The age of energy disruptions
We have entered the age of global energy disruptions, and the “energy transition” that we are inevitably headed for is unlikely to be the one we expect.
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10 years after the oil price spike: Is peak oil a process rather than a moment?
Rather than invalidating the ‘peak oil’ theory, the investor-subsidized U.S. shale oil boom might have been little more than a dangerous detour.
Read moreBook review: Energy: A Human History, by Richard Rhodes
Pulitzer-winning author Richard Rhodes writes engagingly and with admirable clarity a history of energy that is a woefully incomplete.
Read moreOPEC production increase shows it’s still fighting U.S. shale oil
OPEC does not want oil prices to reach levels that would make the U.S. shale oil industry cash flow positive.
Read moreEight insights based on BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy 2018
Some key insights into the world’s energy use and its evolutions, based on BP’s recently published annual statistical review.
Read moreThe Powers of Fossil Fuels, an Update with Data per 2017
The world’s consumption of fossil fuels continues to grow faster than that of renewable energy, data from BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy 2018 shows.
Read morePeak oil in Asia Pacific (part 1)
Following a bumpy 6-year long plateau, oil production in Asia Pacific seems to have entered a phase of decline.
Read moreThe BP 2018 Statistical Review, electricity and CO2 emissions
The world has made no progress towards decarbonizing its electricity sector over the last three decades.
Read moreHow much of the world’s energy is supplied by renewables?
Estimates of the contribution of renewable energy sources to the global energy mix vary significantly. This post documents and analyses these discrepancies.
Read moreCall for Papers for a Special Issue in Honor of Prof. Robert U. Ayres
Technological Forecasting and Social Change has issued a Call for Papers for a Special Issue in Honor of Prof. Robert U. Ayres, a key figure in the development of biophysical economics. Contributions can be submitted by the 30th of November 2017.
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