Energy budget of French households: -240 euros compared to 2013
July 31, 2015 enerzine
The 2014 French energy balance sheet, which remains a synthetic presentation tool for the flows of different energy products in a given country for a given year, has just been published by the General Commission for Sustainable Development.
This report brings together statistics on all energy flows: national supply, energy transformation activity, final energy consumption, for both energy and non-energy activities.
ABSTRACT :
"The year 2014 was the hottest since 1900 in France and in the world. In particular, the mild winter resulted in heating requirements lower by 7 million tonnes of oil equivalent (Mtoe) compared to a average year. Real primary energy consumption has fallen below the symbolic level of 250 Mtoe, a level it had not crossed since 1995. "
“While demand fell, national primary energy production increased for the second year in a row: to 139 Mtoe, a little over one Mtoe compared to 2013. Nuclear electricity production explains this increase in production."
"The deficit in physical energy exchanges was therefore markedly reduced in 2014, by 10 Mtoe, and stood under 114 Mtoe. Such a low level had not been observed since 1988. The rate of energy independence jumped in 2014 to 55,8%, an unprecedented level. "
"To this reduction in net energy imports has been added a drop in the prices of energy products on international and European markets. As a result, France's energy bill has decreased by 17% compared to 2013. At around 55 billion euros, it has returned to a level close to that of the early 1980s. "
"Even excluding the impact of the hot temperatures of 2014, therefore corrected for climatic variations, primary energy consumption rose from 275 Mtoe, its maximum in 2005, to 257 Mtoe, or - 2 Mtoe per year on average, confirming the trend of the decline initiated in the mid-2000s. Final energy consumption amounted to 150 Mtoe in 2014, a low level never found since 1996. It fell by a little over 1% compared to 2013, in all sectors with the exception of transport where it has remained stable. "
Energy budget of French households: - 240 euros compared to 2013
"As a result of the fall in international and European prices, consumer prices for energy, all energy products combined, fell in France (- 0,9%), for the first time since the economic and financial crisis of 2009 . The price of fuel notably fell by 4,1% in 2014. The price of gas fell slightly, for the first time in five years. On the other hand, that of electricity continued to increase by almost 6 % in 2014, an increase barely lower than in 2013 (+ 6,5%). In the end, the price of energy used for housing rose by 2%. "
These developments have had an impact on the French budget..
"In 2014, the average annual current expenditure in energy of a household thus fell below the 3 euros mark, to precisely 000 euros, i.e. a decline of more than 2% and almost 980 euros compared to the peak of 7. The drop in fuel prices resulted in a reduction in their bill of 240 euros per year. "
"The exceptionally mild winter temperatures curbed the negative impact that the continued rise in housing energy prices could have had: energy expenditure in housing fell by almost 11%, due to consumption, in volume, and were thus reduced by 180 euros in 2014. "
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Download the energy balance for France in 2014 (161 pages):
http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.f ... r_2014.pdf
