Nuclear Power in Perspective

Where does it fit in the global energy portfolio?

Global Total Primary Energy Supply, 2009Nuclear provides about 6% of total energy and 13.5% of global electricity generation

Data: International Energy Agency

Top 10 Nuclear Generating Countries

Data: Energy Information Administration

Global Oil Production and Consumption(2010 estimates)

Oil Producers (millions barrels per day)

Oil Consumers (millions barrels per day)

Saudi Arabia 10.520 U.S. 19.150

Russia 10.270 European Union 13.680

U.S. 9.688 China 9.400

Iran 4.252 Japan 4.452

China 4.073 India 3.182

Canada 3.483 Saudi Arabia 2.643

Mexico 2.983 Germany 2.495

UAE 2.813 Canada 2.209

Iraq 2.642 Russia 2.199

Nigeria 2.458 South Korea 2.195

Data: CIA World Fact Book 2012

Global Natural Gas Production and Consumption(2008)

Natural Gas Producers (billions cubic meters)

Natural Gas Consumers(billions cubic meters)

U.S. 611.0 U.S. 683.3

Russia 588.9 European Union 515.0

European Union 182.3 Russia 414.1

Canada 152.3 Iran 137.5

Iran 138.5 China 129.0

Qatar 116.7 Japan 100.3

Norway 106.3 Germany 99.5

China 102.5 UK 94.3

Netherlands 85.2 Saudi Arabia 83.9

Algeria 85.1 Canada 82.5

Global Natural Gas Production and Consumption(2010 estimates)

Data: CIA World Fact Book 2012

Coal Producers (Thousand Short Tons)

Coal Consumers (Thousand Short Tons)

China 3,522,973 China 3,695,378

United States 1,085,281 United States 1,048,295

India 622,818 Russia 256,796

Australia 463,256 Germany 255,746

Indonesia 370,379 South Africa 206,193

Russia 357,043 Japan 205,983

South Africa 280,788 Poland 148,870

Germany 200,955 Australia 145,156

Poland 146,237 South Korea 125,575

Kazakhstan 122,135 Turkey 109,120

Global Production and Consumption of Coal (2010)

Data: Energy Information Administration

Country Net Energy Imports as %

of Energy use

Total Consumption (Trillions of

BTU)

Consumption per head

(kg oil equivalent)

Japan 81 22,473.19 4,040

South Korea 80 9,647.06 4,346France 49 11,206.47 4,518U.S. 22 101,553.86 7,795

India 23 19,093.68 512United Kingdom 27 9,460.27 3,918China 8 77,807.73 1,138

Canada -55 13,752.63 8,300Russia -83 30,354.82 4,423Saudi Arabia -235 7,362.72 5,582

Global Energy Dependence and Independence

Data: The World Bank

U.S. Primary Energy Consumption Source and Sector

U.S. Primary Energy Consumption by Source and Sector, 2010

(Quadrillion Btu)

Data: Energy Information Administration

U.S. Electricity Flow

Data: Energy Information Administration

U.S. Electricity Flow, 2010(Quadrillion Btu)

Nuclear Energy Production

Although the Although the national national percentage of percentage of nuclear nuclear generated generated electricity is electricity is 19.2%, it varies 19.2%, it varies from state to from state to state.state.

VT- 73.3% NH-49.1% TN-33.4% NY-30.6% MN-25% KS-19.7% MA-13.8% MO-9.7%

CT-50.3% IL-47.8% MD-32.1% AZ-27.9% AR-24.7% LA-18.2% OH-11% WA-9.1%

NJ-49.9% VA-36.3% NC-31.7% MI-26.3% GA-24.3% MS-17.7% FL-10.5% IA-7.8%

SC-49.9% PA-33.8% NE-30.9% AL-25% WI-20.6% CA-15.9% TX-10.1%

Percent of Nuclear Power Generated into Electricity

Data: Nuclear Energy Institute

Solutions to Global Warming

Fifteen Ways to Stabilize CO2 EmissionsOf the 15 methods (wedges) proposed by a Princeton

University study,13 of them relate energy use. Implementation of any 7 wouldaccomplish the goal of stabilizing emissions.

1. Efficient vehicles2. Reduced use of vehicles3. Efficient buildings4. Efficient coal power plants5. Gas instead of coal power plants6. Capture CO2 at base load power plant7. Nuclear power for coal power8. Wind power for coal power9. Photovoltaic power for coal power10. Capture CO2 at H2 plant11. Capture CO2 at coal-to-synfuels plant12. Wind H2 in fuel-cell car for gasoline in hybrid car13. Biomass fuel for fossil fuel