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14.  Industrial Sector Trends — End-Use Energy Consumption by Fuel

Source: Energy Information Administration

INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION IN WASHINGTON IS SPLIT FAIRLY EVENLY BETWEEN BIOFUELS, ELECTRICITY, PERTROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS. AS IN OTHER SECTORS, GROWTH IN NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION HAS ACCELERATED DURING THE 1990s.

Unlike the residential and commercial sectors, which rely primarily on electricity and natural gas, or the transportation sector which consumes almost exclusively petroleum fuels, energy consumption in Washington’s industrial sector is quite diversified. Biofuels, electricity, petroleum, and natural gas each accounted for over 20 percent of industrial sector energy consumption during 1995. With the exception of natural gas, the relative market share of each of the fuels has not changed dramatically since 1970. Natural gas consumption declined precipitously between 1973 and 1983, but growth has accelerated in recent years. Industrial natural gas consumption grew 4.2 percent between 1985 and 1990, and 7.2 percent between 1990 and 1995.

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