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Energy Trends: September 2018 ENERGY TRENDS SEPTEMBER 2018 September 2018 This document is available in large print, audio and braille on request. Please email [email protected] with the version you require. This is a National Statistics publication The United Kingdom Statistics Authority has designated these statistics as National Statistics, in accordance with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the UK Statistics Authority: Code of Practice for Statistics. Designation can be broadly interpreted to mean that the statistics: • meet identified user needs • are well explained and readily accessible • are produced according to sound methods, and • are managed impartially and objectively in the public interest Once statistics have been designated as National Statistics it is a statutory requirement that the Code of Practice shall continue to be observed © Crown copyright 2018 You may re-use this information (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence. To view this licence, visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government- licence/version/3/ or write to the Information Policy Team, The National Archives, Kew, London TW9 4DU, or email: [email protected]. Any enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at [email protected]. This publication is available for download at www.gov.uk/government/statistics/energy- trends-september-2018. Contents Introduction 2 The main points for the second quarter of 2018 3 Section 1 - Total Energy 4 Tables 1.1: Indigenous production of primary fuels 12 1.2: Inland energy consumption: primary fuel input basis 13 1.3: Supply and use of fuels, and Seasonally adjusted and temperature corrected 14 final energy consumption Section 2 - Solid Fuels and Derived Gases 17 Tables 2.1: Supply and consumption of coal 22 2.2: Supply and consumption of coke oven coke, coke breeze and other 23 manufactured solid fuels 2.3: Supply and consumption of coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, 24 benzole and tars Section 3 - Oil and Oil Products 25 Tables 3.1: Supply and use of crude oil, natural gas liquids and feedstocks 32 3.2: Supply and use of petroleum products 33 3.4: Supply and use of petroleum products – latest quarter 34 3.5: Biofuels sales and sales through supermarkets 35 3.6: Stocks of petroleum at end of period 36 Section 4 - Gas 37 Table 4.1: Natural gas supply and consumption 45 Section 5 - Electricity 46 Tables 5.1: Fuel used in electricity generation and electricity supplied 53 5.2: Supply and consumption of electricity 54 Section 6 - Renewables 55 Tables 6.1: Renewable electricity capacity and generation 62 6.2: Liquid biofuels for transport consumption 63 Special feature articles Renewable electricity in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the regions of England in 64 2017 Combined Heat and Power in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the regions 94 of England in 2017 Diversity of supply for oil and oil products in OECD countries in 2017 105 Competition in gas supply 116 Competition in UK electricity markets 120 Aggregated energy balances showing proportion of renewables in supply and demand 125 Recent and forthcoming publications of interest to users of energy statistics 129 1 Introduction Energy Trends and Energy Prices are produced by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) on a quarterly basis. Both periodicals are published concurrently in June, September, December and March. The September editions cover the second quarter of the current year. Energy Trends includes information on energy as a whole and by individual fuels. The text and charts provide an analysis of the data in the tables. The tables are mainly in commodity balance format, as used in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics. The 2018 edition of the Digest was published on 26 July 2018 and is available on the BEIS section of the GOV.UK website at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/digest-of-uk-energy-statistics-dukes The balance format shows the flow of a commodity from its sources of supply, through to its final use. The articles provide in-depth information on current issues within the energy sector. The text and tables included in this publication represent a snapshot of the information available at the time of publication. However, the data collection systems operated by BEIS, which produce this information, are in constant operation. New data are continually received and revisions to historic data made. To ensure that those who use the statistics have access to the most up-to-date information, revised data will be made available as soon as possible. The tables are available free of charge from the BEIS section of the GOV.UK website. In addition to quarterly tables, the main monthly tables continue to be updated and are also available on the BEIS section of the GOV.UK website. Both sets of tables can be accessed at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial- strategy/about/statistics Energy Trends does not contain information on Foreign Trade, Weather (temperature, wind speed, sun hours and rainfall) and Prices. Foreign Trade and Weather tables are available on the BEIS section of the GOV.UK website at: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-business-energy-and-industrial- strategy/about/statistics Information on Prices can be found in the Energy Prices publication and on the BEIS section of the GOV.UK website at: www.gov.uk/government/collections/quarterly-energy-prices Please note that the hyperlinks to tables within this document will open the most recently published version of a table. If you require a previously published version of a table please contact Kevin Harris (see details below). If you have any comments on Energy Trends please send them to: Kevin Harris BEIS Energy Statistics Team 1st Floor Abbey 2 1 Victoria Street London SW1H 0ET E-mail: [email protected] Tel: 0300 068 5041 2 The main points for the second quarter of 2018: • Total energy production was 2.1 per cent lower than in the second quarter of 2017. • Oil production rose by 0.4 per cent when compared with the second quarter of 2017, with crude oil production up 0.9 per cent, but Natural Gas Liquids (NGLs) production down 5.6 per cent. • Natural gas production was 6.7 per cent lower than the second quarter of 2017, as a result of robust volumes in 2017. Gas imports fell by 11 per cent, driven by lower LNG imports, whilst exports fell by 49 per cent. • Coal production in the second quarter of 2018 was 1.9 per cent lower than the second quarter of 2017, due to falling demand. Coal imports were 7.3 per cent lower. Generators’ demand for coal fell by 18 per cent to a record low. • Total primary energy consumption for energy fell by 1.3 per cent. However, when adjusted to take account of weather differences between the second quarter of 2017 and the second quarter of 2018, total primary energy consumption fell by 1.1 per cent to a new record low. • Temperatures in the quarter were on average 0.2 degrees warmer than a year earlier, with only May being slightly colder than in 2017. • Final energy consumption (excluding non-energy use) was 0.8 per cent lower than in the second quarter of 2017. Domestic consumption fell by 4.4 per cent and other final users consumption fell by 2.3 per cent, whilst industrial consumption rose by 1.2 per cent and transport consumption rose by 0.6 per cent. On a temperature adjusted basis, final energy consumption rose by 0.3 per cent. • Gas demand was 2.7 per cent lower than the second quarter of 2017 driven by the warmer weather in the period, whilst electricity consumption was 1.0 per cent lower than in the second quarter of 2017. • Electricity generated in the second quarter of 2018 fell by 0.7 per cent to 76.5 TWh compared to a year earlier. • Of electricity generated in the second quarter of 2018, gas accounted for 42.0 per cent, whilst coal accounted for a record low of only 1.6 per cent. Nuclear generation accounted for 21.7 per cent of total electricity generated in the second quarter of 2018. • Low carbon electricity’s share of electricity generation fell slightly to 53.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2018, compared to 53.7 per cent in the second quarter of 2017. • Renewables’ share of electricity generation was a record 31.7 per cent in 2018 Q2, up 1.1 percentage points on the share in 2017 Q2, reflecting increased capacity as well as lower overall electricity generation. • Renewable electricity generation was 24.3 TWh in 2018 Q2, an increase of 3.0 per cent on the 23.6 TWh in 2017 Q2. Renewable electricity capacity was 42.2 GW at the end of 2018 Q2, a 10 per cent increase (3.9 GW) on a year earlier, with over half of the annual increase coming from offshore wind. 3 Total Energy Section 1 - Total Energy Key results show: Total energy production was 2.1 per cent lower than in the second quarter of 2017. (Charts 1.1 & 1.2) Total primary energy consumption for energy uses fell by 1.3 per cent. However, when adjusted to take account of weather differences between the second quarter of 2017 and the second quarter of 2018, primary energy consumption fell by 1.1 per cent to a new record low. (Chart 1.3) Final energy consumption (excluding non-energy use) fell by 0.8 per cent compared to the second quarter of 2017.
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