Energy > Electricity Stats: compare key data on Czech Republic & United States
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- Consumption: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
- Consumption > Per capita: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Consumption by households per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by petroleum refineries per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption per capita: Total electricity consumed annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- From other renewable sources: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by using renewable energy sources other than hydroelectric (including, for example, wind, waves, solar, and geothermal), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
- Installed generating capacity: This entry is the total capacity of currently installed generators, expressed in kilowatts (kW), to produce electricity. A 10-kilowatt (kW) generator will produce 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, if it runs continuously for one hour.
- Installed generating capacity per thousand people: This entry is the total capacity of currently installed generators, expressed in kilowatts (kW), to produce electricity. A 10-kilowatt (kW) generator will produce 10 kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity, if it runs continuously for one hour. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
- Production: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
- Production > KWh: Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station. In addition to hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power generation, it covers generation by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants."
- Production > Per capita: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Production per capita: The annual electricity generated expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by households and other consumers per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Production by source > Nuclear: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
- From nuclear fuels: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity through radioactive decay of nuclear fuel, expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
- Consumption by households and other consumers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Production > KWh > Per capita: Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station. In addition to hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power generation, it covers generation by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants." Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Thermal > Production per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by households > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- From fossil fuels: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by burning fossil fuels (such as coal, petroleum products, and natural gas), expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
- Production by source > Fossil fuel: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
- Consumption by industry and construction per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Net inland availability > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
- Consumption by iron and steel industry > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Net > Production per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by industry and construction > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Hydro > Production per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by petroleum refineries > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Wind > Production > Self-producer > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population
- Gross inland availability > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Production by source > Hydro: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
- Consumption by chemical industry > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Consumption by pump-storage plants > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Consumption by iron and steel industry per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Hydro > Production > Self-producer per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by energy sector > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Consumption in rail transport > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Production from natural gas sources > Kwh per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Production from coal sources > Kwh: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.
- Production from natural gas sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.
- Production from natural gas sources > Kwh: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.
- Energy balance requirement > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Hydro > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Nuclear > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Nuclear > Production > Public > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Imports > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Production from coal sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.
- Thermal > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
- Thermal > Production > Self-producer > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
- Total > Production > Public > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
- Station use and station loss per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Total > Production > Self-producer > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
- Production by source > Other: The percentage share of electricity generated from each energy source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar, geothermal, and wind).
- Consumption by other consumers per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by other industries and construction per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by pump-storage plants per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Hydro > Production > Public per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Imports per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Net inland availability per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Nuclear > Production > Public per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Power plant capacity > Public wind per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
- Thermal > Production > Self-producer per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Gross > Production > Public and self-producer per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by transportation industry per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption in rail transport per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Net > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Production from oil sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.
- Hydro > Production > Public > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Hydro > Production > Self-producer > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Production from coal sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Production from nuclear sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Production from natural gas sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Production from hydroelectric sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Production from oil sources > Kwh > Per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Consumption by energy sector per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Energy balance requirement per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Exports per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Gross inland availability per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Total > Production > Self-producer per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Production from coal sources > Kwh per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Nuclear > Production per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by crude petroleum fields per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by mining industry > Energy commodities > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Station use and station loss > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
- Thermal > Production > Public > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population
- Wind > Production > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population
- Production from oil sources > Kwh: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.
- Consumption by other industries and construction > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Consumption by transportation industry > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Conversion > Transport and distribution losses > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Wind > Production per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Exports > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Gross > Production > Public and self-producer > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Conversion > Transport and distribution losses per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Production from nuclear sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.
- Production from oil sources > Kwh per capita: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by crude petroleum fields > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
- Power plant capacity > Public wind > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
- Total > Production > Public per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by chemical industry per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by mining industry > Energy commodities per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Wind > Production > Public per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Production from hydroelectric sources > % of total: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
- From hydroelectric plants: This entry measures the capacity of plants that generate electricity by water-driven turbines, expressed as a share of the country's total generating capacity.
- Thermal > Production > Public per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Wind > Production > Self-producer per capita: . Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
- Consumption by other consumers > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division; Source: Energy Statistics Database | United Nations Statistics Division. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013; CIA World Factbooks 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Energy Agency (IEA Statistics \xA9 OECD/IEA, http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), Energy Statistics and Balances of Non-OECD Countries, Energy Statistics of OECD Countries, and Energy Balances of OECD Countries.; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; World Development Indicators database. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Development Indicators database; Wikipedia: List of countries by electricity consumption
