Energy Accounts: documentation of statistics
The documentation of the statistics describes how the statistics were compiled and what methods were used in the compilation. The data help interpret the figures of the statistics and evaluate their reliability and comparability. The quality report is based on the EU's SIMS model. The documentation also contains change releases describing changes in the statistics and possible specifying methodological descriptions.
If you are looking for statistical figures for these statistics, go to the statistics page: Energy Accounts
Quality report
Data description (SIMS 3.1)
The statistics on energy accounts examine the supply and use of energy in the national economy and between the economy and the environment. In the energy accounts, the supply and use of energy are presented in accordance with the supply and use tables of the national accounts. Examination of energy production and use by industry is one of the sub-areas of environmental accounts in the EU. The ultimate goal of environmental accounts is to describe the interaction between the environment and the economy by principally using the basic concepts and classifications of national accounts. The European Union's regulation concerning environmental accounts (No 538/2014) obliges the Member States to compile statistics and report annually on energy accounts; for the first time in 2017 regarding the statistical reference years 2014 and 2015. The statistics form part of the United Nations' System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA).
Concepts and definitions (SIMS 3.4)
Charcoal
Charcoal is a solid fossil fuel with an effective thermal value of more than 24MJ/kg in ashless substance. Coal is mainly graded according to the amount of volatile matter it contains and its thermal value. Metallurgical coal and coke produced from it are not regarded as charcoal.
Derived gases
Manufactured gases excl. biogas
Energy incorporated in products for non-energy use
Energy incorporated in products for non-energy use.
Energy losses
Energy losses all kinds of (during extraction, distribution, storage and transformation, and dissipative heat from end use).
Fossil fuels
Fossil fuels refer to fuels that have been formed of biomass and stored underground millions of years ago. Fossil fuels include coal, lignite, natural gas and fuel oils refined from crude oil. In international classifications peat is often classified as fossil fuel, although it is a clearly younger fuel than them.
Natural energy inputs
Energy inputs originating from nature.
Non-renewable waste
Non-renewable waste.
Peat
Comprises following fuel classification categories: - Milled peat (2110) - Sod peat (2120) - Peat pellets and briquettes (2130).
Renewable waste
Renewable waste.
Resident principle, national territory principle and bridging items
The statistics on emissions into air by industry, which are accordant with the regulation on environmental accounting, also contain Finnish citizens' emissions from land, water and air transport and from Finnish fishing vessels operating abroad. The emissions by foreign citizens from land, water and air transport on Finnish territory are subtracted from the emissions into air by industry. This resident principle approach is different from that used in the greenhouse gas inventory, which only contains the emissions generated in the territory of Finland regardless of the nationality of the individual causing the emission (national territory principle). The difference between the greenhouse gas inventory and the statistics on emissions into air by industry is recorded in the bridging table for each emission component. The bridging table contains data on Finnish citizens' emissions from land, water and air transport and from Finnish fishing vessels operating abroad, and on emissions by foreign citizens from land, water and air transport in Finland.
Wood fuels
Comprises following fuel classification categories: - Firewood (stems and split firewood) (3111) - Chips from roundwood (3112) - Forest residue chips (3113) - Bark (3121) - Sawdust, cutter shavings etc. (3122) - Wood residue chips (3123) - Unspecified industrial wood residue (3128) - Other industrial wood residue (3129) - Black liquor and other concentrated liquors (3130) - Other by-products from wood processing industry (3140) - Recovered wood (3150) - Wood pellets and briquettes (3160).
Institutional mandate (SIMS 6)
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Quality assurance (SIMS 11.1)
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Release calendar (SIMS 8.1)
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User access (SIMS 8.3)
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Confidentiality - policy (SIMS 7.1)
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