Manufacturing Energy Use Survey: Year ended March 2006

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Media release  – 
New Manufacturing Energy Use Statistics Released

Highlights

  • New energy use statistics are available from the Manufacturing Energy Use Survey.
  • The total amount of energy used by the manufacturing industry was 149.19 petajoules (PJ).
  • The wood and paper product manufacturing industry was the largest user of energy, with 39 percent of the total.

 
  • Electricity was the energy type used in greatest quantity, at almost 33 percent of total energy use. Wood and wood waste, and natural gas, were 20 percent each.
  • Fifty-seven percent of businesses actively recorded and monitored energy use for the March 2006 year.

 

 

Graph, Total Manufacturing Energy Use by industry group.

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