Abstract
We update Burgherr and Hirschberg (2014)’s comparative risk assessment of severe accidents in the energy sector between 1970 and 2008 by including wind power within an extended framework of both severe and non-severe accidents. Within the OECD, the wind power hazard rate (fatal accidents to output) was initially worse than for fossil fuels, but has now reached the efficiency frontier with coal and natural gas. Our finding differs by a wide margin from the current IPCC estimate, which we explain. The hazard rates of major energy technologies are computed for the OECD and the rest of the world and compared. We then estimate how many people die at home and abroad to deliver energy in a specific area, comparing major countries or blocs such as the OECD or China. We conclude with a contextualization of user and worker safety within the wider economy.
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