The World of Energy in 2023: Mixed Message? [Video]

The 2024 edition of the Energy Institute’s “Statistical Review of World Energy” was published last week, an annual tradition dating to 1952. As a former project manager for the review, when it was produced by bp, I always look forward to this publication and to my annual commentary.

The review contains objective data on the global energy system — everything from coal demand to lithium production and carbon prices. Its data is freely available for download and is widely used by researchers in industry, government, and the media. I would be doing you a huge disservice if I did not advise you to have a look at its extensive data for yourself!

The Energy Institute and its partners do a good job of summarizing the data and relating the global energy stories of 2023 — as always, the review is a historical document with annual data through last year. So my job here is to bring up a few additional topics, rather …