First Release

Year: LVIII.
Zagreb, 14 May 2021
OEN-2021-2-1/3

ISSN 1334-0557

SHORT-TERM INDICATORS OF ENERGY STATISTICS, MARCH 2021, FIRST RESULTS

In March 2021, electricity available for the inland market amounted to 1 590 GWh, including losses in the electricity network.

As for other energy products, the quantity available for the inland market also contains the quantities of energy products that may end up in warehouses, either in those of final consumers or in retail trade.

G-1 ELECTRICITY AVAILABLE FOR INLAND MARKET, MARCH 2019 – MARCH 2021

1. ELECTRICITY

GWh

Supply Electricity
2019 2020 2020 2021
XII I II III XII I II III
Total gross production 1.521 1.190 1.085 1.123 1.757 1.828 1.566 1.431
Hydro power plants 928 567 398 520 976 1.037 935 713
Thermal power plants and CHP on fossil fuels 324 412 470 306 505 466 380 423
Thermal power plants and CHP on renewable fuels 79 77 72 78 86 84 75 82
Wind power plants 181 122 133 204 186 232 165 199
Solar power plants 2 3 4 6 1 2 4 7
Geothermal power plants 7 9 8 9 3 7 7 7
Total net production 1.498 1.162 1.052 1.098 1.725 1.786 1.541 1.401
Hydro power plants 925 565 396 517 973 1.025 933 711
Thermal power plants and CHP on fossil fuels 312 395 447 294 482 443 364 402
Thermal power plants and CHP on renewable fuels 73 71 65 71 81 79 70 77
Wind power plants 180 121 133 202 185 231 164 198
Solar power plants 2 3 4 6 1 2 4 7
Geothermal power plants 6 7 7 7 3 6 6 6
Import 690 918 851 868 736 988 943 900
Export 586 413 423 425 853 1.131 1.000 692
Energy absorbed by storage pumping 9 24 21 21 6 2 5 19
Available for inland market 1.593 1.643 1.459 1.520 1.602 1.641 1.479 1.590

2. NATURAL GAS

Supply Unit of measure Natural gas
2019 2020 2020 2021
XII I II III XII I II III
Production mln m3 81 84 78 82 69 70 63 70
  TJ (GCV) 3.243 3.217 3.121 3.272 2.738 2.798 2.523 2.791
Import mln m3 198 184 160 173 205 180 164 257
  TJ (GCV) 7.675 7.099 6.185 6.699 7.945 7.077 6.352 10.567
Export mln m3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
  TJ (GCV) 125 124 115 121 88 86 75 88
Variation of stocks mln m3 -63 -126 -69 -45 -83 -65 -70 3
  TJ (GCV) -2.375 -4.769 -2.613 -1.716 -3.157 -2.479 -2.636 313
Available for inland market mln m3 339 391 304 297 355 313 295 322
  TJ (GCV) 13.168 14.961 11.804 11.566 13.752 12.268 11.436 12.957

3 HYDROCARBONS

3.1. CRUDE OIL

''000 tonnes

Supply Crude oil
2019 2020 2020 2021
XII I II III XII I II III
Production 53 52 48 51 47 48 42 48
Import - 85 134 167 - - 182 233
Export 58 67 26 71 136 39 33 40
Variation of stocks -284 51 146 -78 -118 7 189 61
Refinery input 279 19 10 225 29 2 2 180

3.2. PETROLEUM PRODUCTS – TOTAL

''000 tonnes

Supply Petroleum products
2019 2020 2020 2021
XII I II III XII I II III
Production 334 30 31 297 41 10 16 233
Import 141 225 247 128 234 257 199 159
Export 248 88 89 93 76 61 72 89
Variation of stocks -32 -31 -28 111 -5 32 -58 60
Available for inland market 259 198 217 221 204 174 201 243

3.2.1. MOTOR GASOLINE

''000 tonnes

Supply Motor gasoline
2019 2020 2020 2021
XII I II III XII I II III
Production 93 10 6 69 20 1 1 40
Import 10 9 24 22 5 31 7 12
Export 49 15 18 10 8 7 6 8
Variation of stocks 11 -20 -20 50 -9 1 -26 14
Available for inland market 43 24 32 31 26 24 28 30

3.2.2. GAS/DIESEL OIL

''000 tonnes

Supply Gas/diesel oil
2019 2020 2020 2021
XII I II III XII I II III
Production 143 13 12 140 12 2 1 111
Import 96 187 186 73 202 204 163 114
Export 97 59 59 52 54 44 47 53
Variation of stocks -8 -1 -6 19 19 38 -24 5
Available for inland market 150 142 145 142 141 124 141 167

3.2.3. FUEL OIL

''000 tonnes

Supply Fuel oil
2019 2020 2020 2021
XII I II III XII I II III
Production 53 2 5 22 2 2 9 32
Import 6 6 1 2 3 2 2 2
Export 67 1 3 4 5 3 12 3
Variation of stocks -11 3 -3 16 -3 -1 -2 29
Available for inland market 3 4 6 4 3 2 1 2

3.2.4. OTHER PETROLEUM PRODUCTS

''000 tonnes

Supply Other petroleum products
2019 2020 2020 2021
XII I II III XII I II III
Production 45 5 8 66 7 5 5 50
Import 29 23 36 31 24 20 27 31
Export 35 13 9 27 9 7 7 25
Variation of stocks -24 -13 1 26 -12 -6 -6 12
Available for inland market 63 28 34 44 34 24 31 44

4 CRUDE FUELS

4.1. HARD COAL

''000 tonnes

Supply Hard coal
2019 2020 2020 2021
XII I II III XII I II III
Production - - - - - - - -
Import 3 71 70 4 73 - 98 49
Export - - - - - - - -
Variation of stocks -36 44 15 -25 10 -57 37 -22
Available for inland market 39 27 55 29 63 57 61 71

4.2. COKE

''000 tonnes

Supply Coke
2019 2020 2020 2021
XII I II III XII I II III
Production - - - - - - - -
Import 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 2
Export - - - - - - - -
Variation of stocks - - - - - - - -
Available for inland market 3 1 3 2 3 1 2 2

4.3. BROWN COAL

''000 tonnes

Supply Brown coal
2019 2020 2020 2021
XII I II III XII I II III
Production - - - - - - - -
Import 1 - 1 - - - - -
Export - - - - - - - -
Variation of stocks - - - - -2 - - -
Available for inland market 1 - 1 - 2 - - -

NOTES ON METHODOLOGY

This First Release is prepared on the basis of several statistical surveys, as follows: the Monthly Survey on Industrial Production and Persons Employed (IND-1/KPS/M form), the Monthly Survey on Oil Refineries (ERG-1/N form), the Monthly Survey on Import, Export and Stocks of Petroleum and Petroleum Products (ERG-2/N form), the Monthly Survey on Import, Export, Stocks and Deliveries of Natural Gas (ERG-1/P form), the Monthly Survey on Import, Export, Stocks, Deliveries and Consumption of Coal and Coke (ERG-1/U form) and the Monthly Survey on Electricity Power Plants (ERG-1/EL form) as well as on the data obtained from the Single Administrative Document on export and import of goods.

The monthly data in this First Release are used for monitoring the changes in energy products according to the mentioned characteristics. Their sum for 12 months does not represent the annual balance data, due to the fast output of monthly data or to the fact that some deliveries are cancelled, which may lead to slight deviations from the monthly data. For that reason, the following sources of annual data are recommended: the annual Statistical Report entitled Energy Statistics published by the Croatian Bureau of Statistics and the annual energy review entitled Energy in Croatia published by the Ministry of Environment and Energy.

Gross electricity production is the sum of the total electrical energy production by all the generating sets concerned (hydro power plants, thermal power plants and CHP on fossil fuels, thermal power plants and CHP on renewable fuels, wind power plants and solar power plants).

Net electricity production is the electrical energy supplied from a power station to a power-supply grid and it represents the difference between the electrical energy produced in a generator and own supply.

Geothermal power plants produce energy available as heat emitted from within the Earth's crust, usually in the form of hot water or steam; excluding the surrounding heat collected by the heat pumps from the ground. This energy production is the difference between the enthalpy of the fluid produced in the production borehole and that of the fluid eventually disposed of.

Energy available for consumption is the quantity of energy products available for final consumption on the inland market, including losses and stocks at final consumers and in retail trade.

Crude oil is a mineral oil of natural origin that includes a mixture of hydrocarbons and associated impurities, such as sulphur. It exists in the liquid phase under normal surface temperature and pressure and its physical characteristics (density, viscosity, etc.) are highly variable. This category includes field or lease condensates recovered from associated and non-associated gases where it is commingled with the commercial crude oil stream.

Natural gas is comprised of gases, occurring naturally in underground deposits, whether liquefied or gaseous, consisting mainly of methane. It includes both "non-associated" gas originating from fields producing hydrocarbons only in gaseous form, and "associated" gas produced in association with crude oil as well as methane recovered from coal mines (colliery gas). Manufactured gas (produced from municipal or industrial waste or sewage) is also included, while vented or flared quantities of natural gas are excluded.

Petroleum products are all products produced in petroleum refineries: refinery gas, liquefied petroleum gas, motor gasoline, kerosene, jet fuel, diesel oil, light fuel oil, fuel oil, naphtha, white spirit, lubricating oils, bitumen, paraffin waxes, petroleum coke and other refinery products.

Other petroleum products encompass liquefied petroleum gas in NGL plants.

Import includes the quantities of energy products that crossed the state border of the Republic of Croatia, regardless of whether or not they were cleared through the customs. The quantities of petroleum and petroleum products and liquid gas that are under contracts on production realised abroad are also to be presented in this table as import. Energy products in transit through the Republic of Croatia are not presented in this survey form either as import or as export.

Export includes the quantities that crossed the state border of the Republic of Croatia, regardless of whether or not they were cleared through the customs and whether or not they are owned by a Croatian resident.

For import and export of electricity, a Eurostat definition is used which includes transit: amounts of electricity are considered imported or exported when they have crossed the political boundaries of a country, regardless of whether customs clearance has taken place or not. If electricity transits through a country, the amount should be reported as both import and export.

Variation of stocks includes stock changes at the beginning and at the end of a month in enterprises engaged in the production, transformation, import and export of energy. The difference is calculated by subtracting the state of stocks at the beginning of the first working day in a month from the state of stocks at the end of the last day in the same month.

Abbreviations

CHP combined heat and power generation
Eurostat Statistical Office of the European Communities
GCV gross calorific value
GWh gigawatt hour
m3 cubic metre
mln million
NGL natural gas liquids
TJ terajoule
'000 thousand

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