Energy consumption in Austria

The most important figure in the energy balance of Austria is the total consumption of

69.91 billion kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 7,806 kWh.

Austria could be self-sufficient with domestically produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 71 bn kWh, which is 102 percent of the country's own usage. Despite this, Austria trades energy with foreign countries. Along with pure consumption, the production, imports and exports play an important role. Other energy sources, such as natural gas or crude oil are also used.

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Energy Balance

Electricity	total	Austria per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	69.91 bn kWh	7,805.58 kWh	11,744.38 kWh
Production	71.49 bn kWh	7,982.93 kWh	12,198.66 kWh
Import	24.52 bn kWh	2,738.11 kWh	185.15 kWh
Export	22.92 bn kWh	2,559.04 kWh	42.59 kWh
100.0% of the country's population (as of 2020) has access to electricity.
Crude Oil	Barrel/day	Austria per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	278,700.00 bbl	0.031 bbl	0.062 bbl
Production	20,100.00 bbl	0.002 bbl	0.054 bbl
Import	168,300.00 bbl	0.019 bbl	0.023 bbl

In 2021 there were still 35.20 m barrels of recoverable but not yet used crude oil reserves in the currently known deposits of Austria. Worldwide, there are still proved oil reserves totaling around 1.7 tn billion barrels. Austria therefore has a share of 0.002% and ranks 80th out of 211 countries with crude oil reserves.

Natural Gas	Cubic meters	Austria per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	9.21 bn m³	1,028.16 m³	2,583.79 m³
Production	924.50 m m³	103.23 m³	2,914.02 m³
Import	14.11 bn m³	1,575.52 m³	239.57 m³
Export	2.80 bn m³	312.65 m³	567.66 m³

CO₂ emissions

	CO₂ emissions in 2019	Austria per capita	USA per capita
total	64.77 m t	7.29 t	14.52 t
› of which diesel + gasoline	37.34 bn t	4,204.54 t	7,179.51 t
› of which natural gas	17.70 bn t	1,992.70 t	5,073.94 t
› of which coal	10.51 bn t	1,183.34 t	3,246.58 t

Development of CO₂ emissions from 1960 to 2019 in million tons
See also: CO₂ equivalents by country

Production capacities per energy source

The given production capacities for electric energy have a theoretical value, which can only be obtained under ideal conditions. They are measuring the generatable amount of energy, that would be reached under permanent and full use of all capacities of all power plants.

In practice this isn't possible, because e.g. solar collectors are less efficient under clouds. Also wind- and water-power plants are not always operating under full load. All these values are only useful in relation to other energy sources or countries.

Energy source	total in Austria	Percentage in Austria	Percentage USA	per capita in Austria	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	43.25 bn kWh	17,4 %	59,9 %	4,829.48 kWh	2.06 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	19,5 %	0.00 kWh	0.67 kWh
Solar energy	6.96 bn kWh	2,8 %	3,2 %	777.16 kWh	0.11 kWh
Wind power	23.37 bn kWh	9,4 %	8,3 %	2,609.03 kWh	0.29 kWh
Water power	156.35 bn kWh	62,9 %	7,0 %	17,458.29 kWh	0.24 kWh
Tidal Power Plants	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	0,0 %	0.00 kWh	0.00 kWh
Geothermics	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	0,4 %	0.00 kWh	0.01 kWh
Biomass	18.39 bn kWh	7,4 %	1,7 %	2,053.92 kWh	0.06 kWh

Usage of renewable energies

Renewable energy includes wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy sources. This means all energy sources that renew themselves within a short time or are permanently available. Energy from hydropower is only partly a renewable energy. This is certainly the case with river or tidal power plants. Otherwise, numerous dams or reservoirs also produce mixed forms, e.g. by pumping water into their reservoirs at night and recovering energy from them during the day when there is an increased demand for electricity. Since it is not possible to clearly determine the amount of generated energy, all energy from hydropower is displayed separately.

In 2019, renewable energy accounted for around 33.8 percent of actual total consumption in Austria. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2019:

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