ESS Standard for Quality Reports Structure (ESQRS)
| Contact | |
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| Contact organisation | National Statistical Institute |
| Contact organisation unit | 'Environmental and Energy Accounts' Department |
| Contact name | Luba Yaneva - Renewables and wastes Irina Dencheva - Electricity and heat |
| Contact person function | State Expert Chief Expert |
| Contact mail address | 2, P. Volov Str. Sofia 1038, Bulgaria |
| Contact email address | |
| Contact phone number | +359 2 9857 621 +359 2 9857 625 |
| Contact fax number | |
| Statistical presentation | |
| Data description | Energy balances of renewable energy sourcrs (RES) present data on resources, transformation and final consumption of energy from renewable sources. Include detailed indicators for fuels used and produced fuels/energy from transformation processes. Final energy consumption is presented by economic activity groups (according to the used by Eurostat structure), which ensure international comparison of data. |
| Classification system |
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| Sector coverage | Includes data from all producers, importers and exporters, and consumers of primary and transformed energy products of all economic activities in accordance with the Regulation (ЕО) № 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics. |
| Statistical concepts and definitions | Included balances of the following renewable energy products:
Balances of RES are presented by three blocks, including certain sets of indicators:
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| Statistical unit | For the five, surveys used to collect data for preparation of the Energy Balances of RES, the statistical unit is enterprise. |
| Statistical population | All economic entities that produce, import and/ or export, store and consume renewable energy products. |
| Reference area | For the territory of the Republic of Bulgaria. |
| Time coverage | Since 2007. |
| Base period | Not applicable. |
| Statistical processing | |
| Source data | Main data sources for the compilation of the energy balances of RES are statistical surveys for energy products (included in the National Statistical Programme), collecting data by producers, importers and exporters, and consumers of fuels/energy, as well as information from administrative sources. |
| Frequency of data collection | Annual |
| Data collection | Information is provided by conducting statistical surveys on energy products online or through electronic forms:
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| Data validation | A comparative analysis of the data from respondents is made with the data from other statistical surveys, with administrative data and with data from the previous periods. Validated primary data are used for construction and preparation of energy balances of RES. Each energy product has its own specificity and reporting methodology, so the data analysis is done for each energy balance individually for all indicators. Statistical difference between resource and consumption of every balance should be reduced below 5 %. |
| Data compilation | The validated (ready) Energy balances of RES in natural units are recalculated in energy measure Terajoule. For the purpose, calorific value of each energy product is used, and for some indicators - the weighted average calorific value. Data obtained in Terajoules is multiplied by the conversion factor for recalculation to a common unit of measurement thousand tons of oil equivalent - 0.023885, which allows comparability between different renewable products. |
| Adjustment | Not applicable. |
| Quality management | |
| Quality assurance | Data from all surveys are validated and corrected by the NSI in case of established inaccuracies. |
| Quality assessment | Following the reporting of the data, Eurostat and the International Energy Agency carry out data validation procedures, after which, if necessary, the NSI sends additional clarifications related to the reported data, or make corrections in case of an error. Energy balances of RES are comparable with the information prepared by the other Member states as it is produced according to a unified methodology. |
| Relevance | |
| User needs | Information is used for analytical, forecasting and management purposes by Ministries and other organizations, companies and citizens. |
| User satisfaction | No consumer satisfaction survey was conducted. |
| Completeness | Data fully meet the requirements of the Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics in terms of the observed indicators, scope of energy products and structure of consumption. |
| Data completeness - rate | Number of data cells provided is equal to the number of data cells required, according to the specifics of each energy product. |
| Accuracy and reliability | |
| Overall accuracy | |
| Sampling error | Not applicable. |
| Sampling errors - indicators | Not applicable. |
| Non-sampling error | Not applicable. |
| Coverage error | Not applicable. |
| Over-coverage - rate | No over-coverage. |
| Common units - proportion | Very high share of the common units, as the respondents for the indicators Import (Entries) and Exports (Exits) for the annual surveys are determined on the basis of data from administrative sources. |
| Measurement error | Cases of incorrect or partially missing data, which are corrected during the data verification. |
| Non response error | No non-response errors. |
| Unit non-response - rate | Not applicable. |
| Item non-response - rate | Not applicable. |
| Processing error | No processing errors. |
| Imputation - rate | Not applicable. |
| Model assumption error | Not applicable. |
| Seasonal adjustment | Not applicable. |
| Data revision - policy | No established official policy for data revision. |
| Data revision - practice | Revision is made as a result of changes in the used classifications, methodologies, or when establishing incorrect data - omissions or inaccuracies in the data presented by the respondents. |
| Data revision - average size | Not applicable. |
| Timeliness and punctuality | |
| Timeliness | Data from respondents, for the preparation of Energy balances of RES, are collected six months after the reporting year. Analysis, verification, processing and preparation of the Energy balances are carried out untill the end of November following the reporting year. |
| Time lag - first results | Not applicable. |
| Time lag - final results | Data are published 11 months after the last day of the reporting year. |
| Punctuality | Data are published on the dates indicated in the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys of the NSI. |
| Punctuality - delivery and publication | Data are submitted in time according to the Release Calendar presenting the results of the statistical surveys of the NSI. |
| Coherence and comparability | |
Data are comparable with the data of the EU Member States for the entire period - from 2007. | |
| Comparability - geographical | Data are geographically comparable for the entire period for which they are available - since 2007. |
| Asymmetry for mirror flows statistics - coefficient | Not applicable. |
| Comparability - over time | Data are comparable over time for the entire period for which they are available - since 2007. |
| Length of comparable time series | Time series with no breaks for the period from 2007 to the last reporting year. |
| Coherence - cross domain | Partial coordination with the annual data in the field of Environmental statistics. Data for the indicators Import (Entries) and Exports (Exits) are consistent with the data of External Trade in Goods Statistics for the respective year, except in cases where methodological differences between the two areas exist. |
| Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics | Not applicable. |
| Coherence - National Accounts | Not applicable. |
| Coherence - internal | For certain indicators and energy products, consistency of data is sought between the individual surveys in the field of Energy Statistics. |
| Accessibility and clarity | |
| News release | Not applicable. |
| Publications |
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| On-line database | Energy balances of RES are available to all users of the NSI website under the section 'Environment and energy', rubric 'Energy' - Renewable energy sources: https://www.nsi.bg/en/node/5016, as well as in Information system for statistical information online requests 'INFOSTAT', section 'Environment and energy', rubric 'Energy' - Renewable energy sources: https://infostat.nsi.bg/infostat/pages/external/login.jsf |
| Data tables - consultations | Not applicable. |
| Micro-data access | Not applicable. |
| Other | Information service upon request according to the Rules for dissemination of statistical products and services. |
| Metadata - consultations | Not applicable. |
| Documentation on methodology | Annexes A and B of the Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics and its amendments. |
| Metadata completeness – rate | Metadata elements provided match the total number of metadata elements applied. |
| Quality documentation | Quality report for the data from the statistical surveys, conducted in accordance with the requirements of Regulation (EC) № 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics and its amendments - prepared on every 5 years. |
| Cost and burden | |
Costs related to the collection and production of statistical data are announced annually in the National Statistical Program. No specific studies on the burden of the respondents. | |
| Confidentiality | |
| Confidentiality - policy |
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:087:0164:0173:EN:PDF |
| Confidentiality – data treatment | According Art. 25 of the Law on Statistics individual data are not published (they are suppressed). Dissemination of individual data is possible according to Art. 26 of the Law on Statistics. |
| Comment | |
