BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 17
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Primary energy consumption in Azerbaijan rose by 6.6 percent in 2019 year-on year, Trend reports with reference to BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy.
Azerbaijan’s primary energy consumption stood at 0.66 exajoules in 2019, as compared to 0.62 exajoules in 2018, reads the report.
This figure has changed as follows from 2009 to 2017: 0.47 exajoules in 2009 and 2010 each, 0.52 exajoules in 2011, 0.54 exajoules in 2012, 0.55 exajoules in 2013, 0.56 exajoules in 2014,0.62 exajoules in 2015, 0.61 exajoules in 2016 and 0.60 exajoules in 2017.
Primary energy consumption in Azerbaijan has increased by 1.4 percent from 2008 to 2018.
As for primary energy consumption by fuel, the country consumed 0.21 exajoules of oil, 0.39 exajoules of natural gas, 0.02 exajoules of hydroelectricity in 2018.
This is while in 2019, Azerbaijan consumed 0.21 exajoules of oil, 0.42 exajoules of natural gas and 0.01 exajoules of hydroelectricity.
Primary energy consumption per capita in Azerbaijan equaled 65.3 gigajoules per capita in 2019, as compared to 61.9 gigajoules per capita in 2018, an increase by 5.5 percent year-on-year.
BP report shows that primary energy consumption worldwide rose by 1.3 percent last year, below its 10-year average rate of 1.6 percent per year, and much weaker than the 2.8 percent growth seen in 2018.
By region, consumption fell in North America, Europe and CIS and growth was below average in South & Central America.
Demand growth in Africa, Middle East and Asia was roughly in line with historical averages.
China was by far the biggest individual driver of primary energy growth, accounting for more than three quarters of net global growth. India and Indonesia were the next largest contributors, while the US and Germany posted the largest declines in energy terms.
Looking at energy by fuel, 2019 growth was driven by renewables,
followed by natural gas, which together contributed over three quarters of the net increase. The share of both renewables and natural gas in primary energy increased to record highs. Meanwhile, coal consumption declined, with its share in the energy mix falling to its lowest level since 2003.
The combination of slower growth in energy demand and a shift in the fuel mix away from coal and toward natural gas and renewables led to a significant slowdown in the growth of carbon emissions. Emissions rose by 0.5 percent, although slower than their 10-year average, it only partially unwound the unusually strong growth of 2.1 percent seen in 2018.
In this review, primary energy comprises commercially traded fuels, including modern renewables used to generate electricity.
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