IEA: Heat Represents 47 Percent of Energy Consumption

摘要

The supply of heat is largely ignored in the energy and climate change debate, even though heat represents nearly half the world's final energy consumption, according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The report, Co-generation and Renewables: Solutions for a low-carbon energy future, states that heat represents 47 percent of energy consumption, compared with 17 percent for electricity, 27 percent for transportation and 9 percent for nonenergy use (which covers fuels used as raw materials in different sectors, such as oil used to make plastics). Oil, coal and gas account for more than two-thirds of the fuels used in meeting this significant demand for heat.