ENERGY – FACTS AND FIGURES
World population ( in billions )
As of May 2020
7.8
forecast for 2050
9.7
Energy for all The area required to meet the world ’ s energy needs in 2030 with solar power alone
< 1 % of the total land area
( Source : UN )
9 of the 10 warmest years since 1880 have been in the 21st Century
Energy mix Generation of energy in Germany
As of Sep 2020
Primary energy consumption in 2019 ( in exajoules )
150 141.7
Other ( 1 %) |
Hydropower ( 4.1 %) |
125 |
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Gas ( 12.1 %) |
Biomass ( 9.5 %) |
100 |
94.65 |
Black coal ( 6.1 %) |
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75 |
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Brown coal ( 15.1 %) |
346.55 TWh |
Wind ( 26.6 %) |
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9.68 11.04 12.34 12.37 12.4 13.14 14.21 |
18.67 |
29.81 |
34.06 |
Nuclear energy ( 12.6 %) |
Solar ( 13.0 %) |
France |
Saudi Arabia |
Iran |
South Korea |
Brazil |
Germany |
Canada |
Japan |
Russia |
India |
USA
China
Source : Statista
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Renewable energies are gaining ground ( 2019 in Germany )
Highest level of photovoltaic feed-in on June 29 , 2019 :
33.4 GW 92.2 TWh
This was 52.4 % of the total electricity production on that day
Source : Fraunhofer ISE
Wind and solar power generated in 2019
This is an increase of 12.1 TWh compared to 2018
Total length of the power grid ( DE ) 1.78 million kilometers – this equates to 4.6 times the distance from the earth to the moon
1 . China ( 236,402 ) 2 . USA ( 105,466 ) 3 . Germany ( 61,405 ) 4 . India ( 37,506 ) 5 . Spain ( 25,808 )
Top 5 countries : Installed wind power ( in megawatts )
As of 2019-12-31
( Source : GWEC )
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