The rate of a country’s dependency is measured by the ratio of net energy imports to total primary energy consumption. It is important to calculate a separate rate of dependency for each type of energy (for example the ratio of net oil imports to consumption). Each energy source has to some extent a captive market (oil in the transport sector for example) and uses different logistic systems for delivery
A person engaging in the search for energy sources, in the development, production, manufacturing, conversion, processing, hoarding, storing thereof or in establishing facilities and operating such facilities for the purposes stated above, as well as someone dealing in the supply of energy sources through a national or regional system;
Embedded costs represent the total costs of all assets and ongoing charges incurred in providing and maintaining a supply of energy. So named because these costs are “embedded” in the system and cannot be changed or separated from the actual costs of producing and generating energy. Embedded costs most commonly refer to costs incurred in the past which allow an energy utility to produce or deliver energy in the present. The most common embedded cost is the capital cost of transmission and distribution infrastructure (high-voltage corridors, power lines, transformers, natural gas transmission pipelines, etc.).
