Glossary:Gross available energy
Gross available energy means the overall supply of energy for all activities on the territory of the country. It includes energy needs for energy transformation (including generating electricity from combustible fuels), support operations of the energy sector itself, transmission and distribution losses, final energy consumption (industry, transport, households, services, agriculture, ...) and the use of fossil fuel products for non-energy purposes (e.g. in the chemical industry). It also includes fuel purchased within the country that is used elsewhere (e.g. international aviation, international maritime bunkers and, in the case of road transport “fuel tourism”).
This aggregate is calculated using the following formula:
Gross available energy = Primary production + Recovered & Recycled products + Imports – Export + Stock changes
Gross available energy for the total of all products (fuels) is the most important aggregate in energy balances and represents the quantity of energy necessary to satisfy all the energy demands. Its interpretation for individual products (fuels) is varying and needs to take into consideration other parts of energy balances. For secondary products, which are produced as transformation output in the middle block of energy balances, the Gross available energy can be negative as it reflects only on the trade and stock changes.
