The Annual Energy Review (AER) is a comprehensive statistical portrait of energy in the United States since the mid-20th century.
It covers all major energy activities, including consumption, production, reserves, trade, stocks, and prices.
It contains chapters on each of the major fuels and renewable energy, as well as data on end-use consumption, energy resources, environmental indicators, and financial indicators. The primary focus of the report is U.S. energy, but some international data are included.
Many of the data series contained in the AER begin at 1949, making it possible to observe long-term trends and milestones in the data.
Key data are presented in British thermal units (Btu) as well as physical units, allowing comparisons of the relative importance of energy sources and uses, and how their proportions change over time.
An introductory, graphics-rich section entitled "Energy Perspectives" illustrates fundamental, long-term trends and provides a concise explanatory narrative. This section is published separately as a booklet as well.
The source for most of the information in the report is data collected by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), but the AER also includes relevant data from other federal agencies, such as the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Federal Highway Administration.
The AER contains over five hundred graphs that illustrate the data presented in the tables. Five energy flow diagrams - total energy, petroleum, natural gas, coal, and electricity - graphically illustrate where energy comes from and how it is used.
Shown below from the recently-released Annual Energy Review 2003 is a graph charting the major sources of U.S. energy consumption from 1949 through 2003.
The AER is available in print and on the EIA Web site at www.eia.doe.gov/aer. Data on the Web are offered in a variety of downloadable formats and the graphs are in color. The AER contains an extensive glossary of energy terms.
Energy Consumption by Major Source, 1949-2003
(Quadrillion Btu)
Source: Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 2003
(September 2004), Figure 1.3.
Annual Energy Review 2003 DOE/EIA-0384(2003); 425 pages, 180 tables, 5 diagrams.
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