World energy consumption to grow 60% to 2020 - EIA

The world's use of energy will continue its rapid growth at least to the year 2020, particularly in the developing nations, according to the US Energy Information Administration's (EIA) “International Energy Outlook 2000" released last month. Under current policies, EIA estimates overall energy consumption will rise 60 per cent from 1997 to 2020. Faster than average growth is expected for the developing nations (121 per cent), natural gas use (104 per cent), and net electricity consumption (76 per cent).