Aviation gasoline (Avgas)
A gasoline prepared especially for aviation piston engines.
Aviation turbine fuel (Avtur)
Kerosene and gasoline type fuels designed to meet specifications used in aviation turbine power units.
Bagasse
Residue of the sugar cane milling process.
Biofuel
Liquid ethanol, methanol and fuel refined from vegetable oil.
Biogas
Predominantly methane based gas derived from landfill and sewerage systems.
Blast furnace gas
Gas produced from a blast furnace, as a by product of the smelting process.
Black coal
Sometimes called bituminous coal or anthracite, black coal has low levels of impurities. It can be either coking coal (high purity coal used to produce coke), or steaming coal (used to produce heat and electricity).
Brown coal
Sometimes called lignite, brown coal is coal where the vegetable matter has not been completely converted to coal.
Coal by-products
Additional products derived during the operation of coke ovens and blast furnaces. Coal by-products include both liquids (see 'coal by-products n.e.c'), and gases (see 'coke oven gas' and 'blast furnace gas').
Coal by-products n.e.c.
Specifically refers to tars and liquid hydrocarbon by-products, such as coal tars and tar oils.
Coke oven gas
A coal by-product produced during production of coke in a coke oven. Can either be vented to the atmosphere or captured and used as an energy source.
Conversion
The act of transforming one fuel into another. This commonly involves transforming a primary fuel into a secondary fuel, but can also involve transforming one secondary fuel into another. Examples include converting black coal into electricity, or converting crude oil into petrol and diesel.
Crude oil
Petroleum as found in the earth, before it is refined into oil products.
Diesel
Fuel for diesel engines obtained from the distillation of petroleum. Includes both automotive diesel oil (ADO) and industrial diesel fuel (IDF).
Distribution
The delivery of electricity or natural gas to the customer's home or business through low voltage distribution lines (for electricity) or low pressure distribution pipelines (for natural gas).
Electricity, generated for own-use
Electricity generated for own use, other than by businesses whose primary activity is electricity generation, and businesses involved in secondary generation (excess self-generated electricity which is sold).
Electricity, generated for sale
Electricity generated by businesses whose primary activity is electricity supply (ANZSIC Class 3610). Also called public electricity.
End-use
The amount of energy consumed outside the energy conversion industries. It is equal to total energy consumption less energy consumed or lost in conversion, transmission and distribution. End-use includes energy used in lighting, heating, cooking, and transport.
Energy
The capacity for doing work. Forms of energy include: thermal, mechanical, electrical and chemical.
Fuel oil
Heavy oil used as an industrial fuel or as an intermediate petroleum product.
Heating oil
A petroleum product used as a source of fuel. Includes kerosene.
Hydro-electricity
Electric power generated using the fall of water.
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)
Consists of liquefied propane, propylene, butane and isobutane.
Liquefied natural gas (LNG)
Natural gas which has been cooled, usually under pressure, to a liquid, and stored under pressure.
Natural gas
A gas that is comprised mainly of methane. Includes coal-seam methane gas, but excludes biogas.
Organic matter
Comprises solid food waste and other solid organic matter. Excludes wood, woodwaste, biogas and bagasse.
Petrol
A petroleum product used in motor vehicles. Also known as automotive gasoline.
Petroleum product
Any hydrocarbon produced from crude oil and other feedstocks.
Primary fuel
Fuels sourced directly from the natural environment. Includes crude oil, wood and coal. Can be converted into other (secondary) fuels.
Refinery fuel
Fuel oil, petroleum coke, and fuel gas as reported by refineries (ANZSIC 2510).
Road transport activity
Any business activity involving a vehicle, whether licensed or unlicensed, which is principally designed for transport on public roads.
Secondary generation
Excess electricity generated for own use, which is sold to other businesses.
Solar power
Energy derived from direct conversion of sunlight and heat.
Thermal efficiency
Electricity generated (energy output) as a proportion of energy consumed to generated the electricity (energy inputs).
Transmission
The act of transmitting electricity or gas from the source of generation or production to the distributor. Electricity is transmitted along high voltage power lines; gas is transmitted along high pressure pipelines.
Wind power
Power generated by capturing wind energy.
Woodwaste
Includes sawdust, bark and black liquor.
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