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Energy Consumption Energy Consumption by Fuel | Fuel Consumption by End Use | Energy Consumption by Sector | Energy Expenditures | Energy Intensity The glass industry primarily uses energy to supply heat to the glass melting furnaces in which the raw materials are melted and refined, with downstream processing used to ultimately form and finish glass. According to the most recent Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS), the U.S. glass industry consumed 206 trillion Btu of energy in 1998, excluding energy used in mineral wool manufacturing. [MECS, 1998] Energy purchases cost the industry $1.4 billion in 1998, about 5% of the value of shipments that year. Excluding the much less energy-intensive products of purchased glass segment, energy purchases accounted for about 7% of shipments. [DOC 1999] (Trillion Btu)
Source: MECS 1991, 1994,
and 1998 Natural gas accounts for the majority of industry energy use Fuel Consumption by End Use Process heating accounts for 80% of industry end use Energy Consumption by Sector Glass container manufacturing consumes the most energy Energy Expenditures Natural gas and electricity dominate energy expenditures Energy Intensity Energy intensity measures the energy consumed per dollar of product shipped Page last modified on
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