1. The importance of energy balances
Claire Morel , Statistics Programme Manager – IEA for EU4Energy
Energy statistics national meeting, Chisinau, November 27th, 2018
IEA

2. Overview Energy Quiz Why develop an energy balance?
The energy balance table: what does it look like?
Uses of energy balances

3. Energy Quiz – Republic of Moldova
What is the first energy source used in the country?
What is the largest energy consuming sector?
How is energy use evolving over the years?
Are we on track to meet national/international energy and climate targets?

4. Energy balances bring all information together
coal
oil
gas
electricity …
“…An accounting framework for compilation of data on all energy products entering, exiting, and used within the national territory of a given country during a reference period.”
Source: International Recommendations on Energy Statistics (IRES), UNSD, 2011

5. The Energy balance matrix
Columns present all energy products used in a country
…made comparable by converting to a common energy unit.
The total column represents the total energy used by a country in a given year

6. Rows allows to understand the flows of energy
Supply
Where is the energy coming from?
Transformation
Final consumption
Who/what sectors are consuming this energy?

7. Energy balances are used to get the full energy picture
4 keys to analyse the energy situation of a country
Total Primary Energy Supply (TPES)
the total energy used a given year
Production/TPES
the energy dependency of the country
TPES by energy source
the energy mix
The total final consumption by sector
the drivers of energy of use

8. To monitor progress towards policy targets
To develop high-level indicators
Source: IEA, World Energy Balances, 2017
energy intensity, self-sufficiency
share of renewable energy, C02 emissions
Most energy policy targets set today are monitored by indicators calculated directly or indirectly from energy balances
To monitor progress towards policy targets
Using international definitions is key for comparability across countries

9. For energy modellers, long and consistent time series are key
To project energy demand
For energy modellers, long and consistent time series are key

10. Conclusion - Why develop energy balances ?
To understand overall energy use in country, e.g.
total energy use
share of different sources in energy mix
contribution of sectors in energy demand
And prioritize key issues
To calculate high-level indicators for energy policy-tracking (self-sufficiency, intensity, ..) and CO2 emissions from fuel combustion
To use as basis for developing different energy scenarios for the country
To assess check data quality and completeness