Weblinks for Energy futures
Energy and the quality of life
World energy assessment Part 1 has information and data on energy use and standard of living.
http://www.undp.org/energy/activities/wea/drafts-frame.html
World Energy assessment, an overview of the more detailed report above
http://www.undp.org/energy/weaover2004.htm
New Economics Foundation Report, The Price of Power, on global energy use and poverty
http://www.neweconomics.org/gen/uploads/3lskha55xjuxeu45mvbftgmb18062004173646.pdf
POST note – access to energy in developing countries
http://www.parliament.uk/post/pn191.pdf
Patterns of energy use worldwide
BP Statistical review of world energy
http://www.bp.com/productlanding.do?categoryId=6929&contentId=7044622
Key world energy statistics from the International Energy Agency
http://www.iea.org/textbase/nppdf/free/2009/key_stats_2009.pdf
You can also search the International Energy Agency for a wide range of other statistics
http://www.iea.org/Textbase/stats/index.asp
UK Energy consumption Report, an overview of consumption by different sectors with updates available to 2009
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/statistics/publications/ecuk/ecuk.aspx
US Energy Information Administration provides statistics on US and international energy
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
New Scientist Special Report on energy and fuels
http://www.newscientist.com/topic/energy-fuels
The World energy Council provides a wealth of data on all aspects of energy
http://www.worldenergy.org/publications/115.asp
Earth Trends individual country profiles with data about energy and resources
http://earthtrends.wri.org/text/energy-resources/country-profiles.html
Very detailed energy statistics from the UN
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/energy/default.htm
Sustainable energy
Sustainable energy without hot air – downloadable book with lots of data to support arguments
http://www.withouthotair.com/
Practical Action – Energy for the Poor – web page and download
http://practicalaction.org/?id=energy_for_the_poor
Bath team web site about their work to develop new energy resources
http://www.bath.ac.uk/powerttp/
Renewable energy in Germany
http://www.german-renewable-energy.com/Renewables/Navigation/Englisch/root.html
BP on alternative sources of energy
http://www.bp.com/modularhome.do?categoryId=7010&contentId=7026283
Strategies for sustainable energy and renewables, EU and international
http://www.agores.org/POLICY/default.htm
UK Government on renewables
http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/sources/renewables/index.html
Global Change report on Biofuels
http://www.igbp.net/documents/NL_70-2.pdf
POST report on biofuels
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/postpn293.pdf
The science of energy resources – generating electricity
Links to a wide range of international sources about electricity generation
http://www.geni.org/globalenergy/issues/global/energy/index.shtml
POST report on electricity generation in the UK
http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/postpn280.pdf
Good energy group supplying renewable energy to the UK
http://www.good-energy.co.uk/
A commentary on the UK policy for renewable electricity
http://www.cbes.ucl.ac.uk/projects/energyreview/Bartlett%20Response%20to%20Energy%20Review%20-%20electricity.pdf
Managing risks – nuclear power
Do we need nuclear power. Accessible debate on the issue
http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/128
Myths of a nuclear renaissance (link from here), a detailed evaluation of the economics
http://www.calvert-henderson.com/energy.htm
Greenpeace Convenient Solution campaigning against nuclear power
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/climate/the-convenient-solution-20070718
Government white paper on nuclear power
http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/nuclear-whitepaper/page42765.html
Why greens must learn to love nuclear power in the New Statesman
http://www.newstatesman.com/environment/2008/09/nuclear-power-lynas-reactors
Oxford Research Group report: Secure Energy? Civil Nuclear Power, Security and Global Warming
http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/briefing_papers/secure_energy_civil_nuclear_power_security_and_global_warming
Nuclear versus renewables: ideas and information for a debate
http://www.idebate.org/debatabase/topic_details.php?topicID=15
5.7 Energy futures – scenarios
Scenarios and their development summarised by the Prime Ministers Strategy unit
http://interactive.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/strategy/survivalguide/skills/eb_scenarios.htmhttp://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=5987
Energy scenarios related to sustainability referred to in the textbook
http://www.undp.org/energy/activities/wea/drafts-frame.html (Part 3)
This IIASA/WEC site allows the user to show projections of fuel use, electricity generation or emissions in different world regions for different scenarios
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/cgi-bin/ecs/book_dyn/bookcnt.py
Shell Energy Scenarios including explanations of the basis of the scenarios used and videos.
http://www.shell.com/home/content/aboutshell/our_strategy/shell_global_scenarios/dir_global_scenarios_07112006.html
A commentary on the Shell scenarios
http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content.asp?ContentID=5987
World Energy Council Policy Scenarios – with video
http://www.worldenergy.org/publications/energy_policy_scenarios_to_2050/default.asp
5.8 Policy, economics and politics
The main UK governement site on energy and climate change with explanations of current policy
http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/
Cost benefit analysis for evaluation of major energy projects. Basic introduction to cost benefit analysis to be found in Tutor2U and in Wikipedia
http://tutor2u.net/economics/revision-notes/a2-micro-cost-benefit-analysis.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost-benefit_analysis
A detailed cost-benefit analysis report about biofuels in Canada
http://www.biocap.ca/rif/report/Reaney_M.pdf
Facts and uncertainties – EU report about biofuels
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/jrc/downloads/jrc_biofuels_report.pdf
Changing EU policy goals for biofuels
http://www.envirovaluation.org/index.php/2008/07/08/europeans_reconsider_biofuel_goal
World Energy Council Survey of energy resources and policies
http://www.worldenergy.org/publications/115.asp
World energy assessment, parts 2 to 4, examines the policy options with detailed statistics
http://www.undp.org/energy/activities/wea/drafts-frame.html
The UK government site on Sustainable Development
http://www.defra.gov.uk/sustainable/government/
UK Government Energy policy
http://www.berr.gov.uk/energy/
UK energy policy summary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_policy_of_the_United_Kingdom
SEEN critique of World Bank Policies: Sustainable Energy and Economy Network
http://www.seen.org/
Ethical concerns underlying energy issues
http://www.peep.ac.uk/content/611.0.html
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Last updated: 13 November 2009