Fourth meeting of the Oslo Group
The fourth meeting of the Oslo Group on Energy Statistics took place from 2-6 February 2009 in Ottawa, Canada. The meeting was dedicated to the review of the preliminary drafts and outlines of the IRES chapters prepared by UNSD based on the work of the Oslo Group and taking into account the format and structure of other international recommendations approved by the Statistics Commission for other areas of basic economic statistics. The meeting was hosted by Statistics Canada and gathered about 23 representatives from 14 countries and 4 international organizations (UNSD, IEA, IAEA and UNECE).
Main Documents
Papers
- Auto-producers of energy: definition and classification (Jun Toutain and Atle Tostensen, Statistics Norway)
- Energy Efficiency Coefficients (Australia)
- Comparing Terminology Between Accounts and Statistics (Olav Ljones, Statistics Norway)
- Micro Power Plants (Magne Holstad, Statistics Norway)
- Official Energy Statistics – IRES (Olav Ljones, Statistics Norway)
- Energy Prices in Energy Statistics and IRES (Olav Ljones and Atle Tostensen, Statistics Norway)
- Issue Paper: Definition of Primary and Secondary Energy (Sara Øvergaard, Statistics Norway)
- Uncertainty Assessment of Gross Inland Consumption of the Energy Balance 2006 (Wolfgang Bittermann, Statistics Austria)
Presentations
- Auto-producers of energy (Jun Toutain, Statistics Norway)
- Canada's Energy Statistics (John Appleby, Natural Resources Canada)
- Canada's National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (Frank Neitzert, Environment Canada)
- Profile of Energy in Canada (Peter Greenberg, Statistics Canada)
- Quality Management at Statistics Canada (Laurie Reedman, Statistics Canada)
- Efficiency Coefficients of Energy Commodities (Ann Christin Bøeng, Statistics Norway)
- Principles of Energy Balances (Karen Tréanton, International Energy Agency)
- Energy Prices in Energy Statistics (and IRES) (Atle Tostensen, Statistics Norway)
- Session 10: Data Compilation Issues (Sara Øvergaard, Statistics Norway)
- IRES: An Update on the Revision Process (Vladimir Markhonko, UNSD)
- Micro Power Plants (Atle Tostensen, Statistics Norway)
- Official Energy Statistics IRES (Olav Ljones, Statistics Norway)
- Update on Oslo Group Activities (Atle Tostensen, Statistics Norway)
- Definition of Primary and Secondary Energy (ara Øvergaard, Statistics Norway)
- Seasonal Adjustments of the Monthly Electricity Consumption in Norway: Methods and Results (Sara Øvergaard, Statistics Norway)
- The United Nations Framework Classification for Fossil Energy and Mineral Resources (George Kowalski and Charlotte Griffiths, UNECE)
- Energy Balances – Data and Models for Energy Balance Compilation (Wolfgang Bittermann, Statistics Austria)
- Quality Reports and the Assessment of Overall Uncertainty (Wolfgang Bittermann, Statistics Austria)
ESCM draft
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Chapter 1:
- Presentation of Chapter 1 Introduction
- First draft of Chapter 1
- Draft of Chapter 1 with comments
- Second draft of Chapter 1 Chapter 2:
- Presentation of Chapter 2 Scope of Energy Statistics
- Draft of Chapter 2 with comments
- Chapter 2 Discussant notes Chapter 3:
- Presentation of Chapter 3 Standard International Energy Classification
- First draft of Chapter 3
- Draft of Chapter 3 with comments
- Comments to Chapter 3, India Chapter 4:
- Presentation of Chapter 4 Measurement Units and Conversion Factors
- First draft of Chapter 4
- Draft of Chapter 4 with comments version 1
- Draft of Chapter 4 with comments version 2
- Comments to Chapter 4, India
- Second draft of Chapter 4 Chapter 5:
- Presentation of Chapter 5 Flow, Stocks, and Related Concepts
- First draft of Chapter 5
- Draft of Chapter 5 with comments
- Comments to Chapter 5, India
- Chapter 5 Discussant notes Chapter 6:
- Presentation of Chapter 6 Statistical Units and Data Items
- First draft of Chapter 6
- Draft of Chapter 6 with comments
- Second draft of Chapter 6 Chapter 7:
- Presentation of Chapter 7 Data Sources and Data Compilation Strategies
- First draft of Chapter 7
- Draft of Chapter 7 with comments Chapter 8:
- Presentation of Chapter 8 Energy Balances
- First draft of Chapter 8
- Draft of Chapter with comments Chapter 9:
- Presentation of Chapter 9 Data Quality and Metadata
- First draft of Chapter 9
- Draft of Chapter 9 with comments
- Chapter 9 Discussant notes Chapter 10:
- Presentation of Chapter 10 Dissemination
- First draft of Chapter 10
- Draft of Chapter 10 with comments Chapter 11:
- Presentation of Chapter 11 Use of Energy Balances in the Compilation of Energy Accounts and Other Statistics
- Draft of Chapter 11 with comments
- Chapter 11 Discussant notes
Comments on specific issues
- Comments to Issue 3.1 – Revision of IRES, Comments on Draft Chapters and Issue Papers, India
- Comments to Issue 3.1 – SIEC, Australia
- Comments to Issue 3.1 – Proposed Scope and Classification of SIEC
- Comments to Issue 3.1 – Vladimir Markhonko, UNSD
- Comments to Issue 3.2 – Renewable vs Non-renewable Energy Sources, Forms and Technologies, India
- Comments to Issue 3.2 – Renewable vs Non-renewable Initial Comments Australia
- Comments to Issue 3.2 – Renewable vs Non-renewable energy sources, forms and technologies, A. Gritsevskyi, IAEA
- Comments to Issue 5.2 – Micro Power Plants, Australia
- Comments to Issue 7.2 – Energy Efficiency Coefficients, Ann Christin Bøeng, Statistics Norway