29th Energy Statistics Course

The 29th Energy Statistics Course from the IEA, will take place in a virtual format on 24-25 March 2025.

This free course offers training in the internationally recognised IEA methodology and tools for collecting and organising national-level energy data. It focuses on creating complete and accurate energy balances through the use of consistent definitions and units, in order to inform national energy policy and enable consistent international reporting. The training also provides insights on data collection for hydrogen, estimates of energy-related emissions, the development of end-use data and end use prices across energy sources and sectors.

The course will be divided in 6 modules.

The session will introduce key conventions from the International Recommendations for Energy Statistics and discuss how these principles are applied at the IEA. It will explain fundamental concepts such as how energy statistics are structured, the calculation of transformation efficiency, and how to convert between units of mass, energy and volume.

The session will explain the definitions, concepts and conventions underlying the building of a national energy balance. It will show how an energy balance is also the starting point for the construction of various indicators such as energy intensity, energy consumption per capita, of for early estimations of CO2 emissions from fuel combustion. The session combines presentation and hands-on exercises, including featuring the IEA balance builder.

Given the increasing importance that Hydrogen is making within the energy domain, this short introductory session will explain some of the key concepts and data flows that countries should seek to collect to help produce a hydrogen balance. Links to ammonia and e-fuels will also be discussed.

The session will describe the key data needed for a good representation of the demand-side of the energy system, including: industry, transport, buildings and other sectors – typically requiring dedicated data collection at national level. Demand-side data are key to the design of a complete and accurate energy balance. The session will also show the benefits of collecting detailed end-use data for each sector, as a preliminary step to developing efficiency indicators to inform and monitor sectoral policies.

The session will introduce the methodology used to estimate greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector, covering the sectoral and reference approaches and fugitive emissions. Emissions from energy account for more than three-quarters of the total greenhouse gas emissions globally, hence tracking them is integral for sustainable policy-making.

The session will explain the key concepts required for end-use energy prices data collection and reporting at national level, including methodologies by products, sectors and time granularities. It also introduces the value of end-use energy prices to derive policy-relevant indicators.