Projections of total
global energy consumption show that between 2004 and 2030, fossil fuels will provide the bulk of the increase, with nuclear and other sources providing relatively minor contributions in absolute terms (Figure 3 and Table 1).
Not exact matches
To get a sense of the enormity of that task, consider calculations from the International
Energy Agency that
show global oil
consumption will need to fall to 80 million barrels a day by 2035 if we're to limit atmospheric carbon to 450 parts per million.
In the 25 years to 2040 it
shows a rise of 86 % in renewables while the IEA's forecasts
show a rise of 43 % in the six years 2016 - 22, which pro rata over 25 years would amount to a 345 % renewables increase, enough to meet all of the EIA's 2015
global energy consumption.
GCAM reference scenario results
showing a
global GDP and population drivers, b
global primary
energy consumption by fuel source, c
global electricity production by technology, and d
global allocation of land among major land cover and land use categories
IEA data
shows global energy production and
consumption continue to rise Non-OECD Asia closing in on OECD's position as the world's largest
energy consumer 9 August 2016
Using a cross-country data set, we
show that human population growth rates are negatively related to per - capita
energy consumption, with zero growth occurring at ∼ 13 kW, suggesting that the
global human population will stop growing only if individuals have access to this amount of power.
Yesterday I
showed DOE EIA figures exhibiting large variation in annual
global energy consumption from 1980 to 2012.