Post by Akhilesh Shisodia

Final installation of the Energy Globe Series! Who Owns The Non-Renewable? This visualization started as a question—how do we see the vast, complex network of fossil fuel infrastructure (focused on Coal, Natural Gas, and Oil)? How do we move beyond statistics and spreadsheets to something visceral, something that makes the scale of ownership and emissions undeniable? Using Houdini, I built a rotating globe where pipelines, terminals, and energy hubs light up like a neural network. Every dot, every glowing line represents a connection—coal, gas, emissions, and the corporations at the helm. The red flares? Ownership concentration. Some names repeat across continents. The energy economy is global, but power? It’s centralized. The process was more than just technical (the iterations of reverse-geocoding process drove me mad!) — it was a challenge in storytelling. How do you design a visualization that isn’t just data-driven but thought-provoking? That makes people ask: Who holds the reins? Where do emissions really come from? What choices are we making? If this sparks even one conversation about accountability in the energy sector, then it’s done its job. Really grateful for the datasets maintained by Global Energy Monitor. Would love to visualize more from their inspiring new projects while expanding my knowledge inventory at Generation.Energy. Spatializing energy is key. Would love to hear your thoughts—what do you see in this data? Who do you think owns the future of energy? #DataVisualization #Energy #ClimateChange #FossilFuels #HoudiniFX #DataStorytelling #Coal #Naturalgas #Oil #Networks #Energytransition #Urbanism #Data #Ownership #Animation

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