 70.6 : 42.1 27.9 153.9 19-21 Refined petro., chemicals, pharmac. 33.1 50.5 110.1 69.2 64.9 55.2 290.7 126.1 22-23 Rubber, plastic and mineral prod. 58.8 88.7 54.9 68.8 31.2 75.0 18.7 163.7 24 Basic metals 43.0 41.6 120.2 68.7 45.4 86.2 : 121.0 13-15,18,25-33 Manufacturing n.e.c 94.7 90.3 122.7 98.4 158.4 97.3 84.5 149.0 1Published data are based on SN07. 2Occasional power included. 3Kull og koks brukt som reduksjonsmiddel i produksjonsprosessen er betraktet som brensel i energibalansen og er inkludert i statistikken fra 2009. Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ... - Energy consumption in establishments in maufacturing, mining and quarrying. Overview. Final figures.Download table as ...Energy consumption in establishments in maufacturing, mining and quarrying. Overview. Final figures.1
2023 Energy consumption (M1) Energy consumption (GWh) Fraction in per cent Energy costs (NOK million) Energy prices (øre/M1) Energy prices (øre/kWh) Total energy consumption (M1 = GWh) . 77 011 100.0 . . . Purchased energy (M1 = GWh) . 63 645 82.6 38 447 . 60.4 Electricity (M1 = GWh)2 44 332 44 332 57.6 23 250 52.4 52.4 Petroleum products (excl. used for transport) (M1 = tonnes) 185 606 2 151 2.8 2 161 11 643 100.5 Kerosene (M1 = tonnes) 711 9 13 18 284 144.4 Light heating oils (M1 = tonnes) 46 122 554 608 13 182 109.7 Heavy distillates (M1 = tonnes) - - - . . Heavy fuel oils (M1 = tonnes) 3 396 38 32 9 423 84.2 Waste oil (M1 = tonnes) 37 777 378 85 2 250 22.5 Auto diesel (non-dutiable) (M1 = tonnes) 97 600 1 172 1 423 14 580 121.4 Gas (M1 = GWh) 6 118 6 118 7.9 4 740 . 77.5 Propane and butane (M1 = tonnes) 202 818 2 598 2 094 10 325 80.6 Liquified natural gas (LNG) (M1 = tonnes) 127 350 1 719 1 574 12 360 91.6 Natural gas (in gaseous form) (M1 = 1 000 Sm3) 117 024 1 148 640 5 469 55.7 Fuel gas (M1 = tonnes) 31 624 527 226 7 146 42.9 CO-gas (M1 = GWh) 120 120 20 16.7 16.7 Other purchased gas (M1 = GWh) . . . . . Coal products (M1 = tonnes)3 1 020 881 8 379 10.9 5 758 5 640 68.7 Pit coal, briquettes (M1 = tonnes) 63 951 499 138 2 158 27.7 Coke and semi-coke of coal (M1 = tonnes) 14 893 118 88 5 909 74.6 Pit coal, briqbruettes (used as reducing agent during production) (M1 = tonnes)3 576 364 4 499 3 047 5 287 67.7 Coke and semi-coke of coal (used as reducing agent during production) (M1 = tonnes)3 337 832 2 676 1 770 5 239 66.1 Petrol coke (M1 = tonnes)4 27 841 271 146 5 244 53.9 Charcoal (M1 = tonnes) 40 621 317 569 14 008 179.5 Steam and district heating (M1 = GWh) 1 393 1 393 1.8 768 55.1 55.1 Steam (M1 = GWh) 829 829 455 54.9 54.9 District heating (M1 = GWh) 563 563 313 55.6 55.6 Fire wood, waste of wood and other biofuel (M1 = GWh) 737 737 1.0 955 . 129.6 Fire wood, waste of wood (M1 = m3) 306 107 612 265 866 43.3 Other biofuel (M1 = GWh) 36 36 678 1 883.3 1 883.3 Wood pellets (M1=tonnes) 11 936 88 11 922 12.5 Petroleum products for transport (M1 = 1 000 litres) 53 392 535 0.7 813 15 227 152.0 Gasoline (M1 = 1 000 litres) 2 282 20 39 17 090 195.0 Auto diesel (dutiable) (M1 = 1 000 litres) 39 298 393 641 16 311 163.1 Marine gas oils (M1 = 1 000 litres) 11 811 119 114 9 652 95.8 Self-produced energy (M1 = GWh) 13 366 13 366 17.4 - . . Self-produced wood waste (M1 = m3) 913 931 2 285 - . . Self-produced black liquor (M1 = GWh) 130 130 - . . Other self-produced waste (M1 = GWh) 851 851 - . . Self-produced electricity (M1 = GWh) 225 225 - . . Self-produced refinery gas (M1 = GWh) . . - . . Self-produced fuel gas (M1 = GWh) . . - . . Self-produced CO-gas (M1 = GWh) . . - . . Self-produced Natural gas (in gaseous form (M1 = GWh) . . . . . Other self-produced gas (M1 = GWh) . . - . . 1Auxiliary units and establishments in extraction of oil and gas are not included. 2Occasional power and grid rent included. 3Coal, coke etc. used as reducing agent during production is considered as fuel in the energy balance and is included in the statistics from 2003. Costs are included from 2011. 4Incl. petrol coke used as reducing agent during production Explanation of symbolsDownload table as ...
About the statistics
The information under «About the statistics» was last updated 21 May 2024.
Energy use: Different energy products for fuel, lighting, heat and transport purposes during the reference year are considered as energy products in this statistics. The consumption of raw materials is not included and there is a distinction between purchased and self-produced energy. Self-produced energy includes by-products from production (i.e. firewood, black liquor or solid biomass waste), re-use of steam and electricity production in the business, among others.
Gigawatt hour (GWh) = million kWh
Terrawatt hour (TWh) = billion kWh
Due to the large number of different energy products in Norwegian mining and manufacturing, they have been divided into groups. In order to make it possible to find the total energy consumption within the individual energy groups and the total consumption for the company, we have converted all of the energy commodities to the common unit GW (billion watts). This has been done based on information on average energy content for the individual energy commodities.
The energy products have been divided into 10 groups, 7 groups for purchased energy and 3 groups for self-produced energy.
Purchased energy:
Electricity = Purchased electricity
Petroleum products = Purchased light heating oils, heavy distillates, heavy fuel oils, waste oils, kerosene and auto diesel (tax-exempt).
Gas products = Purchased LPG (liquid propane and butane gas), LNG (liquid natural gas), NGG (natural gas in gas form), fuel gas and CO-gas.
Coal products = Purchased coal, coke and petrol coke used as fuel and as a reduction agent.
Steam and district heating = Purchased district heating and steam.
Solid biomass and wastes = Purchased wood, biomass waste and other waste.
Petroleum products for transport = Purchased gasoline, auto diesel and marine gas oils.
Self-produced energy:
Electricity = Self-produced electricity
Solid biomass and wastes = Self-produced waste of wood, black liquor and other wastes.
Gas = Self-produced natural gas in gas form, fuel gas, CO-gas and other gases.
Local kind-of-activity unit: The statistics have local kind-of-activity unit as an observation unit and an analysis unit. A local kind-of-activity unit is defined as a functional unit, which at a single physical location is engaged mainly in activities within a specific activity group. An enterprise is defined as an organizational unit, and consists of one or more local kind-of-activity units.
The following guidelines are used in order to divide the activity of an enterprise into separate local kind-of-activity units; Activities engaged by an enterprise in different municipalities are treated as separate local kind-of-activity units. Activities in different industrial classes (4-digit) can be classified as separate local kind-of-activity units even if the activity is located at the same site. To divide a local unit into several local kind-of-activity units, each of the activities has to be of a certain size, normally engaging at least 5 people.
Norwegian Standard Industrial Classification (SIC2007), which is based on the industrial classifications approved by the EU (NACE Rev. 2) and the UN (ISIC Rev. 3).
Name: Energy use in the manufacturing sector
Topic: Energy and manufacturing
Division for Energy, Environmental and Transport Statistics
National level
Yearly. Preliminary figures are published within 6 months after the end of the reference year. Final figures are published within 18 months after the end of the reference year.
The figures are included in the energy balance sheet. The energy balance sheet is used in annual reports to Eurostat, IEA and OECD.
The data are stored in Oracle databases and as SAS data. Revised micro data and raw data are also stored permanently as text files.
The statistics provides information about energy use in the mining and manufacturing industry. Statistics Norway has collected data on energy use as a part of the structural business statistics for manufacturing since the 1970s. The data on energy use has been collected in a separate survey since 1998. This is a part of an ongoing project between Statistics Norway and the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE). The Energy Act is the legal basis for the data collection. Statistics Norway keeps a copy of the data using the Statistics Act to compile official statistics. The purpose of this project is to strengthen the statistics on energy use, in terms of content, quality, timeliness, and new statistical products.
The statistics are used by public institutions (The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate, the government, etc.), different analytical institutions and branch organizations. In Statistics Norway the statistics are important as input in the national accounts, in the energy accounts and in the energy balance sheet, as well as in the emission statistics. The raw data are also important in other analyses and research in Statistics Norway.
No external users have access to statistics before they are released at 8 a.m. on ssb.no after at least three months’ advance notice in the release calendar. This is one of the most important principles in Statistics Norway for ensuring the equal treatment of users.
The statistics on energy use in manufacturing has the same population as the annual structural business statistics for the manufacturing sector. The connection between these two statistics makes it possible to produce energy indicators, where the energy use data are connected with different activity data, for example number of hours worked by employees, employment, value added, production value, etc.
The statistics for energy use in the manufacturing sector is important input for the calculation of the energy accounts and energy balance sheet. Energy used for transport is moved to the transport sector and energy consumption in refineries and coal production is classified as consumption by energy producing industries. The figures for manufacturing and mining in the energy accounts and energy balance will therefore be slightly lower than the figures in the statistics on energy use in manufacturing.
The statistics is also important input for the calculation of greenhouse gas emissions and the national accounts.
The statistics are developed, produced and disseminated pursuant to Act no. 32 of 21 June 2019 relating to official statistics and Statistics Norway (the Statistics Act).
The information is collected by Statistics Norway on behalf of the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) in agreement with the Act on the generation, transmission, trading, distribution and use of energy etc. (Energy Act) of June 29 1990, No. 50 § 10-1, third paragraph, first sentence.
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From the reference year 1998 the statistics cover all existing local kind-of-activity units within mining and manufacturing, which means division 05, 07,08, 09.9 og 10-33 in the Norwegian Standard Industrial Classification. Statistics Norway collects data from a representative selection of local kind-of-activity units from the population. For the remainder units the energy use data are estimated. There are about 18 000 units in the population.
Until the reference year 1997 enterprises with individual proprietorship where the owner is working alone (one-man-enterprise), and other local kind-of-activity units with employment less than half a man-year worked, are not included. The change in the population from the reference year 1998 leads to a break in the statistics.
Data on energy use are collected from a sample of local units in manufacturing, mining and quarrying. Information on activity codes, addresses and other information are collected from the Central Register of Establishments and Enterprises of Statistics Norway.
Approximately 2 300 local kind-of-activity units are selected for the sample survey. The sample consists of the largest units in each subgroup, differentiated by number of employees, and some small and medium sized units. Small units are chosen randomly from a stratified sample. The units in the sample cover about 95 per cent of the total energy use and about 90 per cent of the total energy costs in the mining and manufacturing sector. The sample consists of a sufficient number of small and medium sized units, and the samples are randomly selected. This makes the estimated energy use for the remainder units as correct as possible and avoids systematic errors in the estimation.
The data for this statistics are reported electronically in questionnaires which are sent out in January after the reference year. We use the same form for all the units. The Energy Act is used, and the units are required to report within the deadline in February. NVE sends out the final reminder in March. Units that do not respond after the final reminder have to pay a coercive fine.
Editing is defined here as checking, examining and amending data. We use the "top down" approach to edit the data. This means that big units are edited first. The units are already divided into two groups according to the type of form they have received. The around 600 largest companies, which contribute over 90 percent of the total energy use, are then sorted and controlled in descending order. The forms do also go through a set of controls that flag outliers and other possible errors.
The data is also controlled at a macro level. The energy use in one division is for example checked against the same division the previous year. Descriptive statistics such as median and standard deviation are also used to control the various energy products.
Turnover data from the short-term turnover statistics (by preliminary figures) and energy costs from the structural business statistics for the manufacturing sector (by final figures) are used by estimating energy use data for units outside the sample.
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Employees of Statistics Norway have a duty of confidentiality.
Statistics Norway does not publish figures if there is a risk of the respondent’s contribution being identified. This means that, as a general rule, figures are not published if fewer than three units form the basis of a cell in a table or if the contribution of one or two respondents constitutes a very large part of the cell total.
Statistics Norway can make exceptions to the general rule if deemed necessary to meet the requirements of the EEA agreement, if the respondent is a public authority, if the respondent has consented to this, or when the information disclosed is openly accessible to the public.
More information can be found on Statistics Norway’s website under Methods in official statistics, in the ‘Confidentiality’ section.
The statistics covers all local kind-of-activity units in mining and manufacturing from reference year 1998. Businesses with individual proprietorship where the owner was working alone (one-man-enterprise), and other local kind-of-activity units with employment less than half a man-year worked, were not included before 1998. New production routines and more resources for editing lead to data of higher quality from 1998. The new population and higher quality of the data led to a break in the statistics from 1997 to 1998. It is still possible to continue the old time series with the same population and contents as before 1998.
New standard industrial classification SIC2007 (based on NACE Rev.2) makes a break in the time series for the statistics on energy use in manufacturing and industry in 2003. For the years 1990-2003, the statistics are published by standard industrial classification SN2002 (based on NACE Rev. 1.1). Both time series are published in StatBank.
Coal and coke used as a reducing agent during production is regarded as fuel in the energy balance and is therefore included in the statistics on energy use in manufacturing. This is, for example, used in the production of pure metals. Coal and coke used as a reducing agent is included in the Statbank from 2003. The costs are included from 2011. This causes a break in the time series.
The results of a statistical survey may contain some collection and processing errors. Collection errors may occur in the data due to oblivion and misunderstandings, etc. Processing errors may occur in the data due to faulty assessments when editing and in the exercise of quality controls.
The units in the sample are asked to report the use (value and amount) for different energy products. Lack of knowledge of the different energy products, ambiguities in the questionnaire or in the guidelines and misunderstandings of the variables and valuations may lead to uncertainty in the figures from the survey.
Despite the numerous controls in the sample, there is still a possibility for errors in the data. For example errors that are not caught by the existing control routines or ones caused by incorrect assessments from the adviser from Statistics Norway.
Sampling errors, meaning the uncertainty caused by the data coming from a sample from a population, is not measured. Since the selected units cover such a large part of the total energy use, the uncertainty is estimated to be low.
During editing the energy use for the units in the sample, some errors in the units' industrial classification are discovered. These are corrected in the Local kind-of-acivity units register.
A revision is a planned change to figures that have already been published, for example when releasing final figures as a follow-up to published preliminary figures. See also Statistics Norway’s principles for revisions.
Revisions in previously published seasonally adjusted figures can take place when new observations (or revised previous observations) are included in the basis of calculation. The scope of the revision is usually greatest in the most relevant part (last 1–2 years) of seasonally adjusted time series. A corresponding revision in trends is also typical, particularly at the end of the time series. The extent of the revision of trends and seasonally adjusted figures is partly determined by the revision policy, see Section 4 of the European Statistical System (ESS) Guidelines on Seasonal Adjustment on the Eurostat website. For more information on the revision of seasonally adjusted figures, see the ‘About seasonal adjustment’ section in the relevant statistics.
Publication of the statistics contain both preliminary and final figures. The preliminary figures apply to the year t-1 while the final figures are published for the year t-2. The preliminary figures before this publication is then replaced by final figures.
Energy costs from the annual structural business statistics for the manufacturing sector is used to estimate the energy user for units outside the sample. Data for t-2 for preliminary figures and data for the corresponding year for final figures. This means that the estimation of the energy use for units outside the sample is somewhat uncertain at preliminary figures.
The difference between preliminary and final figures are usually less than 1-2 per cent for total energy consumption and less than 3-4 percent for total energy costs. The difference is mainly due to delay in the registration and editing of data.