primary energy consumption
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CT: Primary energy consumption is the amount of fossil and renewable fuels directly consumed by either one of the four major end-use sectors or by the electric power sector. The total primary energy across these five sectors is consistent with total energy use in the economy as shown in Table 2.1a of the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) Annual Energy Review (AER).

S: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/analysis/eii_trend_definitions.html (last access: 20 February 2015)

N: Primary energy consumption refers to the direct use at the source, or supply to users without transformation, of crude energy, that is, energy that has not been subjected to any conversion or transformation process.

S: http://stats.oecd.org/glossary/detail.asp?ID=2112 (last access: 25 February 2015)

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CR: final energy, final energy consumption, primary energy.