Annual Energy Outlook

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the economic and geopolitical implications of the global energy transition, from both regional and thematic perspectives, and present case studies on selected issues, ranging from the geopolitics of renewable energy, to the mineral foundations of global energy transformation, to governance issues in connection with changing global energy order.

TL;DR: The dairy methods prevalent in thermal comfort research and practice are probably not accurate enough to sustain common thermal comfort modeling with any semblance of precision, and additional research effort is needed to develop better metabolic rate estimation methods for building occupants.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an accessibly-written volume, central issues in global energy are discussed through interdisciplinary dialogue between experts from both North America and Europe with overview from historical, political, and socio-cultural perspectives, outlining the technology and policy issues facing the development of major conventional and renewable energy sources.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors construct a precise definition of competitiveness impacts appropriate for climate change regulation that can be estimated exclusively with domestic production and net import data, and use this definition and a 20-year panel of 400 U.S. manufacturing industries to estimate the effects of energy prices, which is in turn used to simulate the impacts of carbon pricing policy.

TL;DR: Improved understanding of the fate and transport of contaminants of concern and increased long-term monitoring and data dissemination will help effectively manage water-quality risks associated with unconventional gas industry today and in the future.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the results of a technical and economic feasibility analysis conducted for four hypothetical, centralized, large-scale hydrogen production plants based on this technology, including a single bed particle suspension system, a dual-bed particle suspension systems, a fixed panel array, and a tracking concentrator array.

TL;DR: The magnitude of this leakage was reassessed and it was found that in 2015, supply chain emissions were ∼60% higher than the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency inventory estimate, likely because existing inventory methods miss emissions released during abnormal operating conditions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present new core and outcrop data from 18 shale plays that reveal common types of shale fractures and their mineralization, orientation, and size patterns, and identify a need for further work in this field and on the role of natural fractures generally.