Adam Matthew, an award winning publisher of digital primary source collections for the humanities and social sciences, is enabling free public access for one month to its innovative ‘Energy Data Visualisation Tool’, which uses the latest web-based information visualisation techniques to represent a vast array of data on global energy use. Users will now be able to access global energy reserves, production and consumption data and explore the huge growth in renewables between 1965 and 2012.
Available from September 15 – October 15, 2014 at http://resources.amdigital.co.uk/gc/oil, the tool utilises the latest Statistical Review of World Energy data from BP to allow users to identify major developments over the past 47 years.
The tool forms part of Global Commodities: Trade, Exploration and Culture, which traces the history of 15 major commodities that transformed the world over hundreds of years, combining manuscripts, printed and visual primary source materials for the study of global commodities in world history.
Developed in collaboration with Axis Maps, the Energy Data Visualisation tool enables users to: view global oil reserves, production and consumption; explore the huge growth in renewable energies such as Solar and Wind capacity; see how despite a global attempt to reduce carbon pollution, Coal production is still growing dramatically; understand the impact of the booming emerging economies led by India and China; and witness dynamically how global energy consumption has increased c.350% since 1965.
Users can filter the data available in a number of ways with results displayed on a line graph, bar chart, and animated 3D globe. The tool will be available from September 15 –October 15, 2014 by visiting http://resources.amdigital.co.uk/gc/oil/.
