In 2015, hydropower produced almost 17 percent of the entire global electricity and 70 percent of all renewable electricity. Thirty-three percent of the world’s hydropower produced in the Asia-Pacific region….
The US was the 2nd largest energy consumer after China. The United States is placed 7th in energy consumption per capita after Canada and some small states. With less than…
In the past 2 decades, global electricity generation significantly enlarged (about +160 percent) and the battle against climate change got strong momentum. At the same time, the share of claimed “cheap” and “clean” nuclear power in the world electricity production mix endlessly fell – reaching an at least 33-year low of about 10 percent in 2017 – because of the technology stagnating expansion.
The first commercial nuclear power station Calder Hall at Windscale (England), started operation in 1956 with a capacity 200 MW total. Now nuclear energy produces about 11 percent of the…
Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources, such as sun, wind, rain, waves, biofuel, and geothermal heat.
Electricity consumption per country in million kWh Top 20 countries by electricity consumption in terawatt hours: China – 5,279.6 United States – 3,920.2 India – 1,053.8 Japan – 934.4 Russia…
A surprising journey through the hidden world of how Americans stay warm, revealing unexpected connections between energy, landscape, and lifestyle.
17 European countries have nuclear reactors. The countries with reactors are Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United…