Sentences with phrase «traditional biomass»

In the scenario, the share of renewables in global energy consumption remains largely unchanged while the share of traditional biomass falls.

A staggering 3 billion people still rely on traditional biomass such as wood and charcoal for their heating and cooking needs.

In 2006, about 18 % of global final energy consumption came from renewables, with 13 % coming from traditional biomass, such as wood - burning.

Renewable energy including traditional biomass makes up a greater proportion of total energy supplies in developing than in developed countries.

With the inclusion of traditional biomass, heating and cooking will remain the principal uses of renewable fuels over the next 25 years.

At present, the one billion people living in developed (OECD) countries consume around half of the 470 EJ current annual global primary energy use (IEA, 2006b), whereas the one billion poorest people in developing countries consume only around 4 %, mainly in the form of traditional biomass used inefficiently for cooking and heating.

Low Income Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have the highest energy intensity in the world at 10.3 MJ / 2011 PPP$ in 2014 due to their strong reliance on inefficient traditional biomass.

Among the examples that emerged yesterday: Rwanda committed to reduce — from 83 percent to 42 percent — the percentage of its population cooking with traditional biomass fuels by 2024.

Noting that in the developing countries some 1.6 billion people still lack access to electricity and about 2.4 billion continue to rely on traditional biomass like fuelwood for cooking and heating, Annan calls for intensified efforts to promote renewable energy sources for the poor.

Excluding traditional biomass (burning wood for heat and cooking), it was 10.2 percent.

Its contribution to final energy demand is five times higher than wind and solar PV combined, even when inefficient and unsustainable traditional biomass, such as the use of wood and dung for cooking, is excluded.

Discrepancies in data collection suggest that traditional biomass use may be up to 50 percent lower than what was reported in the Global Tracking Framework 2017.

About three - quarters of renewable energy are consumed in developing countries, where most renewable energy production is based on the use of traditional biomass and hydropower.

This analytical report draws attention to the global energy access situation and highlights that three billion people still rely on traditional biomass and coal; with a striking two million deaths per year associated with indoor burning of solid fuels in unventilated kitchens.

Supply and demand of traditional biomass, liquid cellulosic biofuels, residues from the forest industry and other forms of wood energy will be affected differently by different factors across developed and developing countries.