Turkey’s primary energy consumption increased by 9.8 percent in 2010 compared to the previous year, according to an international company’s report.
The country consumed energy equivalent to 110.9 million tons of oil during 2010, a 9.8 percent increase from 2009, according to the British Petroleum’s Statistical Review of World Energy 2011. The amount accounted for 0.9 percent of total world energy consumption.
Turkey’s energy consumption has increased by about 45 percent since 2000, when it was 76.7 million tons, according to data published in the report.
Oil consumption in Turkey in 2010 was 28.7 million tons, accounting for 0.7 percent of the world total a 1.7 percent increase compared to 2009, when it was 28.2 million tons, the report read.
Turkey consumed 39 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2010, 1.2 percent of world consumption, recording a 9.2 percent increase from 2009. Consumption of coal also increased by 7.4 percent. The country kept its coal production constant at an equivalent of 17.4 million tons of oil, or 0.5 percent of the world coal production.
Turkey’s hydroelectric energy consumption increased by 44.3 percent, whereas consumption in renewable energies increased by 88.1 percent, both accounting for 1.5 and 0.6 percent of world consumption, respectively.
“World primary energy consumption grew by 5.6 percent in 2010, the largest increase in percentage terms since 1973,” read the report, adding that consumption growth accelerated in 2010 for all regions and growth was above average in all regions. “Chinese energy consumption grew by 11.2 percent and China surpassed the United States as the world’s largest energy consumer.”
China’s 20.3 percent share of global energy consumption was the world’s largest.
July 8, 2011
SOURCE: Hürriyet Daily News
