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PRIMARY ENERGY CONSUMPTION [1 record]

Record 1 2003-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Power Supply
DEF

The amount of energy available to the final consumer, plus conversion losses and energy used by the energy supply industries themselves.

OBS

Conversion losses are losses in the processing of refined petroleum products, for example, or losses due to thermal and mechanical inefficiencies resulting from the conversion of fossil fuels -coal, oil and natural gas -into electricity in thermal power generation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation (Distribution électrique)
DEF

Quantité d'énergie dont dispose le consommateur final, augmentée des pertes en cours de conversion et des quantités utilisées par l'industrie de l'approvisionnement en électricité elle-même.

OBS

Les pertes en cours de conversion sont les pertes subies au cours du traitement des produits pétroliers, par exemple, ou les pertes attribuables à un manque d'efficacité des processus thermiques et mécaniques qui interviennent dans la conversion des combustibles fossiles- charbon, pétrole et gaz naturel- en électricité.

Spanish

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