Tonne of oil equivalent

Basic Principles of Energy, Power and Electrical Power Systems

Published in Zeki Uğurata Kocabiyikoğlu, Electromechanical Energy Conversion, 2020

The measure of energy is usually expressed in units of Mtoe (millions of tonnes of oil equivalent). The tonne of oil equivalent (toe) is a unit of energy defined as the amount of energy released by burning one tonne of crude oil.

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Published in International Journal of Sustainable Energy, 2019

George Lavidas

Considerations of emissions reduction taken into account include two types of fossil fuel, oil and natural gas (NG), with respective emissions corresponding to information provided by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA, 2016). The tonnes of oil equivalent (toe) is a widely accepted quantity used to assess the quantity of energy (or content) of energy within a tonne of oil, estimations within the study are based on the equivalence of 1 toe = 11.63 MWh as suggested by the International Energy Agency (IEA, 2016).

Tonne of oil equivalent

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