China Energy Demand and CO2 Emissions, 2000-2060
…residential heat, 12% is for commercial heat and 12% is for LNG trucks in transport. China’s oil demand rises from 16.6Mbpd in 2023 to a plateau of 17.5Mbpd in 2027-30,…
Established technologies: hiding in plain sight?
…budget was a major consideration). No amount of heating would make this property warm in the winter! For this reason, I have retained some skepticism about converting residential heat to…
Thermal energy storage: cost model?
This data-file captures the costs of thermal energy storage, buying renewable electricity, heating up a storage media, then releasing the heat for industrial, commercial or residential use. Our base case…
European gas: anatomy of an energy crisis?
…traders, midstream companies and load-shifters (note below). https://thundersaidenergy.com/2024/01/11/energy-market-volatility-climate-change/ Heating comprises 40% of Europe’s gas demand, of which 24pp is residential, 11pp is commercial, 3pp is heat/steam sold from power plants…
Average home sizes: living space per person?
Average home sizes matter for overall residential energy demand, heating and cooling demand. Hence the purpose of this data-file is to aggregate average home sizes by country, then translate the…
Jevons Paradox: what evidence for energy savings?
…world aviation (page 12), US air conditioning (page 13-14) and US residential electricity use (page 15). Our conclusions from the analysis suggest it will be harder to use energy efficiency…
Global energy demand: nervous breakdown?
…(Note the distinction between primary and useful energy). All of our models are fully auditable for TSE clients. The biggest constituents to global useful energy demand are residential heat (15%),…
Air conditioning: energy demand sensitivity?
…of the US’s electricity consumption, of which two-thirds are residential, one-third commercial, as the average US household uses 2,000 kWh per year of electricity for air conditioning. This share rises…
Japan gas and power: supply-demand model?
…is residential, 30% is commercial, 30% is industrial. A detailed breakdown of Japan’s electricity demand reminds us of the ubiquity of energy. 8% is used for making steel, 7% for…
Japan oil demand: breakdown over time?
…Industrial Steam, Retail, Hotels, Restaurants, Hospitals, Schools, Waste Collection, Commercial, Power Generation, Residential Heat, Refineries, Lubricants, Asphalts, Petcoke, annually, from 1990 to 2023. The underlying data-file also breaks down Japan’s…