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Thread: 2 x 24 x 365 Terawatt hours (was SBSP still cannot scale)
# 22299 byb on March 8, 2009, 5:16 a.m.
Member since 2022-08-22
I just used the numbers given in the previous emails.
However let's get the actual figures:
Table 6.4 Electricity Installed Capacity, All Countries, January 1,
1980 - January 1, 2006, Except as Noted, for the International Energy
Annual 2006*/
/*The installed capacity as of 2006 was 4 Terawatts*/
/*
From http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/electricitygeneration.html
Table 6.3 World Total Net Electricity Generation, 1980-2006
The electricity generated as of 2006 was 18,014 Terawatt hours
From http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/electricityconsumption.html
Table 6.2 World Total Net Electricity Consumption, 1980-2006
The electricity consumed as of 2006 was 16,378 Terawatt hours