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World coal production continues to increase, boosted by growing demand. Coal is currently the main source of electricity production. The six main world coal producers have…
World coal consumption has significantly increased after several years of stability. China, India and the United States are driving the upward trend. Gas delivery…
The main coal reserves are in the United States, way ahead of Russia, Australia, China and India. The mining sector in China is undergoing a major overhaul, with many small…
The United States are still by far the leading crude oil producer, even if the quantities produced – boosted by shale oil – were lower in 2018 and 2019. Saudi Arabia and…
The estimation of oil reserves is the quantity that can be produced economically at a given time. The top 5 are still Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Canada, Iran and Iraq.
World oil consumption is increasing again, after the global economic slowdown caused by the Covid pandemic. But it has not yet reached the level of previous years and is 3%…
Global gas consumption has significantly increased, after the drop caused by the Covid pandemic. Though the United States sets the pace when it comes to consumption,…
Biofuels are obtained from biomass. There are two main categories: “gasoline” (ethanol) and “gas oil” (biodiesel). Their evaluation in thousands of Barrels of Oil…
Electricity production from wind energy has been growing steadily for several years now, at a rate of over 10% per year. China, which assures almost a third of world…
Electricity production from photovoltaic solar energy continues to increase significantly, by more than 20% every year. The boom in solar power is still driven by China, the…
Production from hydroelectric dams is highly dependent on the pluviometric conditions, which influence the storage in dams and the flow rate of major rivers. Production…
Electricity production from nuclear power remains stable at around 10% of the world electricity mix. China still drives the sector, whereas Japan is gradually stepping up…
