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Austria

Country Scorecard

[2009 Grades]

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

Grade Explanation

TREND: In 2009 the annual CO2 footprint of Austria reduced by -2.49% but the CO2 intensity of its economy worsened by 1.26%. This indicates that the reduction in CO2 was driven by contraction in the economy.

LEVEL: 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 69.24 million metric tons of CO2 in the year 2009, and is ranked #49 out of 217 countries. With per capita CO2 emissions of 8.43 metric tons per year, it is in the 3rd quartile globally. Its CO2 intensity (kg per unit GDP 2005 PPP $) is 0.24, which is lower than the average of 0.32 for its income group--the High income: OECD countries. Regarding the trend, the total CO2 emissions have decreased by -2.49% during 2008-09. Over the past five years, the total CO2 emissions has improved by -9.66%, and over the last decade the total CO2 emissions has gone up by 6.94%.

POWER GENERATION: The total net generation for Austria in 2009 was 62.98 million Mwh. Power supply from conventional thermal sources accounted for 27.17% of the total. In comparison, renewable sources including hydroelectricity contributed 73.86% of the total. The share of the non-hydro renewable component in the total generation was 12.50%. It is estimated that the coal fired power plants, the most CO2 intensive source of power accounted for around 12.46% of the total generation (2nd quartile globally-based on 2007 data).

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

CO₂ and Energy Intensity Ratios

1	CO2 per capita (metric tons) [EIA 2009]	8.43	3rd Quartile
2	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP) [EIA 2009]	.24	2nd Quartile
3	CO2 per unit energy consumed (kg per mill BTU) [EIA 2008]	46.75	Bottom Quartile
4	Primary Energy Consumption per Capita (Million Btu per Person) [EIA 2008]	185.11	Highest Quartile
5	Primary Energy Consumption per unit GDP (Btu per 2005 PPP $) [EIA 2008]	5,144.08	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	2009	68.75	-2.21%	-7.20%	1.56%	12.88%
1.1.b	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	CDIAC	2009	62.53	-1.88%	-7.34%	4.51%	6.86%
1.1.c	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	EDGAR/PBL	2005	76.91	2.63%	22.33%	28.97%	34.96%
1.1.d	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	EIA	2009	69.24	-2.49%	-9.66%	6.94%	24.29%
1.1.e	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	IEA	2008	69.32	-0.13%	-4.81%	10.20%	22.75%
1.1.f	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	UNFCCC	2008	64.73	-1.12%	-8.43%	6.94%	16.83%
1.1.g	CO2 emissions fossil fuels (mill metric tons)	WDI-2010	2007	68.67	-4.24%	5.51%	12.05%	12.75%
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	2007	8.25	-4.66%	1.81%	7.14%	4.65%
2.1.b	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	EIA	2009	8.43	-2.55%	-10.06%	5.43%	16.91%
2.1.c	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	IEA	2008	8.31	-0.56%	-7.31%	5.44%	13.05%
2.1.d	CO2 per capita (metric tons)	WDI-2010	2007	8.27	-4.45%	2.75%	7.60%	4.73%
2.2	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2000 US$ of GDP)	WDI-2010	2007	0.31	-7.52%	-7.01%	-12.89%	-24.21%
2.3	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 US$ of GDP)	EIA	2009	0.22	1.26%	-16.53%	-9.34%	-14.41%
2.4.a	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP)	EIA	2009	0.24	1.26%	-16.53%	-9.34%	-14.41%
2.4.b	CO2 per unit GDP (kg per 2005 PPP $ of GDP)	WDI-2010	2007	0.23	-7.52%	-7.01%	-12.89%	-24.21%
2.5	CO2 per unit energy consumed (kg per mill BTU)	EIA	2008	46.75	-1.75%	-8.22%	-4.13%	-2.32%
2.6	CO2 intensity (kg per kg of oil equivalent energy use)	WDI-2010	2007	2.07	-1.42%	-1.50%	-4.79%	-15.78%
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	2009	11.31	4.16%	-24.98%	-7.88%	-31.63%
3.1.b	CO2 solid fuel (million metric tons)	EIA	2009	14.18	-2.74%	-11.12%	18.57%	12.80%
3.3.a	CO2 gas fuel (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2009	16.68	-2.35%	-4.43%	6.61%	51.71%
3.3.b	CO2 gas fuel (million metric tons)	EIA	2009	17.75	1.56%	1.66%	11.09%	44.85%
3.4.a	CO2 liguid fuel (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2009	34.54	-3.49%	-1.19%	8.24%	11.50%
3.4.b	CO2 liguid fuel (million metric tons)	EIA	2009	37.32	-4.21%	-13.70%	1.36%	20.82%
3.5	CO2 cement (million metric tons)	CDIAC	2009	2.34	0.00%	18.11%	23.12%	-4.05%
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	2008	1.52	-0.03%	2.74%	10.17%	30.49%
4.2	Primary Energy Consumption per Capita (Million Btu per Person)	EIA	2008	185.11	-0.09%	2.20%	8.47%	22.82%
4.3	Primary Energy Consumption per unit GDP (Btu per 2005 US$)	EIA	2008	4,600	-1.93%	-10.86%	-13.27%	-13.47%
4.4	Primary Energy Consumption per unit GDP (Btu per 2005 PPP $)	EIA	2008	5,144	-1.93%	-10.86%	-13.27%	-13.47%
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	2009	62.98	1.70%	6.33%	9.56%	32.13%
5.1.b	Total Net Generation (million Mwh)	WDI-2010	2007	60.94	0.31%	0.98%	9.43%	23.62%
5.2	Total Primary Energy Supply (Quad BTU)	EIA	2008	0.54	0.17%	9.35%	4.71%	15.94%
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	2009	17.11	-5.89%	-16.77%	8.59%	8.32%
6.2	Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)	WDI-2010	2007	12.46	-9.36%	-2.37%	1.19%	-12.34%
6.3	Electricity production from natural gas sources (% of total)	WDI-2010	2007	16.20	-7.77%	4.33%	8.93%	3.43%
6.4	Electricity production from oil sources (% of total)	WDI-2010	2007	2.10	-22.29%	-4.84%	-51.08%	-44.95%
6.5	Electricity production from coal sources (million Mwh)	WDI-2010	2007	7.59	-9.08%	-1.42%	10.74%	8.36%
6.6	Electricity production from natural gas sources (million Mwh)	WDI-2010	2007	9.87	-7.49%	5.35%	19.20%	27.86%
6.7	Electricity production from oil sources (million Mwh)	WDI-2010	2007	1.28	-22.05%	-3.90%	-46.47%	-31.95%
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	2009	38.65	2.88%	7.18%	-3.59%	23.96%
7.1.b	Hydroelectric (million Mwh)	WDI-2010	2007	35.99	3.20%	-9.86%	-0.31%	14.23%
7.2	Hydroelectric (% of total)	WDI-2010	2007	59.06	2.88%	-10.74%	-8.90%	-7.59%
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	2009	46.52	5.06%	18.75%	10.82%	44.05%
8.2	Total Renewables (% of total)	EIA	2009	73.86	3.30%	11.69%	1.15%	9.02%
8.3	Total Renewables non-hydro (million Mwh)	EIA	2009	7.87	17.29%	152.82%	317.19%	607.54%
8.4	Total Renewables non-hydro (% of total)	EIA	2009	12.49	15.33%	137.78%	280.79%	435.47%
8.5	Wind (million Mwh)	EIA	2009	2.33	21.75%	165.31%	4,752.92%
8.6	Solar, Tide and Wave (million Mwh)	EIA	2009	0.02	-25.19%	16.37%	947.37%
8.7	Biomass and Waste (million Mwh)	EIA	2009	5.52	15.75%	149.06%	200.47%	396.10%
8.8	Geothermal (million Mwh)	EIA	2009	0.002	0.00%	0.00%
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	2009	0.00
9.1.b	Nuclear (millionMwh)	WDI-2010	2007	0.00
9.2	Electricity production from nuclear sources (% of total)	WDI-2010	2007	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	2008	20.80	6.99%	12.32%	19.14%	24.64%
10.10	Geothermal capacity cumulative (MW)	BP	2009	1.40	16.67%	16.67%
10.2	Installed Capacity-Thermal (million Kilowatts)	EIA	2008	4.02	3.80%	-21.99%	-23.08%	-24.62%
10.3	Capacity Utilization-Conventional Thermal (%)	EIA	2008	51.64	-0.76%	10.77%	47.77%	52.70%
10.4	Installed Capacity-Renewables (million Kilowatts)	EIA	2008	12.49	7.35%	32.04%	44.28%	60.22%
10.5	Capacity Utilization-Renewables (%)	EIA	2008	40.46	-3.57%	-3.74%	-20.62%	-14.42%
10.6	Installed Capacity-Renewables-non hydro (million Kilowatts)	EIA	2008	4.27	24.90%	187.16%	443.64%	952.46%
10.7	Capacity Utilization-Renewables-non-hydro (%)	EIA	2008	17.92	-16.96%	2.15%	-33.80%	-42.68%
10.8	Solar Photovoltaic (PV) capacity cumulative (MW)	BP	2009	37.50	15.74%	77.73%	913.51%
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-2010	2009	8,364,095	0.33%	2.32%	4.52%	8.47%
11.2	GDP (2000 US$)	WDI-2010	2009	218,354,635,530	-3.89%	8.13%	18.37%	46.54%
11.3	GDP (2005 PPP $)	WDI-2010	2009	320,872,667,620	-3.41%	20.51%	48.64%	114.79%
11.4	GDP growth (annual %)	WDI-2010	2009	-3.888	-278.46%	-252.80%	-216.41%	-193.22%
11.5	GDP per capita (2000 US$)	WDI-2010	2009	26,106	-4.20%	5.68%	13.25%	35.10%
11.6	GDP per capita (2005 PPP $)	WDI-2010	2009	34,673	-4.20%	5.68%	13.25%	35.10%