Roughly, about 400
exajoules of bioenergy can be put into production without heroic measures and without competing with the production of food and animal feeds.
According to the International Energy Agency's Bioenergy Task 40, these two regions alone can produce more than 500
Exajoules of bioenergy for exports by 2050, in an explicitly sustainable way; that is, after all the food, fiber and fodder needs for rapidly growing populations are met, and without any deforestation and a look at Africa's sustainable potential).
But when economics 101 was created in the 18th Century, there were one billion humans on the planet, mostly living on farms, using animals, wood, and dung for energy — about 20
exajoules of it a year.
We do not need 500
exajoules of primary energy to run the world, and do not even need half of the end use energy that we use to perform the tasks.
Not exact matches
On this basis, the paper says that capturing 12 billion tonnes
of CO2 equivalent (GtCO2e) per year (around a third
of annual global emissions) would require 156
exajoules (EJ)
of energy.
That's 14 TW for a year, every year right now — in energy quantities (multiplying by the number
of hours or seconds in a year) that comes to about 120,000 TWh (thermal) which is equivalent to 450 x10 ^ 18 joules, or 450
exajoules (EJ)
of thermal energy.
For instance, construction
of high - performance buildings and deep energy renovations
of existing buildings could save around 330
exajoules (EJ) in cumulative energy savings to 2060 — more than all the final energy consumed by G20 countries in 2015 (ETP 2017).
This then is divided into the energy (
exajoules converted to kWh) required for global production
of each material in 2010.
The most optimistic
of the four, in - depth scenarios projects renewable energy accounting for as much as 77 percent
of the world «s energy demand by 2050, amounting to about 314
of 407
Exajoules per year.
As a comparison, 314
Exajoules is over three times the annual energy supply in the United States in 2005 which is also a similar level
of supply on the Continent
of Europe according to various government and independent sources.
As shown by the review, projected deployments could result in energy delivery
of up to 7
Exajoules per year by 2050.
According to the US Department
of Energy (Energy Information Administration), the world consumption
of energy in all
of its forms (barrels
of petroleum, cubic meters
of natural gas, watts
of hydro power, etc.) is projected to reach 678 quadrillion Btu (or 715
exajoules) by 2030 — a 44 % increase over 2008 levels (levels for 1980 were 283 quadrillion Btu and we stand at around 500 quadrillion Btu today in 2009).
According to the US Department
of Energy (Energy Information Administration), the world consumption
of energy in all
of its forms (barrels
of petroleum, cubic meters
of natural gas, watts
of hydro power, etc.) is projected to reach 678 quadrillion Btu (or 7.15
exajoules) by 2030 - a 44 % increase over 2008 levels (levels for 1980 were 283 quadrillion Btu and we stand at around 500 quadrillion Btu today).
There is enough biomass potential to completely replace the entire (current) fossil fuel consumption
of the world, recently estimated to be 388
exajoules worth.