According to BP, the world's second largest oil and gas company, last year's statistics on global energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions were quite positive.
The 65th edition of BP's set of statistics records global energy consumption growth of just 1 percent in 2015, slightly less than last year's 1.1 percent growth and nearly double the 10-year average of 1.9 percent. ). If we exclude the financial crisis of 2009 from the statistics, then last year's figure was the lowest since 1998. The economies of developing countries are responsible for 97% of the current increase in emissions: today these countries consume 58.1% of the world's energy. The growth of total energy consumption in China fell to 1.5%, but India once again showed a jump (by 5.2%).
The increase in the capacity of wind power plants in 2015 amounted to 17.4%, and solar - by almost a third (32.6%). The leader in the production of solar energy has changed: China has bypassed Germany and the United States. Aggregate renewable energy capacity in the US increased by 19.7%, in Germany by 10.9% and in the UK by 4.8%.
The United States and Russia became leaders among all countries in terms of the absolute reduction in the amount of carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere (the volume of emissions fell by 2.6% and 4.2%, respectively). In addition, in 2015, Russia recorded the largest decline in primary energy consumption in absolute terms — it decreased by 3.3%. At the same time, gas consumption decreased by 5% (in Ukraine, the second in absolute terms, by 21.8%), and nuclear energy increased by 8%.
BP Chief Economist Spencer Dale said: “There are good reasons to think that this slowdown [in carbon emissions] is an indicator of a structured effort that is likely to remain and grow in importance. However, some of the data likely reflects cyclical factors - in particular, a decline in [energy consumption] in China's most energy-intensive industries, which is unlikely to be repeated and could worsen in coming years."
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