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Economic contribution The energy industry is a major contributor to the Australian economy. In 2014–15 it contributed around $96.6 billion to industry gross value added, around 6 per cent of the Australian total. The coal, oil and gas extraction industries are the largest industries, contributing around $52.3 billion to industry gross value added in 2014–15. The electricity supply industry contributed a further $26.4 billion. Energy-related industries also contributed 1.3 per cent to total Australian employment in 2014–15, employing around 155,000 people, as well as providing significant infrastructure investments. Table 1.1: Australia’s energy-related industries, 2014–15 2013–14 2014–15 Gross value added A$b Employment ‘000 Gross value added A$b Employment ‘000 Coal mining 20.2 56.2 21.5 41.0 Oil and gas extraction Petroleum and coal product manufacturing 29.6 24.0 30.8 24.1 16.3 7.4 16.0 10.0 Electricity supply 26.2 62.5 26.4 65.1 Gas supply 1.7 20.1 1.9 15.0 Energy industries total 94.0 170.2 96.6 155.1 Australian Total 1,558.4 11,451.9 1,595.9 11,658.9 Share of Australian total (per cent) 6.0 1.5 6.1 1.3 Source: ABS (2015) Australian System of National Accounts, cat. no. 5204/5206; Australian Labour Market Statistics, cat. no. 6291 2 ENERGY IN AUSTRALIA 2015
Energy resources Australia has extensive energy resources which include both renewable and non-renewable sources. Fossil fuel resources include black and brown coal, conventional and unconventional natural gas and oil. Australia also has the world’s largest uranium resources. Renewable resources include wind, solar, hydro, bioenergy, geothermal and wave/tidal. Apart from oil, these resources are expected to last for many more decades, even with increasing production. Energy production Australia produces energy for its own use and for export for consumption overseas. Over the 10 years to 2013–14 Australian primary production grew at an average rate of 1.1 per cent per year. Total primary energy production in Australia in 2013–14 was 18,715 petajoules, around three times larger than domestic consumption. Net exports (exports minus imports) accounted for 72 per cent of production. Black and brown coal accounted for 66 per cent of Australia’s primary energy production (in energy content terms) in 2013–14, followed by uranium (14 per cent) and natural gas (13 per cent). Crude oil, condensate, and naturally occurring LPG accounted for another 5 per cent. Renewables, mostly bioenergy and hydro, contributed the remaining 2 per cent. In 2013–14 Australia’s primary energy production decreased by 4 per cent, underpinned by a fall in uranium oxide, crude oil and brown coal production. Queensland and New South Wales are the largest energy producing states, with most of Australia’s coal production. ENERGY IN AUSTRALIA 2015 3
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Page 4 and 5: Department of Industry, Innovation
Page 6 and 7: Contents Foreword v Data sources IX
Page 8 and 9: 8. Petroleum 93 Overview 94 Primary
Page 10 and 11: Abbreviations and acronyms ABS AEMC
Page 14 and 15: Table 1.2: Australia’s energy pro
Page 16 and 17: Energy consumption Australia’s en
Page 18 and 19: Figure 1.5: Australia’s energy ex
Page 20 and 21: Box 1: Energy flows through the Aus
Page 22 and 23: Figure 1.9: Energy trade insight Au
Page 24 and 25: Overview Energy can be extracted or
Page 26 and 27: Map 2.1: Australia’s energy resou
Page 28 and 29: Oil Australia has limited resources
Page 30 and 31: Uranium Australia has the world’s
Page 32 and 33: Map 2.2: Australia’s solar energy
Page 34 and 35: Figure 2.4: Australia’s wind ener
Page 36 and 37: Overview Australia consumed 5,831 p
Page 38 and 39: Table 3.1: Energy consumption, inte
Page 40 and 41: Table 3.2: Australia’s primary en
Page 42 and 43: Table 3.3: Australia’s energy con
Page 44 and 45: Table 3.5: Australia’s energy bal
Page 46 and 47: Table 3.6: Total final energy consu
Page 48 and 49: Structure of the Australian Electri
Page 50 and 51: Generation from renewable fuels con
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Page 56 and 57: Energy efficiency improvements have
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Rooftop solar panels, Sydney Austra
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Overview In Australia, renewable en
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Table 5.1: Australia’s renewable
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Electricity generation Around 44 pe
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The location of renewable energy pr
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Solar energy Solar has been the mos
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Table 5.4: Australia’s solar PV e
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Coal being loaded onto a ship, Newc
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Overview Australia is the fourth la
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Figure 6.2: Australia’s black coa
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Table 6.1: Australia’s coal consu
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Figure 6.6: World’s largest metal
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Low emissions coal Burning fossil f
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Overview Gas — conventional and u
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In 2014-15 coal seam gas production
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Figure 7.2: Australia’s gas produ
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Table 7.2: Gas consumption, by stat
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Figure 7.6: Australia’s gas marke
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Map 7.2: Australian LNG trade by ma
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Prices The majority of Australian L
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Figure 7.9: Retail household gas pr
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Overview Australia produces a range
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Figure 8.2: Australia’s primary p
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Figure 8.3: Australia’s refinery
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Figure 8.5: Australia’s refined p
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Table 8.4: Australia’s diesel con
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Figure 8.9: Australia’s energy co
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Figure 8.11: Australia’s petroleu
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Table 8.6: Australia’s petroleum
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Reserves Figure 9.1: Share of globa
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Production Figure 9.5: Energy produ
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Consumption Figure 9.9: Primary ene
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Figure 9.13: Energy imports, top 10
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Figure 9.17: Coal fired electricity
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Prices Figure 9.21: OECD household
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Figure 9.23: OECD diesel prices, 20
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Table A.2: Conversion between units
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Table A5: Gross energy content of g
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