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Electricity Plants
Electricity plants refers to plants which are designed to produce electricity only. If one or more units of the plant is a CHP unit (and the inputs and outputs can not be distinguished on a unit basis) then the whole plant is designated as a CHP plant. Both main activity producer and autoproducer plants are included here.
Columns 1 to 8 of the Energy Balance Table, show the use of primary and secondary fuels for the production of electricity as negative entries. Gross electricity produced (including power stations' own consumption) appears as a positive quantity in the electricity column. Transformation losses appear in the total column as a negative number..