Environment Counts | World energy intensity has declined by a third since 1990 :

Published by on Tuesday, January 24th, 2017

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Published
by geoff
on 2016-07-12

Energy intensity is defined as the amount of energy required to produce a unit of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has just released data that shows that the World’s energy intensity has dropped by a third since 1990. Energy productivity is the amount of GDP produced for each unit of energy consumption, which is the inverse of energy intensity.

Energy productivity 1990-2015

Among major nations the data shows that China’s energy productivity has shown the greatest percentage increase 133%. For comparison the energy productivity of Europe, United States, India, Europe and Canada have increased by 58%, 49%, 37% and 38% respectively. Global energy intensity continues to decline, EIA, July 2016

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