TY - JOUR

T1 - Improving the methodology of national energy balances to adapt to the energy transition

AU - Nagovnak, Peter

AU - Kienberger, Thomas

AU - Baumann, Martin

AU - Binderbauer, Paul

AU - Vouk, Thomas

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022

PY - 2022/11/12

Y1 - 2022/11/12

N2 - An adequate information basis is important for designing and evaluating policy measures to reach international climate goals. Current energy statistics are primarily based on the UN's International Recommendations for Energy Statistics (IRES). We have examined changes in the energy system and how they can be depicted in energy balances, using IRES methodology as the benchmark. We have found that the increasing variety in energy generation through prosumers cannot be illustrated currently. In the manufacturing industries, state-of-the-art balancing limits the depiction of autoproducers' output other than electricity and heat. Their numbers will increase due to hydrogen demand for decarbonisation, among others. In efforts to inform necessary decision-making regarding decarbonisation, an additional focus must also be set on the representation of energy services in demand. Including useful energy categories allows the development of specific useful energy demands, enabling application-driven technology and energy carrier deployment. To remedy the identified shortcomings, the Sectoral Gross Energy Balance Border enables the identification of involved economic units (e.g. manufacturing industry sectors, households, services and energy industries). It features a sector-interrelated approach, in which energy flows follow the physical location of energy operation. Thereby, energy balances can illustrate the multiple transformations in the energy system and better inform policymaking.

AB - An adequate information basis is important for designing and evaluating policy measures to reach international climate goals. Current energy statistics are primarily based on the UN's International Recommendations for Energy Statistics (IRES). We have examined changes in the energy system and how they can be depicted in energy balances, using IRES methodology as the benchmark. We have found that the increasing variety in energy generation through prosumers cannot be illustrated currently. In the manufacturing industries, state-of-the-art balancing limits the depiction of autoproducers' output other than electricity and heat. Their numbers will increase due to hydrogen demand for decarbonisation, among others. In efforts to inform necessary decision-making regarding decarbonisation, an additional focus must also be set on the representation of energy services in demand. Including useful energy categories allows the development of specific useful energy demands, enabling application-driven technology and energy carrier deployment. To remedy the identified shortcomings, the Sectoral Gross Energy Balance Border enables the identification of involved economic units (e.g. manufacturing industry sectors, households, services and energy industries). It features a sector-interrelated approach, in which energy flows follow the physical location of energy operation. Thereby, energy balances can illustrate the multiple transformations in the energy system and better inform policymaking.

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U2 - 10.1016/j.esr.2022.100994

DO - 10.1016/j.esr.2022.100994

M3 - Article

VL - 44.2022

JO - Energy Strategy Reviews

JF - Energy Strategy Reviews

SN - 2211-467X

IS - November

M1 - 100994

ER -