Full Title: International Energy Outlook 2016
Author(s): Adam Sieminski
Publisher(s): U.S. Energy Information Administration
Publication Date: May 1, 2016
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Description (excerpt):
• World energy consumption increases from 549 quadrillion Btu in 2012 to 629
quadrillion Btu in 2020 and then to 815 quadrillion Btu in 2040, a 48% increase
(1.4%/year). Non-OECD Asia (including China and India) account for more than
half of the increase.
• The industrial sector continues to account for the largest share of delivered
energy consumption; the world industrial sector still consumes over half of global
delivered energy in 2040.
• Renewable energy is the world’s fastest-growing energy source, increasing by
2.6%/year; nuclear energy grows by 2.3%/year, from 4% of the global total in
2012 to 6% in 2040.
• Fossil fuels continue to supply more than three-fourths of world energy use in
2040.