Data Dashboard: Energy (archive)

Carbon Brief has compiled key indicators on the world’s emissions, energy and electricity. 

Global energy-related CO2 emissions (billions of tonnes of CO2, blue bars) and annual GDP growth (% change, orange line). Shaded blue bars denote years where emissions grew by 1% or less.

Major economies’ energy-related CO2 emissions (billions of tonnes of CO2). 

Major economies’ per-capita energy-related CO2 emissions (tonnes of CO2 per capita). 

Global primary energy use by source (billions of tonnes of oil equivalent). Other RE includes wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, wave and tidal electricity. Totals for hydro, nuclear and renewables are converted to tonnes of oil equivalent by calculating the amount of fossil fuels that would be needed to generate an equivalent amount of electricity. 

Major economies’ coal use (billions of tonnes of oil equivalent).

 

Major economies’ renewable energy use (billions of tonnes of oil equivalent). Includes hydro, wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, wave and tidal electricity. Totals are converted to tonnes of oil equivalent by calculating the amount of fossil fuels that would be needed to generate an equivalent amount of electricity.

 

Global electricity generation by source (thousands of terawatt hours). Other RE includes wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, wave and tidal electricity. 

Shares of electricity generation (%): World average and in major economies. Other RE includes wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, wave and tidal electricity. 

Daily per capita electricity use by source (kilowatt hours per capita): World average and in major economies. Other RE includes wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, wave and tidal electricity. 

 

Major economies’ hydro power generation (thousands of terawatt hours). Note the scale is consistent across the charts for hydro, wind and solar generation. 

Major economies’ wind power generation (thousands of terawatt hours). Note the scale is consistent across the charts for hydro, wind and solar generation.

Major economies’ solar power generation (thousands of terawatt hours). Note the scale is consistent across the charts for hydro, wind and solar generation.

UK primary energy use by source (millions of tonnes of oil equivalent). Other RE includes wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, wave and tidal electricity. Totals for hydro, nuclear and renewables are converted to tonnes of oil equivalent by calculating the amount of fossil fuels that would be needed to generate an equivalent amount of electricity .

 

UK electricity generation by source (terawatt hours). Coal includes coke. Hydro excludes pumped hydro. Other RE includes wind, solar, biomass and bio-waste.

 

UK greenhouse gas emissions by type and sector (millions of tonnes of CO2 equivalent).