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FY2022 Energy Supply and Demand Report (Preliminary Report)
November 29, 2023
The Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) has prepared the Preliminary Report on the FY2022 General Energy Statistics based on a wide range of energy-related statistics. The purpose of the report is to describe Japan's energy supply and demand situation.
1. Highlights of the preliminary report
(1) Trends in energy demand
- Final energy consumption decreased by 2.9% year-on-year; of which, consumption of coal, city gas, oil, and electricity decreased by 8.5%, 2.6%, 2.5% and 1.8%, respectively.
- The business sector showed a decrease due to sluggish production activities caused by price hikes and a downturn in overseas economies. The transportation sector showed an increase for the second consecutive year backed by the recovery from the impact of COVID-19, and the residential sector showed a slight increase.
- A breakdown by sector on a year-on-year basis shows that final energy consumption decreased in the business sector by 6.1% (of which, the manufacturing sector decreased by 6.1%), while the transportation and residential sectors increased by 4.0% and 0.5%, respectively.
- Electricity consumption decreased in the business sector by 4.5% on a year-on-year basis (of which, the manufacturing sector decreased by 4.2%), while the residential sector increased by 5.0%.
(2) Trends in energy supply
- Domestic primary energy supply decreased by 2.3% year-on-year. Fossil fuels decreased by 1.9%, while renewable energy (including hydro) increased for the 10th consecutive year.
- In terms of fossil fuels, oil decreased by 2.0% on a year-on-year basis, coal decreased by 1.9%, and natural and city gases decreased by 1.5% combined. The 4.4% decrease in non-fossil fuels was largely due to the impact of the 21.7% decrease in nuclear. Meanwhile, renewables (excluding hydro) increased by 2.8%, driven by solar photovoltaics. The share of non-fossil fuels decreased to 16.5%, down from the previous fiscal year.
- The amount of electricity generated decreased by 2.5% on a year-on-year basis (1 008.2 TWh). The ratio of non-fossil sources was 27.3%, up by 0.1 percentage points (%p) on a year-on-year basis.
- The power generation mix shows that renewables (including hydro) was 21.7%, up by 1.4%p, nuclear was 5.6%, down by 1.3%p, and thermal (excluding biomass-fired) was 72.7%, down by 0.1%p on a year-on-year basis.
- The energy self-sufficiency ratio was 12.6%, down by 0.7%p on a year-on-year basis (based on IEA’s methodology).
(3) Trends in energy-related CO2 emissions
- CO2 emissions decreased by 2.9% on a year-on-year basis at 0.96 billion tons, showing a decrease by 22.5% from FY2013 and the lowest since FY1990.
- CO2 emissions increased for the fourth consecutive year until FY2013 due to the impacts of the economic recovery after the 2008 financial crisis and the shutting down of nuclear power plants after the Great East Japan Earthquake. However, after this increase, the emissions are now on a declining trend due to a decrease in energy consumption, the spread of renewable energy, and the restarting of nuclear power plants. In FY2022, emissions decreased on a year-on-year basis for the first time in two years due to the fall in energy consumption mainly in the business sector.
- Looking at the breakdown by sector, a decrease was seen in the business sector by 6.2%, while an increase was seen in the residential and transportation sectors by 1.4% and 3.9%, respectively, on a year-on-year basis.
- The CO2 intensity for electricity (on the consumer end) was 0.46 kg-CO2/kWh, down by 1.8% from the previous fiscal year.
Note: Energy volumes in this material are shown in energy units measured in joules. GL of crude oil equivalent data will be obtained from the PJ data (PJ [petajoule]: 10 to the 15th power joules) herein, multiplied by 0.0258. (Crude oil equivalence: 1 liter of crude oil = 9 250 kcal = 38.7 MJ. 1 MJ = 0.0258 liters.)
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