4.Industrial energy consumption

Industrial energy consumption :
1.Industrial energy consumption accounted for more than a fifth of all UK energy consumption in 2001,
consuming 35,152 thousand tonnes of oil equivalent. In 2001 the largest sub-sector was the
chemicals industry, accounting for 22 per cent of all industrial energy consumption (mainly for the
manufacture of basic chemcials), while the food, drink and tobacco industry consumed a further
12 per cent. A fifth of all energy consumed in the food, drink and tobacco industry was for sugar
manufacture, while a further 13 per cent was used for making beverages and another 10 per cent for
the production, processing and preserving of meat and meat products.
2.In the mineral products sector, energy consumption fell by 2.2 million tonnes of oil equivalent, 1.7
million tonnes of oil equivalent of which was due to a fall in intensity and the rest due to falling
output. The chemicals sector saw a rise in consumption of 3.6 million tonnes of oil equivalent. It is
estimated that increased output accounted for a rise of 2.0 million tonnes of oil equivalent and a rise
in intensity of 1.7 million tonnes of oil equivalent.