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Primary Energy in India

Primary Energy is a term that typically refers to total energy supply or total energy consumption in common single unit. The physical units of all energy sources (supply or consumption) are multiplied by respective conversion factors to convert them into this common unit and added up to get the primary energy number

Various common units for primary energy measurement are in vogue, namely Exajoule (EJ), quadrillion Btu (quads), Tera Watt Hours (TWh) and Million Tons of Oil Equivalent (MTOE)

EJ, quads, TWh and MTOE are just some of the several units of measurement. There are a large number of additional units of measurement when we consider individual energy sources

There is no other industry which uses as many units of measurements as does the energy industry. Even the energy industry veterans sometimes find it difficult to quickly (and correctly!) convert one unit of measurement into another

Explore Primary Energy indicators:

Primary Energy Production Physical Units
Primary Energy Production in Petajoules
Primary Energy Consumption in Petajoules
Per Capita Primary Energy Consumption