The Human Impacts Database

A collection of useful numbers for quantifying the impacts of the human presence on Earth.

This quantity comes from a time series measurement and the most recent value (2019) is reported.


Value:		≈ 5.8 × 10²⁰ J / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... ≈ 1.9 × 10¹³ W
HuID:		31373
Relevant Year(s):		2019
Summary:		The sum total primary energy consumed globally in 2017. This corresponds to ≈18 TW of power. Sources of energy include oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear energy, hydroelectricity, and renewables. Nuclear, hydroelectricity, and renewables are converted to an 'input-equivalent' amount of energy. BP describes this as: "Primary energy consumption numbers for non-fossil based electricity (nuclear, hydro, wind, solar, geothermal, biomass in power and other renewables sources) are calculated on an ‘input-equivalent’ basis – i.e. based on the equivalent amount of fossil fuel input required to generate that amount of electricity in a standard thermal power plant." In 2017, this conversion factor was about 40%.
Method:		BP collects data from individual countries and does not provide an assessment of uncertainty
Source:		British Petroleum bp Statistical Review of World Energy dataset. (2022)
Dataset:		global primary energy consumption (bp_total_energy_consumption.csv) global resolution
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Added By:		gchure