Energy Demand

According to the International Energy Agency, even with the best efforts to enhance efficiency, energy demand in 2030 will be nearly twice that of 1990. From 1973 to 2005, worldwide electricity consumption trebled.
Electricity is the fundamental source of power in every developed industry across the globe.
There is no alternative in sight, nor even a concept to replace it.

              
Worldwide consumption of electricity by sector

Source: International Energy Agency, Key Wold Energy Statistics 2007, Page 35




World marketed energy consumption 

Outlook to 2030






Worldwide fuel consumption by region
 

Source: International Energy Agency, Key Wold Energy Statistics 2007, Page 30




                    
Worldwide fuel consumption by sector






Source: International Energy Agency, Key Wold Energy Statistics 2007, Pages 32, 34 & 34