Primary energy consumption

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENE-001755",
  "term": "Primary energy consumption",
  "field": "Energy",
  "definition": "Primary energy consumption: Consumption of primary energy. The U.S. Energy Information Administration includes the following in U.S. primary energy consumption:\n\n•\nCoal consumption\n•\nCoal coke net imports\n•\nPetroleum consumption (equal to petroleum products supplied, excluding biofuels)\n•\nDry natural gas, excluding supplemental gaseous fuels\n•\nNuclear electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the average annual heat rate of nuclear plants)\n•\nConventional hydroelectricity net generation (converted to Btu using the heat content of electricity)\n•\nGeothermal electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the heat content of electricity), geothermal heat pump energy and geothermal direct-use thermal energy\n•\nSolar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation, both utility-scale and small-scale (converted to Btu using the heat content of electricity)\n•\nSolar thermal direct-use energy\n•\nWind electricity net generation (converted to Btu using the heat content of electricity)\n•\nWood and wood-derived fuels consumption\n•\nBiomass waste consumption\n•\nBiofuels (fuel ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel fuel, and other biofuels) consumption\n•\nLosses and co-products from the production of fuel ethanol and biodiesel\n•\nElectricity net imports (converted to Btu using the heat content of electricity)\n\nPrimary energy consumption also includes all non-combustion uses of fossil fuels. Energy sources produced from other energy sources - for example, coal coke from coal - are included in primary energy consumption only if their energy content has not already been included as part of the original energy source. As a result, U.S. primary energy consumption does include net imports of coal coke, but it does not include the coal coke produced from domestic coal.\n\nNote: In some EIA publications, conventional hydroelectricity net generation, geothermal electricity net generation, solar thermal and photovoltaic electricity net generation (both utility-scale and small-scale), and wind electricity net generation are converted to Btu using the average annual heat rate of fossil-fueled plants, under definitions used prior to September 2023.",
  "references": [
    "EIA Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/energy/primary-energy-consumption/"
}