Australia Yearbook - 2001

Chapter 18—Energy 695
18.3 ENERGY SOURCES USED, Australia—1977–78 and 1997–98
Crude oil
Black coal
Natural gas
Brown coal
Renewables
1997-98
1977-78
0 10 20 30 40 50
%
Source: Australian Energy: Market Developments and Projections to 2014–15 (ABARE).
18.4 ENERGY CONSUMPTION, Selected Countries—1995–96
United
States of
America
United
Kingdom China Japan Indonesia
Australia Canada
France
Industry(a)
Peta Joules (no.) 1 089.0 2 934.5 17 966.8 2 082.9 1 943.5 16 428.2 6 034.9 922.4 261.0
Change since 1986 (%) 32.7 14.5 0.9 12.3 8.5 51.1 22.3 183.2 199.7
Transport
Peta Joules (no.) 1 091.5 2 116.4 23 385.8 1 964.9 2 088.0 2 617.2 3 768.1 790.0 163.7
Change since 1986 (%) 29.4 27.0 21.0 29.2 27.5 60.0 50.4 146.0 262.0
Other
Peta Joules (no.) 587.8 2 565.3 19 082.2 2 736.1 2 767.9 6 640.3 4 310.3 627.2 98.4
Change since 1986 (%) 31.3 20.8 15.4 18.0 11.7 29.0 41.6 47.0 221.9
Total
Peta Joules (no.) 2 767.9 7 616.6 60 434.8 6 783.5 6 798.9 25 685.6 14 112.9 2 339.6 522.9
Change since 1986 (%) 31.1 19.9 12.6 19.1 15.1 45.5 34.6 117.9 221.1
Consumption per capita
GJ per capita(b) 151.3 254.2 227.6 116.2 115.7 21.1 112.1 11.9 6.9
(a) Includes non-energy use. (b) Excludes conversion losses.
Source: International Energy Agency; Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 1998.
Viet
Nam
In 1995–96, based on International Energy
Agency methodology, Australia ranked 18th
among countries on the basis of energy
consumption, but 49th based on population size.
Between 1986 and 1996, Australian energy
consumption increased by 31%, placing Australia
eighth among OECD countries in consumption
increase. This increase was spread evenly across
industry, transport and other sectors. Table 18.4
shows energy consumption for selected countries
in 1995–96, the percentage increase in their
consumption since 1986, and their per capita
consumption. There is great disparity in per
capita consumption between some countries.
Canadians consumed 254 GJ per capita, while
people in two developing countries, Viet Nam
and Indonesia, consumed 12 GJ and 7 GJ per
capita respectively. These two countries had also
increased their energy consumption considerably
over the decade preceding 1995–96—by as much
as 221% in Viet Nam.
Energy resources
Australia’s main energy resources are coal,
uranium, natural gas, crude oil, condensate and
liquid petroleum gas (LPG). Australia is a net
exporter of energy products, primarily focused on
black coal and uranium markets. Black coal,
brown coal and uranium are the largest known
resources of energy within Australia’s borders.
Australian known resources of uranium are the
largest in the world; Australian black coal
resources are the sixth largest in the world.