BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov.18
By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:
Final energy consumption is expected to fall over the decade amid efficiency measures, Trend reports with reference to the International Energy Agency (IEA).
The electricity sector is currently the largest source of CO2 emissions, accounting for 41 percent of the 34 Gt CO2 emitted worldwide in 2020, with about 70 percent of these emissions coming from coal-fired power stations, according to IEA’s estimated.
In the Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario, electricity generation rises by almost 40 percent to account for increasing electrification of end uses such as transport and heat. In the scenario, this large increase in power generation takes place as final energy consumption slowly declines by 6 percent over the decade then from 2030 stabilizes at that level.
This result is achieved through efficiency measures, the electrification of transport and heat, and behavioral change.
The scenario envisages that policy and technology measures in the buildings sector will enable immediate and rapid improvements in the energy efficiency of buildings, particularly from large-scale retrofit programs that comply with zero carbon ready building standards.
“As a result, total final energy consumption falls in the buildings sector by 22 percent by 2030 even as the number of households globally rises by 15 percent and the average floor area expands by 22 percent for households and 18 percent for commercial buildings. For transport, energy efficiency, electrification and behavior change measures enable final energy consumption to fall by 3 percent by 2030. This occurs even though 11 percent more car passenger kilometers and 26 percent more plane passenger kilometers are travelled and 48 percent more ton kilometers are moved by truck and 43 percent by ship,” reads the report.
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