Residential energy consumption over time?
…0.7 MWH pp pa in 1982 to 0.3 MWH pp pa in 2022. On the other hand, new categories of demand, such as air conditioning and other appliances, have more…
Energy Recovery Inc: pressure exchanger technology?
…End markets for pressure recovery based on patents filed by Energy Recovery Inc. Refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps are seen as a growing source of demand. One patent notes…
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…
California power generation over time?
…the demand is highly variable, troughing at 15GW in April-2022 and peaking at over 61GW in July-2021. Summer demand is almost 50% higher than winter demand due to air conditioning….
Global energy demand by end use?
…heat >1,000◦C (chart below). The full data-file includes estimates of global energy demand across almost fifty end uses: agriculture, air conditioning, air separation, aluminium, ammonia, asphalt, aviation, bleach, buses, cement,…
Global energy demand: nervous breakdown?
…steel (7.5%), plastics (6%), cars (5.4%), commercial heat (5%), hydrogen (4.6%), cement (3%), oil refining (3%), agriculture (3%), aviation (2.6%), air conditioning (2.5%), cooking (2.2%), lighting (2.2%) and shipping (1.4%)…