Electricity is the fastest growing end-use energy form and the primary market for space solar power. Electricity usage is expected to climb to 19 trillion kilowatt-hours in 2015 (1.9 x 1012), Figure 2-3. The highest growth rate for electricity use is in Asia. OECD nations are and will remain the largest consumers of electricity. The United States is the largest consumer, but growing at only 1.4% per year through 2015. However, while the US may be the largest consumer of electricity, Canada has the highest use per person at 13 megawatt-hours, shown in Figure 2-4. Figure 2-3 Electricity Consumption The forecast also shows that energy consumed will be near parity in 10 years between OECD nations and other nations. Another way to put this is that the world’s wealthiest nations which will have less than 20% of the global population in 2010, will consume half of the energy. Figure 2-4 Electricity Consumption per Capita Table 2-1 depicts both historical electricity consumption and projected electricity consumption by region and economic status. Figure 2-5 graphically depicts the growth in electricity consumption by region from 1990 to 2025. This figure illustrates the high growth rate of electricity consumption in non-OECD Asia. This region will reach parity with OECD Europe in 2005 and will reach near parity with OECD North America in 2015.
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