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Digest of Energy Statistics 2008


Published August 2008
Compiled and edited by Nigel Hawkins and Dan Lewis
ISBN 9780903499316

Most energy statistcs are meaningless - without a context. The Digest of Energy Statistics 2008 is the first annual report which includes - amongst its 27 tables - selected World and EU rankings on electricity consumption, energy reserves, electricity and gas prices, energy efficiency, carbon efficiency and the comparative cost of electricity generating technologies.

Tables Included:

• Table 1: World Coal Reserves
• Table 2: World Natural Gas Reserves
• Table 3: Producers of Hydro Electricity
• Table 4: World Nuclear Output
• Table 5: World Nuclear Investment
• Table 6: Leading Producers, Exporters and Importers of Electricity
• Table 7: Electricity Production from Fossil Fuels
• Table 8: Energy Efficiency (Output v Input at Nominal GDP)
• Table 9: Energy Efficiency (Output vy Input at PPP)
• Table 10: Energy Inefficiency (Output v Input at Nominal GDP)
• Table 11: Energy Inefficiency (Output v Input at PPP)
• Table 12: Highest Energy Consumers
• Table 13: Lowest Energy Consumers
• Table 14: Carbon Efficiency ($ of Output v Co2 Input)
• Table 15: Carbon Inefficiency ($ of Output v Co2 Input)
• Table 16: The Highest Users of Electricity (per capita)
• Table 17: The Lowest Users of Electricity (per capita)
• Table 18: EU Final Energy Consumption (1,000 toe)
• Table 19: EU Total Gross Electricity Consumpution (GWh)
• Table 20: EU Renewable Energy (as a %age of gross electricity consumption)
• Table 21: EU Carbon Emissions
• Table 22: EU Electricity Prices for Major Inudstrial Users
• Table 23: EU Gas Prices for Major Industrial Users
• Table 24: EU Domestic Electricity Prices
• Table 25: EU Domestic Gas Prices
• Table 26: Comparative Generation Costs - Wind and Conventional
• Table 27: Comparative Generation Costs - Renewables

 

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