摘要: |
The Energy Institute (El), which has been providing impartial energy data since 1952, just released its Statistical Review of World Energy for 2022. El has always prided itself on being "first and fast" with this data and analysis. Its figures can provide some much-needed context to constantly repeated claims that we are undergoing a rapid "energy transition." Among its takeaways: Fossil fuel consumption as a percentage or primary energy remained steady at 82 percent of world energy. Coal consumption rose 0.16 percent worldwide in 2021, with increases in China and India more than offsetting declines in the rest of the world. Coal prices reached record levels in 2022, with European prices averaging 145 percent above those of the previous year. |