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Digest of Energy Statistics 2008

Published August 2008
Compiled and edited by Nigel Hawkins and Dan Lewis
ISBN 9780903499316

Most energy statistcs are meaningless - without a context. The Digest of Energy Statistics 2008 is the first annual report which includes - amongst its 27 tables - selected World and EU rankings on electricity consumption, energy reserves, electricity and gas prices, energy efficiency, carbon efficiency and the comparative cost of electricity generating technologies.

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Tables included in the 2008 Digest of Energy Statistics:

Table 1: World Coal Reserves
Table 2: World Natural Gas Reserves
Table 3: Producers of Hydro Electricity
Table 4: World Nuclear Output
Table 5: World Nuclear Investment
Table 6: Leading Producers, Exporters and Importers of Electricity
Table 7: Electricity Production from Fossil Fuels
Table 8: Energy Efficiency (Output v Input at Nominal GDP)
Table 9: Energy Efficiency (Output vy Input at PPP)
Table 10: Energy Inefficiency (Output v Input at Nominal GDP)
Table 11: Energy Inefficiency (Output v Input at PPP)
Table 12: Highest Energy Consumers
Table 13: Lowest Energy Consumers
Table 14: Carbon Efficiency ($ of Output v Co2 Input)
Table 15: Carbon Inefficiency ($ of Output v Co2 Input)
Table 16: The Highest Users of Electricity (per capita)
Table 17: The Lowest Users of Electricity (per capita)
Table 18: EU Final Energy Consumption (1,000 toe)
Table 19: EU Total Gross Electricity Consumpution (GWh)
Table 20: EU Renewable Energy (as a %age of gross electricity consumption)
Table 21: EU Carbon Emissions
Table 22: EU Electricity Prices for Major Inudstrial Users
Table 23: EU Gas Prices for Major Industrial Users
Table 24: EU Domestic Electricity Prices
Table 25: EU Domestic Gas Prices
Table 26: Comparative Generation Costs - Wind and Conventional
Table 27: Comparative Generation Costs - Renewables

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