Energy balance sheet; supply, transformation and consumption

Energy balance sheet; supply, transformation and consumption

Energy commodities Periods Energy supply Net imports (PJ) Energy transformation Net energy transformation Total net energy transformation (PJ) Energy transformation Net energy transformation Net electricity/CHP transformation (PJ) Energy transformation Net energy transformation Net other transformation (PJ)
Total energy commodities 2022** 2,648.7 433.7 304.0 129.7
Total coal and coal products 2022** 236.3 199.5 145.6 53.9
Primary coals 2022** 239.5 233.6 120.4 113.1
Total hard coal 2022** 239.2 233.6 120.4 113.1
Anthracite 2022** 0.1
Coking coal 2022** 112.2 113.1 113.1
Steam coal 2022** 127.0 120.4 120.4
Lignite 2022** 0.3
Total coal products 2022** -3.2 -34.1 25.2 -59.3
Coke-oven cokes 2022** -1.1 -4.9 -4.9
Gas works cokes 2022**
BKB (Braunkohlenbriketts) 2022** 0.0
Patent fuel 2022**
Coal tar 2022** -2.2 -3.3 -3.3
Gas works gas 2022**
Coke oven gas 2022** -13.1 2.0 -15.1
Blast furnace gas 2022** -12.8 23.2 -36.0
Total crudes/petroleum products, fossil 2022** 1,760.7 96.8 21.1 75.6
Total crude 2022** 2,613.4 2,481.3 2,481.3
Crude oil 2022** 2,250.9 2,189.2 2,189.2
Natural gas liquids 2022** 315.6 244.8 244.8
Additives 2022** 46.9 47.3 47.3
Other hydrocarbons 2022**
Total petroleum products, fossil 2022** -852.8 -2,384.6 21.1 -2,405.7
Residual gas 2022** -170.9 20.6 -191.5
Lpg 2022** 52.5 -21.8 -21.8
Naphtha 2022** 476.2 250.2 250.2
Motor gasoline, fossil fraction 2022** -699.7 -860.4 -860.4
Gasoline type jet fuel 2022**
Aviation gasoline 2022** -2.5 -2.6 -2.6
Kerosene type jet fuel, fossile fraction 2022** -169.7 -299.7 -299.7
Other kerosene 2022** -16.4 -18.7 -18.7
Gas/diesel oil, total, fossil fraction 2022** -471.3 -806.7 0.4 -807.1
Fuel oil 2022** 28.7 -352.2 -352.2
White spirit and industrial spirit (SBP) 2022** 15.5 11.0 11.0
Lubricants 2022** 1.8 -8.2 -8.2
Bitumen 2022** -25.1 -29.3 -29.3
Paraffin waxes 2022** 0.4 -1.2 -1.2
Petroleum coke 2022** 10.8 -15.2 -15.2
Other petroleum products 2022** -54.2 -58.9 0.1 -59.1
Natural gas 2022** 634.5 397.2 392.3 4.9
Renewable energy 2022** 28.5 271.2 258.0 13.2
Hydro power 2022** 0.2 0.2
Total wind energy 2022** 77.0 77.0
Wind energy on shore 2022** 48.2 48.2
Wind energy off shore 2022** 28.9 28.9
Total solar energy 2022** 61.5 61.5
Solar thermal 2022**
Solar photovoltaic 2022** 61.5 61.5
Deep geothermal heat 2022**
Ambient energy 2022**
Total biomass 2022** 28.5 132.5 119.3 13.2
Municipal waste; renewable fraction 2022** 4.9 37.6 37.6
Solid biomass 2022** 34.2 78.5 73.1 5.4
Charcoal 2022** 0.3
Biogasoline, pure 2022** 17.9 13.8 13.8
Biogasoline, blended 2022** -2.9 -13.4 -13.4
Biodiesel, pure 2022** -23.7 36.4 36.4
Biodiesel, blended 2022** -3.1 -36.4 -36.4
Biokerosene, pure 2022**
Biokerosene, blended 2022** 0.9
Other liquid biomass 2022**
Biogas 2022** 15.9 8.6 7.3
Electricity 2022** -15.4 -438.2 -438.2 0.0
Heat 2022** -178.7 -148.9 -29.8
Total other energy commodities 2022** 4.2 85.9 74.0 11.9
Nuclear energy 2022** 40.4 40.4
Non-rene.municipal waste + residual heat 2022** 4.2 41.6 32.0 9.6
Energy from other sources 2022** 3.8 1.6 2.3
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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This table shows the supply, transformation and the consumption of energy in a balance sheet. Energy is released - among other things - during the combustion of for example natural gas, petroleum, hard coal and biofuels. Energy can also be obtained from electricity or heat, or extracted from natural resources, e.g. wind or solar energy. In energy statistics all these sources of energy are known as energy commodities.

The supply side of the balance sheet includes indigenous production of energy, net imports and exports and net stock changes. This is mentioned primary energy supply, because this is the amount of energy available for transformation or consumption in the country.

For energy transformation, the table gives figures on the transformation input (amount of energy used to make other energy commodities), the transformation output (amount of energy made from other energy commodities) and net energy transformation. The latter is the amount of energy lost during the transformation of energy commodities.

Then the energy balance sheet shows the final consumption of energy. First, it refers to the own use and distribution losses. After deduction of these amounts remains the final consumption of energy customers. This comprises the final energy consumption and non-energy use. The final energy consumption is the energy consumers utilize for energy purposes. It is specified for successively industry, transport and other customers, broken down into various sub-sectors. The last form of energy is the non-energy use. This is the use of an energy commodity for a product that is not energy.

Data available:
From 1946.

Status of the figures:
All figures up to and including 2021 are definite. Figures for 2022 are revised provisional.

Changes as of March 25th 2024:
The energy balance has been revised and restructured. It concerns mainly a different way of dealing with biofuels that are mixed with fossil fuels.

Previously, biofuels mixed with fossil fuels were counted as petroleum crude and products. In the new energy balance, blended biofuels count for renewable energy and petroleum crude and products and the underlying products (such as gasoline, diesel and kerosene) only count the fossil part of mixtures of fossil and biogenic fuels. To make this clear, the names of the energy commodities have been adjusted. The consequence of this adjustment is that part of the energy has been moved from petroleum to renewable. The energy balance remains the same for total energy commodities. The aim of this adjustment is to make the increasing role of blended biofuels in the Energy Balance visible and to better align with the Energy Balances published by Eurostat and the International Energy Agency. Within renewable energy and biomass, pure and blended biofuels are now visible as separate energy commodities.

In addition, the way in which electric road transport is treated has been improved, resulting in an increase in the supply and final consumption of electricity in services by more than 2 PJ in 2021 and 2022.

Changes as of November 14th 2023:
Figures for 2021 and 2022 haven been adjusted.
Figures for the Energy Balance for 2015 to 2020 have been revised regarding the following items:
- For 2109 and 2020 final consumption of heat in agriculture is a few PJ lower and for services a few PJ higher. This is the result of improved interpretation of available data in supply of heat to agriculture.
- During the production of geothermal heat by agriculture natural gas is produced as by-product. Now this is included in the energy balance. The amount increased from 0,2 PJ in 2015 to 0,7 PJ in 2020.
- There are some improvements in the data for heat in industry with a magnitude of about 1 PJ or smaller.
- There some other improvements, also about 1 PJ or smaller.


Changes as of October 10th 2023:
Energy commodity gas works cokes has been added.
Revised figures for period 1946-1989 have been added.

Changes as of June 15th 2023:
Revised provisional figures of 2022 have been added.

When will new figures be published?
Provisional figures: April of the following year.
Revised provisional figures: June/July of the following year.
Definite figures: December of the second following year.

Description topics

Energy supply
The amount of energy primarily available for consumption in the Netherlands.
Net imports
Imports of energy commodities minus exports of energy commodities.
Energy transformation
Transformation of one energy commodity into another. This may be a transformation from a fuel into heat or power. It may also be a physical processing of one fuel into another, like the transformation of crude oil into motor gasoline.
Net energy transformation
Total net energy transformation
The difference between transformation input and transformation output.

Total net energy transformation is the sum of:
- Net electricity/CHP transformation
- Net other transformation.

For primary energy commodities, like natural gas and hard coal, net transformation is always positive. For secondary energy commodities, like electricity or gasoline it is always negative. Obviously, the output for these commodities is higher than the input. For the total of energy commodities, this is the amount of energy lost during the transformation of energy commodities.
Net electricity/CHP transformation
Input minus output of energy transformation into:
- electricity only,
- electricity and useful heat, also known as combined heat and power (CHP). Heat has the form of steam or warm water.

For primary energy commodities, like natural gas and hard coal, net transformation is always positive. For secondary energy commodities, like electricity or gasoline it is always negative. Obviously, the output for these commodities is higher than the input. For the total of energy commodities, this is the amount of energy lost during the transformation of energy commodities.
Net other transformation
Input minus output of energy transformation into:
- another fuel, e.g. production of hard coal and petroleum products.
- heat only, i.e. at companies supplying heat to another company. Excludes use for CHP transformation.

For primary energy commodities, like natural gas and hard coal, net transformation is always positive. For secondary energy commodities, like electricity or motor gasoline it is always negative. Obviously, the output for these commodities is higher than the input. For the total of energy commodities, this is the amount of energy lost during the transformation of energy commodities.