Documents published by ASPO Germany

ASPO Germany mainly focuses on providing information on the depletion of fossil energy resources in german language. This has been decided in order to inform decision makers, stakeholders as well as the general public about the coming changes in the worlds energy supply structures. However, some of the publications of ASPO Germany might also be considered as interessting for the rest of the world and have therefore been translated into english. Please find a selection of the work of ASPO Germany in the following list:

April 2007
World coal resources and future production
The german based Energy Watch Group (EWG) assigned a study to the Munich based strategy and technology consultant Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik (LBST) to evaluate and assess available data on world coal resources and future production perspectives. When discussing the future availability of fossil energy resources, the conventional wisdom has it that globally there is an abundance of coal which allows for an increasing coal consumption far into the future. This is either regarded as being a good thing enabling the eventual substitution of declining crude oil and natural gas supplies. Or it is seen as a horror scenario leading to catastrophic consequences for the world's climate. But the discussion rarely focuses on the premise: how much coal is there really? [pdf]

April 2007
Where will hydrogen come from?
The European Hydrogen Association (EHA) has published an English translation of the paper "Woher kommt der Wasserstoff?" – German for "Where will the hydrogen come from?" – written by Munich-based Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik consultants and published by the German Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association. The paper is already vividly discussed in Germany. With its translation into English this discussion can now be continued on an international level.

In recent years, the question has been asked repeatedly when thinking about a global hydrogen economy: “Where will the hydrogen come from?”. This question is important, but can only be answered if one considers a more fundamental question “where will our energy come from in the coming decades?”. Today, it mainly comes from finite fossil and nuclear energy carriers; in the long term, it will come from renewable energies. The basic question of availability of raw energy materials is to be covered in this brochure and an answer proposed. [pdf]

December 2006
Uranium Resources and Perspectives of Nuclear Energy
A fresh look on uranium resources and perspectives of nuclear energy in tomorrow's energy sector has been published by the Energy Watch Group in November 2006. Responsible authors of this report are Dr. Werner Zittel and Jörg Schindler of Munich based strategy and technology consultant Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik GmbH. [pdf]

November 2004
The Count Down for Peakoil
A Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik analysis of the forecasts of the most important international energy agencies [pdf]

April 2003
Future World Oil Supply
This paper tries to explain the basic facts and mechanisms of discovery and production of oil, leading to a better understanding of its future availability. It was written for a seminar at the international summer school on politics and economics of renewable energies at Salzburg University in summer 2002 [pdf]

December 2001
Les Magoon from USGS visited the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia
A Report taken from "Australian Energy News" 12/2001, a news magazine published by the Australian Government department responsible for energy policy. [pdf]

March 2001
A short version of the EU-Greenbook Comment
By L-B-Sytemtechnik [pdf]

March 2001
Analysis of UK Oil Production
Werner Zittel [pdf]

March 2001
Oceanic Hydrates: an Elusive Resource
J.H.Laherrere [pdf]