This chart updates the last energy flow chart which showed

data for 2010. It is based on statistics taken from the Digest

of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 2012, Table 1.1 Energy
Balance 2011. The flow chart is a simplification of these figures,
illustrating the flow of primary fuels from the point at which they
become available from home production or imports (on the left)
to their eventual final uses (on the right). They are shown in their
original state and after being converted into different kinds of
energy by the secondary fuel producers. The flows are measured
in million tonnes of oil equivalent, with the widths of the bands
approximately proportional to the size of the flow they represent.
In 2011 indigenous production and imports totalled 299.2 million
tonnes of oil equivalent. Just under 29 per cent of this energy was
exported or used in marine bunkers. A further 16 per cent was
lost in converting primary energy into electricity and other energy
products, with just under 6 per cent taken up by energy industry
own use and through distribution losses. Final consumption of
energy, including non-energy use, accounted for 147.0 million
tonnes of oil equivalent.

200
150
100
50
0

Natural
Coal
gas
Production

Electricity Petroleum Bioenergy

& waste
Imports

Final consumption, including non-energy use, at 147.0 million tonnes

of oil equivalent in 2011 was 11.6 million tonnes lower than final
consumption in 2010. The transport sector consumed 37 per cent of
all of the energy consumed in the UK while the domestic and industrial
sectors accounted for 26 per cent and 18 per cent respectively.
Final energy consumption in 2011
70

Million tonnes of oil equivalent

Energy Flow Chart 2011

Million tonnes of oil equivalent

Indigenous production and imports in 2011

60
50
40
30
20
10
0

Domestic

Industry

Transport

Other final
consumers

Natural gas

Electricity (including renewable electricity)

Coal

Manufactured fuels, heat and bioenergy

& waste

Petroleum

More detailed flow charts are available by fuel at

www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/publications/dukes/dukes.aspx (see Annex H).

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Energy Flow Chart 2011

(million tonnes of oil equivalent)
Primary
Supply
211.7

Gas
Stocks

Petroleum
Natural Gas Coal

Primary
Demand
212.3

Electricity

IMPORTS1

IMPORTS

Bioenergy

Manufactured Fuels

Crude Oil and NGL Refined Products

HYDRO, WIND,
IMPORTS
IMPORTS &
SECONDARY ELECTRICITY

IMPORTS

IMPORTS

0.5

IRON & STEEL

1.3

0.4
45.3

43.1

NATURAL GAS
95.5

77.8

0.3

77.9

26.4

4.5 DEEP MINED

7.1
OTHER

5.4

32.4 32.4

21.4

0.7

299.2

18.0

1.8 HYDRO & WIND

15.6

3.2

18.0 18.0
0.2
7.5

1.9

10.2

2.1

8.5
4.5

1.1
1.0
0.5

OTHER INDUSTRY
25.8

0.9
4.6

0.4
1.1

45.0
53.7

4.9

5.8

TRANSPORT
55.2

2.6

7.5

0.2 Product
Stocks

IMPORTS

1.7

27.3

POWER
STATIONS

0.1

IMPORTS

BIOENERGY
7.6

OTHER
TRANSFORMATION

29.5

NUCLEAR

0.7

26.7

0.7

ELECTRICITY
18.2

6.4

0.9

24.9
Primary demand
76.5
Primary supply
76.0

56.9
PETROLEUM
144.8

70.2

25.2

9.6
2.7

OIL
REFINERIES

5.2

62.9

0.5
0.3

DOMESTIC
38.8

0.6

8.0

Crude
Stocks

6.5

Coal

Gas
Bioenergys
Electricity

36.9

32.7

EXPORTS AND MARINE BUNKERS 86.5

FOOTNOTES:
1. Coal imports include imports of manufactured fuels, which accounted for 0.03 million tonnes of oil equivalent in 2011.
2. Bioenergy is renewable energy made from material of recent biological origin derived from plant or animal matter, known as biomass.
3. Includes heat sold.
4. Includes non-energy use.
This flowchart has been produced using the style of balance and figures in the 2012 Digest of UK Energy Statistics, Table 1.1.

8.6

CONVERSION LOSSES ENERGY INDUSTRY

NON-ENERGY USE
48.2
USE AND DISTRIBUTION
8.7
LOSSES 17.1

0.4
1.4
0.3

OTHER FINAL
CONSUMERS
17.2

TOTAL FINAL CONSUMPTION4

COAL
33.0

2.0

Coal
Stocks

15.8

147.0

INDIGENOUS PRODUCTION AND IMPORTS

50.3