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Global coal consumption fell slightly between 2018 and 2019, reflecting lower volumes in the United States, where gas is eating into coal’s market share, and in Europe…
Global coal production experienced further growth, but at a slower rate than in previous periods. Output ticked back up in China, but fell in the United States. Europe also…
Oil consumption rose by just under 1% worldwide between 2018 and 2019, versus 1.5% between 2017 and 2018. It has been steadily increasing over the last ten years but fell…
The United States continued to ride the wave of shale oil production, increasing output by more than 10% between 2018 and 2019, after a jump of nearly 17% from 2017 to 2018.…
Estimated oil reserves are the amount of economically recoverable crude oil at a given time. Estimated reserves remained virtually unchanged between 2018 and 2019. There…
The United States has the largest coal reserves in the world, with Russia, Australia, China and India trailing far behind. China is undertaking sweeping reforms of its…
Global natural gas consumption has been growing steadily for more than ten years. After increasing by over 5% from 2017 to 2018, it rose by 2% between 2018 and 2019.…
In 2019, global primary energy consumption increased by 1.3% – only half as much as in 2018 (2.8%) and below the average observed over the past ten years (1.6%). Gas and…
Solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation soared by nearly 25% between 2018 and 2019, in line with the strong growth seen in previous years. Solar accounted for 2.7% of world…
Wind power generation continued on its upward trajectory in 2019, rising by 12.6%, the same rate as in 2018. Growth slowed in China and India, the two countries previously…
Biofuels are derived from biomass. The two main types are ethanol fuel, which is blended with gasoline, and biodiesel, which is used as a diesel blend or substitute. When…
Hydropower generation depends heavily on rainfall, which affects reservoir levels and river-flow conditions. In Brazil, for example, a wave of droughts has reduced output.…
