This page contains our favourite climate and energy links. Other links may be suggested if relevant for these topics (only). Correctness of third party links is checked and updated about once per year, and broken links are also corrected upon user feedback.
Climate and weather info
Renewable energy data
app.electricitymap.org/map
Real time electricity, solar and wind map for different countries, including CO2 impact.
windeurope.org/about-wind/daily-wind
Real time and historical wind data in Europe, as well as electricity energy mix.
globalsolaratlas.info
Global solar atlas, summarizes global and local solar energy potential.
globalwindatlas.info
Global wind atlas, summarizes global and local wind energy potential.
engaging-data.com/population-latitude-longitude
World Population Distribution by Latitude and Longitude.
re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvgis.html
Climate and solar energy data, covers most of the world.
www.renewables.ninja
Climate, wind energy and solar energy data - world-wide coverage.
www.energiesparen.be/stroomvoorspeller
VEA - Renewable energy estimation for Flanders, Belgium (language - Dutch).
energie.wallonie.be/fr/carte-dynamique-de-la-wallonie.html?IDC=6185&IDD=144019
SPW-Energie - Renewable energy estimation for Wallonia, Belgium (languages - French, English, German).
www.febeg.be/statistieken-elektriciteit
FEBEG - electricity statistics for Belgium (language - Dutch).
elia.be : onthaalcapaciteit van het net
Electricity grid congestion map of Belgium
capaciteitskaart.netbeheernederland.nl
Electricity grid congestion map of the Netherlands.
www.frankdeboosere.be/zonnepanelen/zonnepanelen.php
Archive of daily rooftop solar energy production in Meise, close to Brussels, Belgium - covering years 2009-2019 (language - Dutch).
www.irena.org/Publications/2023/Jul/Renewable-energy-statistics-2023
IRENA (2023), Renewable energy statistics 2023, International Renewable Energy Agency, Abu Dhabi. ISBN: 978-92-9260-537-7. International renewable energy capacity and production data for 2012-2022.
Energy production and consumption data
ourworldindata.org/energy
Hannah Ritchie (2014) - 'Energy', July 2018 revision
ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emissions
Hannah Ritchie and Max Roser (2017) - 'CO2 and Greenhouse Gas Emissions' - December 2019 revision
ourworldindata.org/renewable-energy
Hannah Ritchie (2017) - 'Renewable Energy'.
ourworldindata.org/fossil-fuels
Hannah Ritchie (2017) - 'Fossil Fuels'
ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food
Hannah Ritchie, Pablo Rosado and Max Roser (2022) - 'Environmental Impacts of Food Production'
www.gapminder.org/topics
Data visualization for many datasets, including energy and CO2 emissions.
www.energyinst.org/statistical-review
Energy Institute: statistical review of world energy, with historical data on fossil fuel, nuclear and renewable energy consumption for most countries of the world.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/energy/visualisations
Eurostat energy visualisation tools.
ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/energy/database/additional-data#Energy%20balances
Eurostat energy balances for Europe, with yearly data on energy consumption per type of use.
economie.fgov.be/nl/themas/energie/energie-cijfers
Energy data for Belgium (language - Dutch or French).
agsi.gie.eu
Underground gas storage data for Europe.
www.elia.be/en/grid-data
Open electricity grid data, Elia, grid operator, Belgium.
Belgium - Historic electric grid imbalance prices, in Euro
Open electricity grid data, Elia, grid operator, Belgium.
globalcarbonatlas.org/emissions/carbon-emissions
global carbon and methane emissions.
data.worldbank.org
world bank data, including energy and carbon emissions.
fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=Tufc
Natural gas spot prices, FRED economic data, ST. LOUIS FED: one MMBTU = 0.293 MWh.
Videos
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VOWi8oVXmo
Climate of Concern - Royal Dutch Shell movie (1991). Summary of climate research state of the art in the early nineties - duration: 28:31 minutes
www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_the_magic_washing_machine
The magic washing machine - Hans Rosling, gapminder, TED talks - duration: 8:59 minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=grZSxoLPqXI
Climate change - the state of the science, September 2013 - Hans Rosling, 200 years of global change - duration: 18:59 minutes
www.gapminder.org/videos
Overview of gapminder TED talks.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR8wRSp2IXs
How many lightbulbs does it take to change a man?, David MacKay, October 2009, University of Cambridge, UK - duration: 6:15 minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFosQtEqzSE
Sustainable Energy - without the hot air, David MacKay, October 2010, at: Harvard University Center for the Environment, USA - duration: 1:06:02 hours
www.ted.com/talks/david_mackay_a_reality_check_on_renewables
A reality check on renewables, David MacKay, March 2012, TEDx Warwick - duration: 18:19 minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCyidsxIDtQ
David MacKay - final interview and tribute, youtube, April 2016 - duration: 23:21 minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW-VLPyxqAM
Groene stroom, zondag met Lubach, season 8, youtube, February 2018 (satire, with energy facts and numbers) - duration: 12:56 minutes (language - Dutch)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ivYFiYkUWo
Nederland gasvrij, zondag met Lubach, season 12, youtube, November 2020 (satire, with energy facts and numbers) - duration: 15:28 minutes (language - Dutch)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OpM_zKGE4o
The Problem with Solar Energy in Africa, Real Engineering, October 2021 - duration: 18:19 minutes
Climate change
Electric grid and nuclear
www.hoogspanningsnet.com/weten/stroomcursus/deel-5/
Electrical grid tutorial, Dutch version provided by the
pylon geeks - translates more or less OK
to English with Google translate.
Grid balancing summary, Balance Responsible Party, Elia, grid operator, Belgium.
ourworldindata.org/safest-sources-of-energy
Our world in Data, 'What are the safest and cleanest sources of energy?'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THTR-300
Wikipedia, THTR-300, 1987, Germany: first mixed uranium/thorium cycle high-temperature nuclear reactor in the world, that could generate electricity (instead of protypes that only produced heat).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium-based_nuclear_power
Wikipedia, history and ongoing projects for Thorium-based nuclear power generation.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0096340212459125
Thorium: Not a near-term commercial nuclear fuel, doi.org/10.1177/0096340212459125, November 2016
thebulletin.org/2022/06/molten-salt-reactors-were-trouble-in-the-1960s-and-they-remain-trouble-today
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, June 2022
Energy studies
www.withouthotair.com
Sustainable energy study of David MacKay, using UK as use case - 2008. The applied energy models are relevant for other locations as well.
www.worldwildlife.org/publications/the-energy-report
The energy report, 100% renewable energy by 2050. WWF/ECOFYS study - 2011.
emis.vito.be/sites/emis.vito.be/files/articles/1125/2013/Rapport_100_procent_Duurzame_Energie.pdf
Towards 100% renewable energy in Belgium by 2050. Vito study, 2013.
www.vlaamsbouwmeester.be/nl/nieuws/rapport-energielandschappen
Rapport Energielandschappen (report energy landscapes), Flanders/Belgium, 2016. See link for involved parties (language: Dutch).
www.elia.be/en/publications/studies
Electricity and renewables studies, Elia, grid operator, Belgium.
www.wtnschp.be/wetenschap/natuur/klimaat/belgie-klimaatneutraal-een-energieplan-deel-1
België klimaatneutraal, een energieplan, May 2019 (language - Dutch).
www.plan.be/publications/publication-2172-en-bon_vent_setting_sail_for_a_climate_neutral_belgian_energy_system_future_belgian_offshore_wind_unravelled
Bon vent: setting sail for a climate neutral Belgian energy system – Future Belgian offshore wind unravelled, Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium, working paper 8-21
www.iea.org/commentaries/despite-short-term-pain-the-eu-s-liberalised-gas-markets-have-brought-long-term-financial-gains
Liberalization of the EU gas market, International Energy Agency, October 2021
Building energy simulators
designadvisor.mit.edu
Online building simulator, supporting different regions world-wide. Temperature setback can be configured in the 'More ventilation options' setup menu.
energyplus.net
Free, open source whole building energy simulator, maintained by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). Allows to study impact on energy consumption of building design choices and energy management policies.
History:
August 2023
version 1.9: Added links to climate normal data for Belgium and to additional renewable energy study for Belgium (report: energy landscapes).
July 2023
version 1.8: Updated/cleaned up links. Added climate reanalizer link in climate and weather info - as well as links to the EN-ROADS and C-ROADS simulation tools in the climate change section.
June 2023
version 1.7: added global flooding and NASA FIRMS links.
October 2022
version 1.6, added navigation bar, extra videos and link to the world population distribution.
September 2022
version 1.5, significant update: added grid + nuclear section, international gas price; grid balance prices for Belgium; recent presentations and energy studies.
June 2022
August 2021
version 1.3, updated links and added link to
IPCC Interactive Atlas - simulation data on possible climate futures in the Climate change section
August 2020
version 1.2, added a video section and a link to the ACS Climate Science Toolkit in the Climate change section (removed in v1.8)
version 1.1, added global solar and wind atlas links in 'Renewable energy data'; updated links to OurWorldInData.org publications
May 2020
version 1.0, added history, previously no version tracking
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