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:		≈ 6.7 × 10¹⁹ J / yr see this value in other units This is equivalent to... ≈ 2.1 × 10¹² W ≈ 2.1 TW
HuID:		20246
Relevant Year(s):		2019
Summary:		This represents the energy consumed to produce power by hydroelectricity, geothermal, wind, solar, tide, and biofuel. This is reported as 'input-equivalent' energy, meaning the amount of energy that would have been required to produce power if the input were a fossil fuel. BP explains this process 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 represents about 1.9 TW produced globally from renewable sources.
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 consumption from renewables and hydroelectricity (bp_renewables_plus_hydro) global resolution regional resolution
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Added By:		gchure