| Data: | Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) | ||||||||
| Year: | 1960 - 2013 | ||||||||
| Country: | Philippines | ||||||||
| Source: | World Bank (the information in this section is direct quotation from World Bank development data) | ||||||||
| Series Code: | EG.ELC.PETR.ZS | ||||||||
| Topic: | Environment: Energy production & use | ||||||||
| Short Definition: | 0 | ||||||||
| Long Definition: | Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. | ||||||||
| Unit of Measurement: | 0 | ||||||||
| Periodicity: | Annual | ||||||||
| Base Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Reference Period: | 0 | ||||||||
| Aggregation method: | Weighted average | ||||||||
| Limitations and exceptions: | IEA
occasionally revises its time series to reflect political changes. For
example, the IEA has constructed historical energy statistics for countries
of the former Soviet Union. In addition, energy statistics for other
countries have undergone continuous changes in coverage or methodology in
recent years as more detailed energy accounts have become available. Breaks
in series are therefore unavoidable. Data on access to electricity are collected by the IEA from industry, national surveys, and international sources. |
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| Notes from original source: | 0 | ||||||||
| General Comments: | Electricity production shares may not sum to 100 percent because other sources of generated electricity (such as geothermal, solar, and wind) are not shown. | ||||||||
| Original Source: | International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), Energy Statistics and Balances of Non-OECD Countries, Energy Statistics of OECD Countries, and Energy Balances of OECD Countries. | ||||||||
| Statistical concept and methodology: | Electricity production from oil sources (% of total) is the share of electricity produced by oil and petroleum products in total electricity production which is the total number of GWh generated by power plants separated into electricity plants and CHP plants. The International Energy Agency (IEA) compiles data on energy inputs used to generate electricity. IEA data for countries that are not members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) are based on national energy data adjusted to conform to annual questionnaires completed by OECD member governments. In addition, estimates are sometimes made to complete major aggregates from which key data are missing, and adjustments are made to compensate for differences in definitions. The IEA makes these estimates in consultation with national statistical offices, oil companies, electric utilities, and national energy experts. | ||||||||
| Development relevance: | Oil
includes crude oil, condensates, natural gas liquids, refinery feedstocks and
additives, other hydrocarbons (including emulsified oils, synthetic crude
oil, mineral oils extracted from bituminous minerals such as oil shale, and
bituminous sand) and petroleum products (refinery gas, ethane, LPG, aviation
gasoline, motor gasoline, jet fuels, kerosene, gas/diesel oil, heavy fuel
oil, naphtha, white spirit, lubricants, bitumen, paraffin waxes and petroleum
coke). Use of energy is important in improving people's standard of living. But electricity generation also can damage the environment. Whether such damage occurs depends largely on how electricity is generated. For example, burning coal releases twice as much carbon dioxide - a major contributor to global warming - as does burning an equivalent amount of natural gas. Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions result primarily from fossil fuel combustion and cement manufacturing. In combustion different fossil fuels release different amounts of carbon dioxide for the same level of energy use: oil releases about 50 percent more carbon dioxide than natural gas, and coal releases about twice as much. Nuclear energy does not generate carbon dioxide emissions, but it produces other dangerous waste products. |
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