Sentences with phrase «years of global energy demand»

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Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

Oil prices have arisen from the lows set in March, but a glut of inventory and few catalysts for dramatic jumps in global energy demand suggest 2015 earnings will likely be less than half of last year's tally.

Natural gas futures allow investors the opportunity to trade in one of the hottest, most in - demand energy commodities in the global economy today — a commodity that is likely to continue to increase in value as the years go by.

However, should slowing global economic growth or recession result in a long - term reduction (three to five years) in energy prices, then U.S. Silica and its peers will face the prospect of their current lucrative contracts expiring and themselves sitting atop literal mountains of frac sand, while demand may have fallen off a cliff.

The cartel, which controls roughly 40 percent of global oil production, has cut output by about 8.5 percent over the same period last year, while global demand is down by a little over 2 percent, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

Coal consumption is soaring, and according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the country burned 325 million tons last year alone, putting China's coal demand at 47 percent of global consumption (ClimateWire, Jan. 30).

Rising global demand for electricity will make nuclear an increasingly important source of energy in coming years.

Global demand for energy is expected to require an estimated investment of $ US 2.5 trillion a year over the next 20 years in new energy installations and energy conservation initiatives.

Almost all the experts I've talked to in 20 years of exploring the entwined climate and energy challenges agree that satisfying global energy demand while limiting human influence on climate will require revolutionary advances in both policy and technology.

The study is the first to model demand for oil, gas and thermal coal under the International Energy Agency's Beyond 2 Degrees Scenario introduced last year, aligned with 1.75 C, the mid-point of the Paris Agreement, and compare it with the IEA's New Policies Scenario, aligned with 2.7 C, consistent with emissions policies announced by global governments.

The drive to meet the world's ever - growing energy demand means that global power sector commitments — the projected lifetime carbon emissions of currently working power plants — have not declined in a single year since 1950.

Global demand for coal is expected to grow to 8.9 billion tons by 2016 from 7.9 billion tons this year, with the bulk of new demand — about 700 million tons — coming from China, according to a Peabody Energy study.

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In recent years, global demand for coal has dropped too, as China — the world's largest producer and consumer of the energy source — suffers from oversupply.

Between now and 2050, developing countries need an estimated $ 531 billion per year of additional investment in energy supply and demand technologies in order to limit global temperature rise to 2 ° C above pre-industrial levels.

In Oregon, for example, Governor Kate Brown signed a bill that will move the state to 50 percent renewable energy production by 2040 and end the state's use of coal power by 2030; in Montana, sagging demand and economic pressures caused Arch Coal to scrap its plans for a massive strip - mining operation on federal land; and in a recent Gallup poll, 64 percent of Americans said they worried a «great deal» or «fair amount» about global warming, up from 55 percent only a year ago.

Their current 5 - year plan is full of action to develop knowledge and products that are based on the view that there will be a huge global market demand for new energy technology, rail transport, ice breaking ships, nuclear power, etc..

Two scenarios of energy demand are explored, one holding per capita consumption at current levels, the second raising the global average in the year 2100 to the current U.S. level.

The 2017 edition of the BP Energy Outlook, published today, forecasts that global demand for energy will increase by around 30 % between 2015 and 2035, an average growth of 1.3 % perEnergy Outlook, published today, forecasts that global demand for energy will increase by around 30 % between 2015 and 2035, an average growth of 1.3 % perenergy will increase by around 30 % between 2015 and 2035, an average growth of 1.3 % per year.

Last year the IEA forecast that global demand for nuclear energy would rise from 6 % of primary energy in 2008 to 8 % in 2035.

This report considers the impact of changes in global demand for energy, resources, transport and infrastructure over the next 10 years on clients and their law firms.