EVs and datacentres driving new global ‘age of electricity’, says watchdog | Energy industry
The use of electricity in the world will grow every year with more than the amount that Japan consumes annually due to an increase in electrical transmission, air conditioning and data center, according to The World Energy Datchdog.
International energy The agency raised its predictions for the world’s high demand to electricity, and to connect growth by approximately 4 % in the year until 2027, with an increase of its previous 3.4 % forecasts.
The influential agency in Paris said that the “New Age of Electricity” was exploding as a result of the climate crisis, as more people begin to use air conditioning to deal with high temperatures and economies begin to stay away from using fossil fuels in favor of cleaner energy.
More governments take steps to rely on electricity for transportation and heating systems as well Energy -related energy monitoring Used to train artificial intelligence (AI).
Expectations are likely to expect fears that the race will be to build more brands to support the mutation in artificial intelligence It can become a depletion of power supplyCausing missile costs and trips efforts to reduce fossil fuels from power generation.
China will lead the required race to consume more electricity, as the demand has grown by 7 % last year, and it may grow by 6 % annually over the next three years, partially due to a boom in its manufacture of solar panels, batteries and electric vehicle batteries.
The high demand in the United States is expected to add the current energy consumption in California to the national total by 2027. The European Union is expected to be more modestAnd return to the levels of 2021 by 2027, after the demand collapsed in recent years, which caused the high costs during the energy crisis.
“The acceleration of global electricity demand highlights the important changes that occur in energy systems all over the world and the approach of a new era of electricity. But it also represents advanced challenges to governments in ensuring safe electricity supply at reasonable and sustainable prices.”
Dave Jones, director of Global Energy Thinktank Ember, said that although the growing world’s stock in clean energy projects will keep pace with the fastest growth expected to use electricity, it will not rise enough quickly to displace the current fossil fuel electricity used today.
“More investments are needed in clean electricity, otherwise coal and gas generation can be at the same standard levels in 2027 as was the case in 2024,” Jones said. “The era of electricity should be the era of clean electricity to achieve cost, security and climate from electricity.”
