 CoalPeter Nolan
Chapter 10 in China and the Global Business Revolution, 2001, pp 695-760 from Palgrave Macmillan Abstract: Abstract Energy Demand. Despite great improvements in the technical efficiency with which energy has been used to generate output of goods and services, the world’s demand for primary energy has increased sharply since the 1980s. In the decade 1986–96, the world’s consumption of primary energy rose by 18 per cent, and excluding the former USSR, it rose by 29 per cent (Table 10-1). Fast-growing developing countries, especially those in East Asia, spearheaded the growth in energy demand. Most importantly, China’s consumption of primary energy rose by no less than 54 per cent from 1986 to 1996. However, large increases took place also in advanced economies. Primary energy consumption in Japan rose by 38 per cent, and in the USA by over 22 per cent. Indeed, the USA’s share of global primary energy consumption rose from 24.5 per cent in 1986 to 25.5 per cent in 1996. Table 10-1 Change in Primary Energy Consumption, 1986–96 (million tons of Oil Equivalent) Table 10-2 Share of Global Installed Capacity for Electricity Generation, 1990–2010 (% in brackets) Keywords: Coal Mine; Coal Mining; Coal Industry; Coal Price; Chinese Coal (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-52410-1_10 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Palgrave Macmillan Books from Palgrave Macmillan |
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