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Highlights From The BP Statistical Review Of World Energy 2021

R-Squared Energy

It is a primary data source for numerous companies, government agencies and non-government organizations. Small declines were also reported in coal, natural gas, and nuclear consumption, while renewables and hydropower recorded gains. Global coal consumption has been on a downward trend since peaking in 2014.

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Examining the Limits of ‘Energy Return on Investment’

GreenTechMedia

Hall and scholars such as Jessica Lambert of Next Generation Energy Initiative, a nongovernmental organization, calculated that the minimum EROI required for crude oil extraction would be 1.1:1. In a 2014 review , Hall, Lambert and Stephen Balogh of State University of New York found that PV had a mean EROI of around 10:1.

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The Future(s) of Fossil Fuels - 2020

Mr. Sustainability

They plan to combine green energy provided by wind turbines, biomass, solar panels and hydropower, with agricultural waste and grasses from the Northern provinces in the Netherlands as feedstock for the chemical cluster. The future was bright and oil reached the highest of highs in 2014, just after I landed my first job as Jr.