The Physical Content Method – Portugal 2008
The Physical content method is described in the International Energy Agency statistics manual:
1. What is the primary energy associated with electricity produced by hydro, wind and solar
photovoltaic?
2. What is the primary energy associated with electricity produced by geothermal?
3. What is the primary energy associated with the electricity produced by urban waste?
4. What is the primary energy associated with the electricity produced by biomass, industrial
waste, “licores sulfitivos” and biogas? Discuss the co-generation.
5. What is the primary energy associated with the electricity produced by coal, natural gas
and oil?
6. Discuss the following texts taken from Harmsen et al. (2011)?
The Partial Substitution Method – Portugal 2008
The Partial Substitution Method is described in the International Energy Agency statistics
manual:
1. What is the primary energy associated with electricity produced by hydro, wind and solar
photovoltaic?
2. What is the primary energy associated with electricity produced by geothermal?
Comparing the two methods – Portugal 2008
1. Compute the total amount of primary energy associated with electricity production using
the 2 methods.
2. Compute the percentage of primary energy associated with renewable electricity using the
2 methods. Discuss the results.