An energy source in its original form, before any conversion: coal in the seam, gas at the wellhead, sunlight on a panel, uranium in fuel rods. The distinction from secondary sources such as electricity and hydrogen, which must be manufactured from primary ones, runs through every national energy statistic, and forgetting it is the classic way to double-count a country's energy use.
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EIA tracks and reports US primary energy consumption by source in its Monthly and Annual Energy Review.
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Both types of energy can be used as primary energy sources (an energy source in its original form) to produce useful energy such as heat, or they can be used to produce secondary energy sources such as electricity and hydrogen.
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