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Energy Statistics Working Group

Location and date(s) of workshop:	IEA, Paris: 16-17 November 2004

Organiser(s):	IEA / Eurostat / UNECE

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Background:	What is the purpose of the Energy Statistics Working Group (ESWG) Meeting? Every five to six years (the last meeting was held in November 1999), the member countries of Eurostat, IEA and UNECE are invited to discuss energy statistics methodology in relation with the collection of energy data through the five joint annual energy questionnaires: Oil, Gas, Solid fuels and Manufactured gases, Electricity and Heat and Renewables. At this meeting countries and organisations discuss developments in energy statistics over the last five years, new proposals are made to increase the comprehensiveness of the questionnaires, and suggestions are made on improving data quality, collection and reporting. Participants from member countries can discuss their problems and difficulties not only with the international organisations, but also with other participants. This meeting is therefore a very important international forum for discussion of Energy Statistics. Energy markets are experiencing rapid change and many challenges have been raised for statisticians (e.g. liberalisation, efficiency, renewables, GHG emissions etc.). More specific issues such as hydrogen, cogeneration and biofuels also have to be addressed. The ESWG will give the opportunity to review some of these topics.

Links to relevant documents:	Meeting Report

Proceedings:	Session 1: Setting the Scene Chairman: Jean-Yves Garnier, IEA/ESD Background, Objectives and Agenda (Jean-Yves Garnier, IEA/ESD) Special Focus Role and Place of Energy Statistics and Statisticians The energy statistician: from number crunching to an important role in the energy debate (Michael Janes, UK) The decline in energy statistics is not inevitable: the example of Denmark (Peter Dal, Denmark) Energy statistics also feed the environmental debate (James Grabert, UNFCCC) Looking at Tomorrow Energy statistics: The basis for modelling and forecasting for the World Energy Outlook (Laura Cozzi, IEA/EAD) Is Hydrogen an energy product? (Giorgio Simbolotti, IEA/ETP) Hydrogen – is it critical enough to be included in the questionnaires? (Background paper) (Antonio Di Cecca, IEA/ESD) Inter-Questionnaire Issues Public vs. autoproducers: a never ending statistical issue? (Background paper) (Pekka Lösönen, Eurostat) Transfers between fuels: it seems complicated, but in fact it is not! (Background paper) (Pierpaolo Cazzola, IEA/ETP) *Session 2: Electricity and Renewables* Chairman: Roeland Mertens, Eurostat Electricity and Heat Questionnaire Liberalisation and regionalisation of the electricity market (Ulrik Stridbaek, IEA/EDD) Electricity and heat – what about cooling? The experience of Korea in district cooling and the impact on energy statistics (Seung-Jin Kang, Korea) Combined heat and power (Background paper) (Pekka Lösönen, Eurostat) Waste heat and ambient heat (Background paper) (Nikolaos Roubanis, Eurostat) Proposed changes to the electricity and heat questionnaire (Background Paper) (Michel Francoeur and Vladimir Kubecek, IEA/ESD) Renewables and Wastes Questionnaire Will the share of renewables continue to grow in tomorrow’s energy supply? (Rick Sellers, IEA/ETO) Can statistics accurately track the fast growing development of renewables? (Paul Hodson, DG TREN) Biofuels and their growing importance (Background paper) (Nikolaos Roubanis, Eurostat) Proposed changes to the renewables and wastes questionnaire (Background Paper) (Michel Francoeur and Olivier Lavagne d’Ortigue, IEA/ESD) *Session 3: Oil and Gas* Chairman: Roeland Mertens, Eurostat Oil Questionnaire Why is there a changing dynamic of oil fundamentals? (Lawrence Eagles, IEA/OIM) Aviation / Navigation / Fishing and Military (Background paper) (Karen Treanton, IEA/ESD) Net calorific values (Background paper) (Karen Treanton, IEA/ESD) Densities of oil products (Background paper) (Mieke Reece, IEA/ESD) Treatment of recycled oils as inputs to power production (Michael Janes, UK) Proposed changes to the oil questionnaire (Background Paper) (Mieke Reece and Cintia Gavay, IEA/ESD) Natural Gas Questionnaire Growing trade of natural gas and LNG (Sylvie Cornot-Gandolphe, IEA/EDD) Proposed changes to the natural gas questionnaire (Background paper) (Mieke Reece and Justin Howat, IEA/ESD) Session 4: Coal Chairman: Jean-Yves Garnier, IEA/ESD Coal Questionnaire Is the coal age over? (Stéphane Lemoine, ATIC Services) Proposed changes to the coal questionnaire (Background paper) (Michel Francoeur and Olivier Lavagne d’Ortigue, IEA/ESD)