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 (2021) is reported.


Value:		≈ 9.7 × 10¹⁸ J / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... ≈ 2.5 × 10¹¹ W ≈ 0.2 TW
HuID:		99885
Relevant Year(s):		2021
Summary:		This value is reported in the BP Statistical Energy Review datasheet. 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 factor was about 40%.
Method:		BP does not provide an assessment of uncertainty. The data is collected from individual countries and collated internally.
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