4604.0 - Energy Account, Australia, 2009-10

In 2009-10 Australia's most energy-intensive industries were manufacturing (9,600 GJ / m), transport (8,291 GJ / m) and mining (5,651 GJ / $ m).

Industrial energy consumption is an indicator of energy consumed to produce a unit of economic output. The measurement units used in the table below and comments from each industry are GigaJoule energy consumed per 1 million dollars of industry added value (GJ / m IGVA). Higher energy intensity units do not necessarily mean that the industry is using energy inefficiently. Most industries engaged in physical transformation of raw materials use more energy than the service industry.

Differences in energy intensity between industries reflect the proportion of energy in a combination of different production processes and production inputs. This is shown in the lower energy intensity map, the manufacturing industry is the most energy intensive industry in the Australian economy, followed by transportation and mining. Business and service industries such as retail, health and education are non-energy intensive industries.

The table below shows energy consumption by industry, total industrial added value and energy intensity unit data. The Australian economy's energy intensity unit declined by 1% from 2,650 GJ / $ m in 2008 - 09 to 2,613 GJ / $ m IGVA in 2009 - 10. This is usually reflected in the declining energy intensity of most industries in Australia between 2008 - 09 and 2009 - 10. For example, energy usage in the water and wastewater industry decreased by 5%, but IGVA increased by 5%. This will reduce energy intensity by 9%. Likewise, the energy use of the commercial and service sectors declined by 1%, but IGVA increased by 2%, and energy consumption unit decreased by 3%.

The energy intensity of manufacturing, mining and construction industries remained relatively unchanged between 2008 - 09 and 2009 - 10. By contrast, between 2008-09 and 2009-10 agricultural energy use increased by 7%, IGVA decreased 2%. This will increase energy intensity by 3%.

Explaining the change in energy consumption per year does not mean that the industry's energy usage method has undergone a structural change. These changes in energy intensity units over the years may reflect "temporary" changes in the production process, or short-term changes in the level or combination of consumed energy products. It is only possible to start with a long-term review on the structural influences that may be attributed to changes in the energy consumption pattern in industry. A more detailed analysis of the energy intensity unit over time is stated in the Australian energy account 2008-09 and the final energy usage in the Australian economy.

The per capita TPES value in Australia is £ 5.93, which is higher than the average OECD average of 4.28 per capita, which is much higher than the world average of 1.80 per capita. In contrast, the Australian energy intensity unit ratio is comparable to global total output of 0.19 to 1 GDP, which is also above OECD's total output (0.16 toe per GDP). Generally, developed countries have more energy consumption and per capita consumption than developing countries, and Australia's energy supply is one of the highest in the world. This may be partly due to the energy-intensive nature of Australian exports, Australia tends to extract its abundant and low cost energy resources, especially coal and natural gas. The Australian manufacturing industry is energy intensive (in 2009-10, manufacturing occupies more than a third of industrial net energy use in Australia). In 2009-10, the net energy consumption of the nonferrous metal industry accounted for 35% of manufacturing energy consumption.

Pacific Institute stated that plastic manufacturing data states that a typical 1-liter PET bottle, cap, package requires about 4 mega joules of energy. Production volume of mineral water in Australia in 2009-10 was 582.9 million liters 1. To make plastics enough to bottle 582.9 million liters of water, you need over 982 billion megajoules of energy. One barrel of oil contains approximately 6,000 megajoules, which is equivalent to 159 liters of oil. Please use the Pacific Institute's index to do something! Australian mineral water is estimated to produce PET which occupies 330, 310 barrels of oil or 52.5 million liters of oil.