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Austria

Country Scorecard

[2011 Grades]

CO₂ Trend:	A
CO₂ Intensity:	B
CO₂ Footprint:	C

Grade Explanation

TREND: In 2011 the annual CO2 footprint of Austria reduced by -3.28% and at the same time it also improved the CO2 intensity of its economy by -6.75%. INTENSITY & FOOTPRINT: It has moderately low CO2 intensity but its annual CO2 footprint is relatively high.

[2008 Grades]

CO₂ Trend:	A
CO₂ Intensity:	B
CO₂ Footprint:	C

[Data Source: EIA-US] View grading methodology

Grade Explanation

TREND: In 2008 the annual CO2 footprint of Austria reduced by -2.71% and at the same time it also improved the CO2 intensity of its economy by -4.35%.

LEVEL: It has moderately low CO2 intensity but its annual CO2 footprint is relatively high.

Key Trends and Summary

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CO2 EMISSIONS: Austria released 67.18 million metric tons of CO2 in the year 2011, and is ranked #49 out of 216 countries. With per capita CO2 emissions of 8.18 metric tons per year, it is in the 3rd quartile globally. Its CO2 intensity (kg per unit GDP 2005 PPP $) is 0.22, which is lower than the average of 0.33 for its income group--the High income: OECD countries. Regarding the trend, the total CO2 emissions have decreased by -3.28% during 2010-11. Over the past five years, the total CO2 emissions has improved by -9.60%, and over the last decade the total CO2 emissions has fallen by -2.17%.

POWER GENERATION: The total net generation for Austria in 2011 was 59.47 million Mwh. Power supply from conventional thermal sources accounted for 31.60% of the total. In comparison, renewable sources including hydroelectricity contributed 70.46% of the total. The share of the non-hydro renewable component in the total generation was 14.33%. It is estimated that the coal fired power plants, the most CO2 intensive source of power accounted for around 9.68% of the total generation (bottom quartile globally-based on 2012 data).

[Data Source: EIA-US and World Bank-WDI]

CO₂ and Energy Intensity Ratios

1	CO2 per capita (metric tons) [EIA 2011]	8.18	3rd Quartile
2	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP) [EIA 2011]	.22	2nd Quartile
3	CO2 per unit energy consumed (kg per mill BTU) [EIA 2011]	45.7	Bottom Quartile
4	Primary Energy Consumption per Capita (Million Btu per Person) [EIA 2011]	178.89	3rd Quartile
5	Primary Energy Consumption per unit GDP (Btu per 2005 PPP $) [EIA 2011]	4,891.5	2nd Quartile

CO₂ Emissions by Fuel Type and Energy Mix

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1	CO2 Emissions-Totals
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
1.1.a	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	BP	2012	65.11	-5.32%	-9.53%	-7.26%	6.90%
1.1.b	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	57.61	-6.77%	-13.22%	-8.82%	-1.55%
1.1.c	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	EDGAR/PBL	2012	70.92	-5.96%		2.62%	24.44%
1.1.d	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	EIA	2011	67.18	-3.28%	-9.60%	-2.17%	20.60%
1.1.e	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	IEA	2011	68.49	-2.25%	-4.98%	3.85%	21.28%
1.1.f	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	UNFCCC	2011	70.46	-2.94%	2.70%	10.84%	27.17%
1.1.g	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	WDI	2010	66.90	7.44%	-7.97%	8.42%	9.83%
2	CO2 Intensities and Ratios
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
2.1.a	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	CDIAC	2010	7.96	6.89%	-10.33%	3.34%	0.93%
2.1.b	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	EIA	2011	8.18	-3.32%	-9.87%	-3.19%	13.34%
2.1.c	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	IEA	2011	8.13	-2.63%	-6.71%	-0.82%	10.57%
2.1.d	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	WDI	2010	7.97	7.13%	-9.69%	3.53%	0.94%
2.2	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2000 US$ of GDP)	WDI	2010	0.21	5.58%	-41.51%	-36.32%	-49.73%
2.3	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 US$ of GDP)	EIA	2011	0.20	-6.75%	-15.94%	-18.52%	-21.42%
2.4.a	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP)	EIA	2011	0.22	-6.75%	-15.94%	-18.52%	-21.42%
2.4.b	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP)	WDI	2010	0.23	5.58%	-14.37%	-6.77%	-26.40%
2.5	CO2 per unit energy consumed (kg per mill BTU)	EIA	2011	45.70	0.48%	-5.79%	-3.58%	-4.50%
2.6	CO2 intensity (kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use)	WDI	2010	1.95	0.33%	-9.34%	-9.67%	-20.48%
2.7	CO2 intensity (kg per kg of oil equivalent TPES)	IEA	2008	2.09	-0.11%	-7.65%	-4.92%	-8.50%
2.8	CO2 per unit electricity (Kg /MWh)	IEA	2008	182.76	-6.57%	-21.37%	-11.96%	-25.27%
3	CO2 Emissions by Source
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
3.1.a	CO2 solid fuel (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	10.07	-23.59%	-32.29%	-30.53%	-39.12%
3.1.b	CO2 solid fuel (million metric tons)	EIA	2011	12.41	2.03%	-20.61%	-11.33%	-1.23%
3.3.a	CO2 gas fuel (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	16.88	-4.53%	5.61%	5.48%	53.55%
3.3.b	CO2 gas fuel (million metric tons)	EIA	2011	18.20	-5.29%	4.35%	12.63%	48.53%
3.4.a	CO2 liguid fuel (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	30.66	-0.89%	-13.70%	-6.20%	-1.04%
3.4.b	CO2 liguid fuel (million metric tons)	EIA	2011	36.57	-3.96%	-11.33%	-5.05%	18.40%
3.5	CO2 cement (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2012	2.21	0.00%	-5.70%	13.06%	-9.52%
4	Energy Consumption and Intensity
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
4.1	Total Primary Energy Consumption (Quad BTU)	EIA	2012	1.50	1.83%	-1.48%	2.59%	28.60%
4.2	Primary Energy Consumption per Capita (Million Btu per Person)	EIA	2011	178.89	-3.78%	-4.33%	0.40%	18.69%
4.3	Primary Energy Consumption per unit GDP (Btu per 2005 US$)	EIA	2011	4,374	-6.41%	-10.77%	-15.49%	-17.72%
4.4	Primary Energy Consumption per unit GDP (Btu per 2005 PPP $)	EIA	2011	4,891	-6.41%	-10.77%	-15.49%	-17.72%
5	Electricity/Energy Total Supply
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
5.1.a	Total Net Generation (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	59.47	-8.25%	1.97%	1.77%	24.78%
5.1.b	Total Net Generation (million Mwh)	WDI	2012	64.47	3.71%	5.79%	6.83%	30.78%
5.2	Total Primary Energy Supply (Quad BTU)	EIA	2011	0.52	-5.76%	3.30%	-6.20%	12.02%
6	Thermal Generation
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
6.1	Total Conventional Thermal (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	18.79	-10.48%	-3.27%	10.36%	18.91%
6.2	Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)	WDI	2012	9.68	-17.82%	-22.31%	-24.15%	-31.90%
6.3	Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)	WDI	2012	15.04	-24.55%	-7.12%	-3.11%	-3.93%
6.4	Electricity production from oil sources (% of total)	WDI	2012	1.15	-29.14%	-45.13%	-47.79%	-69.80%
6.5	Electricity production from coal sources (million Mwh)	WDI	2012	6.24	-14.77%	-17.81%	-18.97%	-10.93%
6.6	Electricity production from natural gas sources (million Mwh)	WDI	2012	9.70	-21.74%	-1.74%	3.51%	25.63%
6.7	Electricity production from oil sources (million Mwh)	WDI	2012	0.74	-26.51%	-41.95%	-44.22%	-60.50%
7	Hydroelectric Generation
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
7.1.a	Hydroelectric (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	33.38	-12.21%	-2.25%	-16.10%	7.06%
7.1.b	Hydroelectric (million Mwh)	WDI	2012	39.55	15.72%	9.89%	-0.95%	25.53%
7.2	Hydroelectric (% of total)	WDI	2012	61.35	11.57%	3.87%	-7.28%	-4.02%
8	Renewables Generation
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
8.1	Total Renewables (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	41.90	-7.33%	6.20%	0.32%	29.74%
8.2	Total Renewables (% of total)	EIA	2011	70.44	1.00%	4.14%	-1.43%	3.97%
8.3	Total Renewables non-hydro (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	8.52	18.48%	60.54%	330.60%	665.83%
8.4	Total Renewables non-hydro (% of total)	EIA	2011	14.32	29.13%	57.44%	323.12%	513.73%
8.5	Wind (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	2.09	1.07%	25.33%	1,179.75%
8.6	Solar, Tide and Wave (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	0.11	20.22%	411.96%	2,176.60%
8.7	Biomass and Waste (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	6.32	25.59%	74.81%	249.28%	468.53%
8.8	Geothermal (million Mwh)	EIA	2011	0.001	0.00%	-64.29%
9	Nuclear Generation
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
9.1.a	Nuclear (millionMwh)	EIA	2011	0.00
9.1.b	Nuclear (millionMwh)	WDI	2012	0.00
9.2	Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total)	WDI	2012	0.00
10	Installed Capacity and Utilization
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
10.1	Total Electricity Installed Capacity (Million Kilowatts)	EIA	2010	21.11	1.23%	10.31%	18.24%	26.54%
10.10	Geothermal capacity cumulative (MW)	BP	2012	1.40	0.00%	16.67%
10.2	Installed Capacity-Thermal (million Kilowatts)	EIA	2010	3.63	-11.32%	-31.88%	-32.09%	-31.97%
10.3	Capacity Utilization-Conventional Thermal (%)	EIA	2010	66.03	38.28%	41.63%	102.68%	95.26%
10.4	Installed Capacity-Renewables (million Kilowatts)	EIA	2010	15.39	3.22%	55.62%	72.03%	97.32%
10.5	Capacity Utilization-Renewables (%)	EIA	2010	33.55	-5.84%	-27.69%	-39.13%	-29.04%
10.6	Installed Capacity-Renewables-non hydro (million Kilowatts)	EIA	2010	4.79	12.48%	141.79%	462.28%	1,078.57%
10.7	Capacity Utilization-Renewables-non-hydro (%)	EIA	2010	17.15	-18.78%	-30.20%	-27.07%	-45.15%
10.8	Solar Photovoltaic (PV) capacity cumulative (MW)	BP	2012	421.70	125.27%	1,422.38%	3,994.17%
10.9	Wind turbine capacity cumulative (MW)	BP	2012	1,378	27.36%	40.18%
11	Socio Economic Indicators
	Key Indicators	Source	Year	Value	1 Yr Ch	5 Yr Ch	10 Yr Ch	Ch 1990
11.1	Population, Total	WDI	2012	8,462,446	0.46%	1.95%	4.69%	9.75%
11.2	GDP (2000 US$)	WDI	2012	337,691,814,570	0.87%	51.88%	72.86%	126.64%
11.3	GDP (2005 PPP $)	WDI	2012	369,480,165,550	4.52%	17.50%	51.22%	147.33%
11.4	GDP growth (annual %)	WDI	2012	0.87	-69.29%	-76.66%	-47.16%	-79.13%
11.5	GDP per capita (2000 US$)	WDI	2012	39,905	0.41%	48.98%	65.12%	106.51%
11.6	GDP per capita (2005 PPP $)	WDI	2012	36,200	0.41%	1.76%	12.78%	41.05%

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