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Final energy consumption - outlook from IEA (Outlook 011) - Assessment published Jun 2009: If current technological trends continue and government policies that have been adopted are implemented*, world average total (TEC) and final (FEC) energy consumption per capita will increase by about 27.5 % between 2004 and 2030. The major part of this increase will come from China, India and the transition countries, which include Russia and other EECCA countries, SEE and some EU-10 countries. In contrast to OECD Europe and North America, total energy consumption per capita is growing faster than final energy consumption per capita in Russia, India and China, reflecting the use of less efficient technologies, mostly for power generation.
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Passenger transport demand (CSI 035) - Assessment published Sep 2010: Passenger transport demand in the EEA-32 continues to grow, but at a slower pace than GDP indicating a decoupling between these two metrics. The latest data shows that since 2002 air passenger transport has been growing at a much faster rate than any other mode of passenger transport.
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Renewable electricity consumption (CSI 031/ENER 030) - Assessment published Sep 2010: In 2007, the share of renewable electricity in gross electricity consumption in the EU-27 was 15.6 % compared to 11.9% in 1990. The substantial increase in the total amount of renewable electricity generation (up by 68% since 1990) was partially off-set by the increase in electricity consumption. Between 2006 and 2007, the electricity production from wind increased by 26.7% and that from photovoltaics increased by 51.4%. Despite good progress, only three countries have already met the indicative national target, meaning that much more needs to be done to achieve the overall target of 21% by 2010.
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Renewable energy consumption - outlook from EEA (Outlook 052) - Assessment published Jun 2006: Assessment EE_F11 2007 The indicated policy targets for renewable energy sources are not expected to be met by the EU-25 as a whole. However, renewables increase more than all other fuels in relative terms (more than doubling their contribution from current levels by the year 2030). In absolute terms they increase by 135 mtoe from 2000 to 2030 contributing nearly as much as natural gas towards the increase of energy demand.
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Total electricity consumption - outlook from IEA (Outlook 028) - Assessment published Jun 2006: If current technological trends continue and government policies that have been adopted are implemented*, electricity consumption per capita is expected to continue to grow in all regions/countries. The increase in the pan-European region from 2004 to 2030 is projected to be much smaller (up to 70 %) than in the Asian countries (200 % in China), but substantially higher than in the US (19 %). The share of electricity consumption in total final energy consumption is projected to continue to grow worldwide, with the largest increases in China and India.
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Total energy consumption - outlook from IEA (Outlook 030) - Assessment published Jun 2006: If current technological trends continue and government policies that have been adopted are implemented*, world average total (TEC) and final (FEC) energy consumption per capita will increase by about 27.5 % between 2004 and 2030. The major part of this increase will come from China, India and the transition countries, which include Russia and other EECCA countries, SEE and some EU-10 countries. In contrast to OECD Europe and North America, total energy consumption per capita is growing faster than final energy consumption per capita in Russia, India and China, reflecting the use of less efficient technologies, mostly for power generation.
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Energy intensity in the service sector (ENER 024) - Assessment published Sep 2010: Over the period 1997-2008, the energy intensity (energy consumption per unit of value added) in the service sector decreased in the EU-27 by 1.2 %/year on average, showing a relative decoupling between energy consumption and activity (value added). Over the period 1990-2008, per capita energy consumption in the service sector increased by 16% in the EU-27 and 19% in EEA countries, at annual growth rates of 0.8 and 1% respectively, with very different trends across member states. Over the period 1997-2008, the electricity consumption per employee in EU-27 increased by 12%, at an annual growth rate of 1%, due to increased use of air conditioning in southern countries and of IT and other electrical equipment. This led to an increase in the electricity intensity of the service sector in EU-27 (electricity consumption per unit of value added) of 3% over the same period of time, at an annual growth rate of 0.3%.
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Final electricity consumption by sector (ENER 018) - Assessment published Aug 2011: Final electricity consumption increased rapidly in most economic sectors at an average annual growth of around 1.6% per year over the period 1990-2008. Across the whole period, final electricity consumption grew by 33.4 %. The strongest growth was observed in the service sector (59.2 %), followed by households (40.1 %), industry (17.0 %) and the transport sector (14.0 %). The observed increase is the consequence of both the attractiveness of electricity as an energy carrier and economic growth.
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Living in an urban world — global megatrend 2: Located in The European environment – state and outlook 2010 › Global megatrends › SOER 2010 — assessment of global megatrends
Sustainable Consumption and Production: the way to a greener world: On July 16th 2008, the European Commission launched the Sustainable Consumption and Production package, which includes a legislative proposal and an Action Plan for sustainable development. The stakes are high, because if we do not change our means of consumption and production, in forty years time we will need double of the Earth's surface to be able to take in all our waste and CO2. We urgently need to reduce out environmental impact and consume in a more sustainable way.
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