A new tool from the Shell Scenarios Team provides new and unique insights
Those who follow my blog postings will have noted that I regularly use energy data, typically extracted from sources such as the IEA, the US Government EIA and even other energy industry company databases. The data I use is often resource based, such as in my piece, Infinite Solar, a bit over a year ago. Now, that data is available in the new Global Energy Resources (GER) database from the Shell Scenarios team.
This database provides an overview of resource potential across gas, oil, coal and renewable energy types, fossil and non-fossil, including oil, gas, coal, hydro-electricity, biomass and biofuels, geothermal, wind and solar.
A user-friendly interface allows for quick comparisons of data across countries and regions, as well as aggregation regionally and globally. You can access it on computers, tablets and smartphones, and the full database is also downloadable as an Excel spreadsheet.
The underlying data has been compiled using a rigorous research process combining raw data with expert assessment. The oil and gas database was constructed from analysis of external source data. It is supplemented by Shell’s extensive knowledge and technical assessment of sub-surface resource potential.
The renewables database was developed through a collaboration between the Shell Scenarios team and Ecofys, a Navigant company and leading international energy and climate consultancy. It seeks to reflect a realistic assessment of resource potential rather than the perspective of technical potential that commonly characterizes academic literature. The dominant renewables, wind and solar, were evaluated on a grid-cell basis, providing a detailed analysis spanning the globe.
The GER database underpins energy transition outlooks developed by the Shell Scenarios team. These include our “New Lens Scenarios” (2013) and our recent work, “A Better Life with a Health Planet – Pathways to Net-zero Emissions” (2016).
Our analysis suggests that there is no lack of potential energy resources to support a decent quality of life for the 10 billion people expected to live on the planet towards the end of the century. However, differences in resource distribution will result in local and regional constraints, creating a myriad of energy consumption, production, and international trade patterns. These patterns trigger complex policy and socio-economic choices around the energy transition which will ultimately govern successful (or failed) transitions towards a net zero emissions world.
We hope that you find the GER database valuable, whether for quick investigations or for more systematic analyses of this most fundamental pillar of the global energy system, namely the distribution of energy resources across our world.
www.shell.com/scenariosenergymodels
The main thing we must stop using is solar and wind. If we want 2 bn more people lifted from poverty, we need to stop the farce of so-called renewables. They need low cost reliable energy. Let’s also stop prestending we have fallen for the hoax of manmade climate disruption. We are scientists, we know science when we see it, let’s stop saying CO2 is a problem. we are making ourselves look like fools.
I have created an energy invention based on river flow and leverage that has the ability to generate 10,000 or even 20,000 terawatts of 25/7 energy for a fraction of the cost of any energy generated today. The order of magnitude estimate is 200 million dollars a gigawatt. It’s the crown jewel of energy generation. I have worked on this project for 12 years. Prior to this project I worked as an analyst for Marathon Oil company for 26 years. It’s kinetic energy that doesn’t consume any resources except for the small amount required for the infrastructure. Today the world only generates approximately 6.6 terawatts of electricity.
Sorry for the mistake. I meant 24/7 energy.
$200m/GW (I assume in terms of generator capacity to buy and install) is good, and with rivers more predictable than silly aerogenerators or solar. I also advocated this some years ago. No one was interested as it’s not visible enough to show ones virtue.