The Dutch energy accounts Sjoerd Schenau Statistics Netherlands

Content Why energy accounting ? Short history and organisation Main components Dutch energy accounts: 1) energy flow accounts 2) asset accounts for oil and gas Other environmental accounts related to energy Main users Conclusions

Why energy accounts ? High policy demand for energy data Part of integrated framework  comparison macro-economic parameters, international comparibility etc. Link physical data with economic data: taxes, subsidies Indicators, analyses, input for modelling Produce data for National Accounts Compilation of air emission accounts

Short history… : Pilot projects for physical flow accounts and asset accounts : Development and implementation of energy flow accounts : Development and implementation of energy asset accounts 2008 onwards: regular compilation of energy flow and asset accounts

Organisation of the work Department of National accounts Environmental accounts: 5 fte (2009) Compilation of the energy accounts (flows and assets): 0,3 fte No surveys: integration of existing statistics and accounts

Energy flow accounts Supply and use of energy products by economic activities Both monetary and physical Residence principle Allocation of energy supply and use to ISIC

Integration of energy data Energy balances Simplified physical supply and use tables Monetary supply and use tables Price information Production accounts Energy accounts (physical and monetary) National Accounts

Bridge table (2006) PJ Final use (energy balances)2 750 Conversion losses (energy balances) 482 Total energy use in the Netherlands (energy balances)3 232 Use residents abroad (+) 166 Use non residents (-) 12 Bunkering Dutch companies in the Netherlands (+) 142 Total net energy use Dutch economy3 527 (net energy accounts)

Net energy consumption and GDP Index 1990 = Net energy consumptionGDP

Energy intensity of industries Index 1990 = 100 AgricultureChemical sectorTransport ServicesDutch economy

Energy dependence on imports %

Energy dependence on imports for sectors % Agriculture Manufacturing Electricity producers Building Transport Other services Households

Energy asset accounts Physical and monetary balances for oil and gas Opening stock, new discoveries, extraction, revaluation, closing stocks Data sources: 1) Report oil and gas in the Netherlands 2) National accounts

Volume and value of the assets for natural gas in the Netherlands ValueVolume Mln Sm 3 Bln euro

Life time of the Dutch gas reserves years

Other environmental accounts related to energy Environmental tax accounts Environmental subsidy accounts Environmental goods and services sector Air emission accounts

Taxes on energy Bln. euro Current pricesConstant prices (1990)

Main users of the Dutch energy accounts Energy research centre of the Netherlands Netherlands environmental assessment agency Ministry of economic affairs Sustainability monitor (Statistics Netherlands and several research institutes) General public

Future developments Long time series (1950 – present) Renewable energy Input-output analyses

Conclusions Demand for energy accounts in the Netherlands Important indicators Once implemented the compilation takes relatively little time Collateral benefits: National accounts, air emissions