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:		≈ 3.8 × 10¹⁹ J / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... ≈ 1.2 × 10¹² W ≈ 1.2 TW
HuID:		50558
Relevant Year(s):		2019
Summary:		Input equivalent energy consumption is calculated as the energy that would have been consumed to produce a given amount of power if the input were a fossil fuel. BP explain 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, the conversion factor was about 40%. This corresponds to ≈ 1.2 TW of power.
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 energy usage by type (bp_consumption_by_type.csv) global resolution
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Original Data License:		Some Rights Reserved
Added By:		gchure