Energy requirement
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Calculations in the United Nations show that the world
population will increase to about 10 billion people by 2050. Parallel
to the population growth, the global energy requirement will rise considerable
despite all further efforts concerning the rational use of energy. According
to calculations by the World Energy Council (WEC), the world-wide primary
energy consumption of currently about 12 billion tonnes coal
equivalent per year will grow to a level of between 16 and 24 billion
tonnes coal equivalent per year depending on the economic, social and
political developments by the year 2020. This growth will mainly be
based on fossil energy carriers which presently cover hardly 90% of
the requirement. Hydrodynamic power and nuclear power cover at present
about five percent each of the remaining 10 percent.
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11 - 15 March 2018
Munich, Germany
30 September - 04 October 2018
Prague, Czech Republic |
