Fri, 01 Nov, 2013 12:00:09 AM FTimes Report, November 01  Source: Statistics Finland Consumption of energy in manufacturing went down by around 5% in 2012, according to Statistics Finland.
Energy use in manufacturing totalled 541 petajoule (PJ). The use of purchased energy in manufacturing went down by 4% compared to the previous year.
The energy consumption calculation includes total amounts of fuel used in manufacturing,the total use of electricity and the amount of heat obtained from outside, said a
release of the institute on Thursday.
Manufacturing accounted for around 46% of the final energy consumption which has also gone down from the year before.
The preliminary data showed that the volume index of industrial output, and output in manufacturing went down by 2% in 2012.
The biggest energy consumer was still the forest industry, which expended 55% of all energy used in manufacturing, said the release.
Energy use in the forest industry fell by 3% from 2011. The chemical industry and the manufacture of basic metals are also major energy consumers in Finland. In these
industries, energy consumption also fell from the year before, in the chemical industry by around 6% and in the manufacture of basic metals by around 8%.
The only industries where energy usage grew compared to the previous year were mining and quarrying and textile, according to the data.
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