R-Squared Energy
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
Nuclear power is unique among energy sources. It can be scaled up to very large plants, it is firm power (available upon demand), and it produces no carbon dioxide while generating electricity. You have to wonder where things would stand today if not for the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It’s understandable.
DeSmogBlog
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
But an impending flood of liquefied natural gas exports from western Canada to Asia could make it harder for countries there to achieve their national climate targets and contribute to tens of thousands of additional deaths due to air pollution. Oil and gas companies have for years marketed fracked gas from B.C. government last year.
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R-Squared Energy
SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
Any time I write about nuclear power, it evokes passionate responses from readers. That was certainly the case following my previous article, Nuclear Power Could Cut The World’s Carbon Emissions In Half. There is always a contingent who are convinced that all we need is solar power. Where is nuclear power growing?
R-Squared Energy
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Coal Emissions In 2022, coal comprised 26.7% That means that for every million BTUs of energy consumed, in 2022 coal emitted 26.7% Regulations eventually reined in that problem, but coal-fired power plants still emit pollutants like mercury. But, in 2022, coal consumption in the EU reversed direction and grew by 2.0%.
R-Squared Energy
AUGUST 10, 2023
Primary Global Energy Consumption 2022 ROBERT RAPIER Global energy demand grew by 1.1% in 2022 to a new record, but slower than the 5.5% Renewable power (excluding hydro) grew 14% in 2022, slightly below the previous year’s growth rate of 16%. in 2022, to the highest level of coal consumption since 2014.
Smart Energy International
JANUARY 24, 2024
growth of 2022, attributing this to declines in advanced countries due to the lacklustre macroeconomic environment and high inflation. Significant extra demand also is expected from outside these economies, in particular in China, India and countries in Southeast Asia. The update finds that world demand for electricity grew by 2.2%
R-Squared Energy
AUGUST 14, 2022
This article is the fifth in a series on the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022. Regulations eventually reined in that problem, but coal-fired power plants still emit pollutants like mercury. They even emit more radioactive elements into the environment than a nuclear power plant.
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