The Alexander L. Kielland disaster and its aftermath
The Alexander L. Kielland disaster is the largest industrial accident in Norway to date, and its aftermath has been significant for survivors, next-of-kin and the industry itself.
Sources d'énergie
Les fonds d’archives sont une composante essentielle de notre patrimoine commun en matière d’histoire de l’énergie. S’y ajoutent des objets et des sites. La rubrique « Sources d’énergie » présente les nouvelles des archives à partir desquelles s’écrira demain l’histoire, et plus largement du patrimoine. Elle est développée en relation avec EOGAN (European Oil and Gas Archive Network), et plus précisément par sa présidente, archiviste et historienne, Marta Musso.
Ground Zero : Research methodology in illuminating gas history without archives
Cet article souhaite aborder quelques enjeux méthodologiques de la recherche historique sur le passé industriel de l’éclairage au gaz et ses sources.
Documentary Sources on Hydrocarbon Exploitation in Franco’s Spain: The ENCASO Archives
The Empresa Nacional Calvo Sotelo de Combustibles Líquidos y Lubricantes (ENCASO) was a company created in 1942 within Spain’s National Institute of Industry (INI) by Minister Juan Antonio Suanzes, in an effort to control the country’s strategic energy sector.
Introducing a large panel dataset of economy-wide real electricity prices and estimating long-run GDP and price elasticities of electricity demand for high- and middle-income panels
Nous assemblons un ensemble particulièrement important de données sur les prix réels de l'électricité pour l'ensemble de l'économie (en cents US par kilowattheure de 2015) en pondérant d'abord les prix de l'électricité pour l'industrie et les ménages résidentiels en fonction de la consommation.
Local perspectives of national energy projects: reconstructing the impact of post war nuclear power stations in north Wales from archival sources
While national energy infrastructure projects possess significant reach and scale in supply terms, they are focused on a smaller number of power generation sites and have a significant impact on those specific localities. Britain’s post war nuclear power programme was no different.
Life in the oilfields: Unveiling new sources for social history of French hydrocarbon industry
Enjeu majeur pour la recherche en histoire des hydrocarbures, la difficulté d'accès aux sources archivistiques, notamment issues des entreprises, limite le champ d’exploration des chercheurs.
The World Energy Council as an archive for research on energy history
This paper presents the World Energy Council (WEC) as an archive for research on the history of energy.
Condeeps. The Dinosaurs of the North Sea
When oil was found in water depths larger than 150 meters in the North Sea in the 1970s, a new and revolutionary concept was needed to be able to support deck structures for production of petroleum.
A hitchhiker’s guide to quantitative energy studies
The increasing digitisation and availability of energy data facilitates their application in research and teaching, but also requires careful source criticism, due to the variety of methodological conventions. This paper introduces the basic principles of quantitative energy studies.