Definition: This entry consists of total electricity generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in kilowatt-hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012See also: Electricity - consumption map
Can the World Run on Renewable Energy?
knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu - 4/23/2015 6:26:22 PM
The country, which gets 15% of its energy from nuclear power now ... The transition to electric vehicles has the potential to blunt the oil consumption and climate impacts of the world’s cars, but there’s a long way to go. In the U.S. in 2014, 119,710 ...
Power Relay Industry 2019 Forecasts For Global And China Markets
The Street - 4/27/2015 1:35:17 PM
The "Global and Chinese Power relay Industry ... relays Project Feasibility Study At a broader level, the Relays World Report gives market consumption / products / services for over 200 countries by 6 to 10-digit naics product codes by 3 time series ...
Global Energy Trends and Implications for India: Carbon Intensity of Electricity Stagnating but Efficiency, Renewables Can Change That
The Energy Collective - 4/27/2015 8:13:10 AM
The world is currently failing to improve the carbon intensity of its energy supply However, as global energy consumption will grow ... Electricity growth in non-OECD countries will be 300% as compared to the almost flat 16% growth in OECD countries.
Analysts: Solar energy is on the verge of a 'global boom'
The Business Insider - 4/25/2015 10:13:04 PM
SINGAPORE/TOKYO (Reuters) - One by one, Japan is turning off the lights at the giant oil-fired power plants that propelled it to the ranks of the world's top industrialized ... is commercially viable in all G7 countries and 14 of the G20 economies ...
Sub-Saharan Africa needs $835 billion to fix power
The Guardian - Nigeria - 4/28/2015 12:19:32 AM
It added that countries ... (consumption) are the two most important metrics that can indicate the degree to which the power sector is supporting national development. From an electricity-access point of view, sub-Saharan Africa’s situation is the ...
Like shale oil, solar power is shaking up global
Times of India - 4/26/2015 5:54:10 PM
Japan is now one of the world ... energy capacity has tripled to 25 gigawatts, with solar accounting for more than 80 per cent of that. Once Japan reaches cost-revenue parity in solar energy, it will mean the technology is commercially viable in all G7 ...
World Steel Association: Short-Term Outlook Grim With Chinese Consumption Falling
Metal Miner - 4/27/2015 10:07:42 AM
The world’s steel sector hopes India can power it through this downturn. The country’s per capita consumption is still low, at about 60 kg opposed to the world average of 220 kg. With the government’s Make In India (manufacturing) plan slowly ...
Why Alternative Energy Isn’t Taking It on the Chin (Despite Low Oil Prices)
NASDAQ - 4/27/2015 12:02:14 PM
The axis of energy consumption is shifting away from the "West." Increasingly, energy demand is being driven by developing nations and even countries lower on the income scale. In this part of the world demand is higher for alternative forms of energy.
World Energy Consumption to Increase 56% by 2040 Led by Asia
Bloomberg - 7/25/2013 7:27:28 PM
July 25 (Bloomberg) -- World energy consumption will rise 56 percent in the next three decades, driven by growth in developing countries such as China and India, the Energy Information Administration said. Demand will increase to 820 quadrillion British ...
UAE has 4% of world's oil and 3.5% of gas reserves: Energy minister
Emirates247 - 4/16/2015 4:40:08 PM
The minister gave an overview of oil production and the domestic consumption of petroleum derivatives ... adding that "The UAE government's goal is to make the country one of the world's best in the areas of energy policies, the best possible means ...
Msheireb Properties wins two awards in Tarsheed’s National Program for Conservation & Energy Efficiency
Al Bawaba - 4/26/2015 7:38:34 AM
The competition witnessed entries from different sectors in the country ... the world to ensure we used cutting edge, environmentally friendly technology and best building practice throughout the development with the aim to reduce energy consumption ...
Here's Why Developing Countries Will Consume 65% of the World's Energy by 2040
The Atlantic - 12/2/2013 11:55:38 PM
The Energy ... world. “As the economies in the non-OECD countries continue to experience relatively fast growth, those countries will also be able to spend more for energy-consuming services,” the report states. One bit of good news: Energy consumption ...
Kenya Power Report Q2 2015 - New Study Released
MENAFN - 4/22/2015 11:56:50 PM
Power Outlook long-Term Forecasts Regional long-term power forecasts covering electricity generation consumption and capacity for thermal hydroelectric and nuclear power. These are supported by a country specific ... (EIA) World Bank (WB) and United ...
Communities around the country find ways to care for Earth
Guampdn - 4/25/2015 8:01:13 AM
"The energy consumption differential is a bottom-line pocketbook issue ... In 1978, locals Jim and Eileen Schenk founded the Imago Earth Center to help connect to the natural world. The 16-acre nature preserve has open space and hiking trails and the ...
World Data Center Cooling Market to Grow at 14% CAGR to 2019
The Business Journal - 4/27/2015 8:44:47 PM
Free cooling solutions have the potential to reduce power consumption of data centers by more than 40 ... The number of new data center facilities would increase significantly in developing countries, whereas more renovations are expected to be carried ...