Energy Resources:

Production and Consumption

Environmental Sustainability Educational Resources
prepared by
Gregory A. Keoleian
Associate Research Scientist,
School of Natural Resources and Environment
Co-Director, Center for Sustainable Systems
University of Michigan

Contents

Non-Renewable Energy Resources

Renewable Energy Sources
Peak Production of Petroleum in US
Projected World Peak Production of Petroleum
Projected World Peak Production of Petroleum
Regional Shares of Crude Oil
World Oil Production
World Total Primary Energy Supply
World Total Energy Consumption Projections
World Total Energy Consumption Projections (by fuel type)
World Total Energy Consumption 1990 -2020 (by region)
U.S. Energy Flow
U.S. Energy Consumption and Renewable Supply
Additional Resources

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Non-Renewable Energy Sources

Conventional

Petroleum
Natural Gas
Coal
Nuclear

Unconventional (examples)
Oil Shale
Natural gas hydrates in marine sediment
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Renewable Energy Sources

Solar photovoltaics
Solar thermal power
Passive solar air and water heating
Wind
Hydropower
Biomass
Ocean energy
Geothermal
Waste to Energy

Peak Production of Petroleum in US

Projected World Peak Production

of Petroleum

1999 Regional Shares of Crude Oil

Production (3445 Mt)

World Total Primary Energy Supply in

1998
(9491 Mtoe)

**Other includes geothermal, solar, wind, heat, etc.

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World Energy Consumption

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World Energy Consumption

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World Total Energy Consumption

1990 -2020 (Quadrillion Btu)
Region/Country
United States
Western Europe
Japan
China
Former Soviet Union
Total World

1990
84.0
59.9
18.1
27.0
61.0
346.7

1997
94.2
64.0
21.3
36.7
40.8
379.9

2020
120.9
78.4
25.4
97.3
57.3
607.7
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U.S. Energy Flow, 1999

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U.S. Energy Consumption by Source, 1998

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Additional Resources
US Department of Energy, Energy
Information Administration
web site: www.eia.doe.gov

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