Primary energy

If you've spent any time at all looking at global energy statistics over the past few years, you'll probably have seen a chart that looks something a bit like this.

Fossil fuels still around 80% of global primary energy.

Solar and wind still a relatively modest slice of the pie.

And if you're anything like me, you may have stared at that chart and thought, hang on a minute, solar installations are booming.

He's since become a prominent voice on global decarbonisation pathways, advising governments, financial institutions and international organisations on clean energy finance, electrification and climate strategy, and of course on his famous hydrogen ladder, which we've referenced several times on this channel.

He knows his onions, and he's just teamed up with the folks at the ever brilliant EMBA to publish this new piece of analysis.

Most global energy analysis begins with something we've covered lots of times here on the channel over the years, the concept of primary energy.

It's been a while since we dismantled this one to take a closer look, so it's definitely worth a bit of a recap.