Stories tagged with "energy gap"

UK Energy Flow Chart 2007

Posted by Chris Vernon on September 5, 2008 - 9:30am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Supply/Production
Tags: electricity, energy, energy gap, natural gas, nuclear, oil, production, united kingdom [list all tags]

Every few years the UK Department of Trade and Industry, now Department of Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform, publish a chart of the nation's energy flows. Here's the most recently published chart based on 2007 data:


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It's a nice, high level overview of energy in the UK illustrating the flow of primary fuels from the point at which they become available from home production or imports (on the left) to their eventual final uses (on the right). Flows at the bottom represent exports, conversion losses and energy industry and non-energy use. The yellow blocks represent transformation (power stations and refineries).

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Energy's Role in Europe's Trade Deficits

Posted by Luis de Sousa on March 1, 2007 - 9:15am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Economics/Finance
Tags: economics, energy gap, energy imports, euro currency, trade deficit [list all tags]

On February 16th, the Eurostat released its first assessment of external trade balances for 2006 (pdf), making clear that energy is imposing an important burden on the Union’s economy. They key figures:

During 2006, euro area trade recorded a deficit of 8.2 bn1 euro, compared to a surplus of 16.2 bn in 2005. The EU25 recorded a deficit of 172.6 bn in 2006, compared with -111.8 bn in 2005.

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