råenergien
Råenergien refers to the energy contained in natural resources as found in nature, prior to extraction or processing. It includes chemical energy in fossil fuels, kinetic and potential energy in hydro and wind resources, and radiant energy in sun and wind potentials that can be captured. The term is used mainly in energy accounting and resource assessments to express the upper bound of energy that could be accessed from a given resource base.
In practice, råenergien is not a directly exploitable quantity; its usable portion depends on technology and
Råenergien is related to primær energien (primary energy) in that both describe energy before conversion; however,
Policy and planning use råenergien to gauge resource adequacy, sustainability, and transitions to lower-carbon energy, while
See also: primær energi, energireserver, energibalanse, ressursforvaltning.