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Europe’s Energy Troubles Continue: Hydro And Nuclear Output Declining

Europe’s Energy Troubles Continue: Hydro And Nuclear Output Declining Europe’s hydro and nuclear output is declining, leading to mopre energy troubles. Renewables are struggling to fill the gap as wind and solar output increase. The EU may require increased LNG imports from the US to meet energy demands. Last year, Europe was on the brink […]

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Global Energy Production Since 1800

Global Energy Production Since 1800

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U.S. Energy Production Saw Steepest Drop On Record In 2020

U.S. Energy Production Saw Steepest Drop On Record In 2020 Due to economic responses to the pandemic, U.S. energy production dropped by 5 percent last year, marking the steepest annual decline on record, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Thursday. Last year, energy production in the United States fell to just below 96 quadrillion British […]

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Despite good progress, 100% low-carbon energy is still a long way off for the UK

Despite good progress, 100% low-carbon energy is still a long way off for the UK In the past ten years the UK’s electricity mix has changed dramatically. Coal’s contribution has dropped from 40% to 6%. Wind, solar power and hydroelectric plants now generate more electricity than nuclear power stations, thanks to rapid growth. Demand for electricity has also […]

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Global Energy Consumption Soars To New Heights

Global Energy Consumption Soars To New Heights This week the 2018 BP Statistical Review of World Energy was released, which covers energy data through 2017. It is the definitive source for global energy production and consumption figures, and a primary source of data for numerous companies, government agencies and non-government organizations. I will take a […]

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How much of the world’s energy is supplied by renewables?

How much of the world’s energy is supplied by renewables? BP and the International Energy Agency (IEA) measure the contribution of renewables to the global energy mix in terms of primary energy consumed while the World Bank estimates it in terms of final energy consumed. All three give different results, with BP estimating a total […]

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Our Energy Problem Is a Quantity Problem

Our Energy Problem Is a Quantity Problem Reading many of today’s energy articles, it is easy to get the impression that our energy problem is a quality problem—some energy is polluting; other energy is hoped to be less polluting. There is a different issue that we are not being told about. It is the fact that having […]

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Energy Externalities Day 4: Nuclear Power

Energy Externalities Day 4: Nuclear Power It’s now day 4 of the Energy Externality Game. Diesel generators were next on the list, but I decided to skip over that for the time being and to move on to the more exciting topic of nuclear power. Nuclear power has a long supply chain and needs to […]

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Energy Externalities Day 2: Gas-fired-CCGT

Energy Externalities Day 2: Gas-fired-CCGT Day 2 of The Energy Externality Game and we are assessing gas fired power generation using a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT). In scoring gas we need to take into account the whole of the gas exploration and supply side of the business (which is complex, see below), transportation of gas […]

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The Externalities of Energy Production Systems

The Externalities of Energy Production Systems The economics term externality is a cost or benefit accrued by a third party from the actions of others where the third party did not choose to acquire said costs or benefits. The term has been widely adopted by the environmental lobby to describe negative impacts of energy production systems. […]

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Inconvenient energy fact of the day

Inconvenient energy fact of the day In 2016, solar and wind provided just 0.8% of the total world’s energy (Total Primary Energy Demand (TPED)), even after trillions of dollars in taxpayer-extracted subsidies, and will reach only a 3.6% share of energy in 2040, according to the International Energy Agency World Energy Outlook 2017 forecast (see […]

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Why the New EIA Forecast Is Unrealistic

Why the New EIA Forecast Is Unrealistic The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the U.S. Department of Energy has just released its Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) 2018, with forecasts for American oil, gas and other forms of energy production through mid-century. As usual, energy journalists and policy makers will probably take the document as gospel. […]

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Emissions reductions and world energy demand growth

Emissions reductions and world energy demand growth A major obstacle to cutting global CO2 emissions is growth in world energy demand. In this post I examine world energy growth projections from a number of different sources and compare them with the growth trends that will be necessary to meet emissions reductions goals. It goes without saying […]

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E-Cat: the saga continues.

E-Cat: the saga continues. Maybe this device produces energy, too? Of course, you all know that if I am criticizing Rossi’s E-Cat it is because I am part of the great conspiracy to keep hidden the fact that oil is infinite and ever recreated in the depths of the earth. I am a gatekeeper; no, […]

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Steam Injection Fractures Caprock in Big Alberta Spill, Regulator Confirms

Steam Injection Fractures Caprock in Big Alberta Spill, Regulator Confirms Incident highlights fragility of high-cost energy extraction. Large fractures in earth seeped bitumen at one of four well sites operated by CNRL near Cold Lake, Alberta. Photo: CNRL, September 2013. Three years after an eruption of 10,000 barrels of melted bitumen contaminated the boreal forest […]

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