Increased demand for electricity for the largest polluted in the world

China and the United States, the best greenhouse gas pollutants in the world, can burn through more electricity over the next two years, according to the latest. Climate From the International Energy Agency (IEA). It is expected that the demand for global electricity has increased for a while over the next few years, with many of those from new data centers, manufacturing electric cars, batteries, solar panels and semi -conductors in the two countries.

This growth reflects wider changes all over the world when it comes to how people consume information and what is exposing their lives. More vehicles and home appliances work on electricity these days. The new artificial intelligence tools led to a file A breakthrough in energy -thirsty data centers. This makes it necessary to spread new energy sources that can make sure that homes and companies have enough electricity without creating a lot of pollution in this process.

“The acceleration of global electricity demand highlights the important changes that occur in energy systems around the world and the new electricity era approach. But it also represents advanced challenges to governments in ensuring safe and reasonable electricity supply. press release.

Globally, growth in demand is expected to be equivalent to adding more than annual electricity consumption in Japan every year between now and 2027, according to IEA. Most of this growth comes from countries whose economies are growing or emerging, including China. But the so -called “developed” economies, including the United States, also began to consume electricity more than in the past.

It is important to note that the high demand for electricity is not necessarily related to economic growth. China has grown faster than its economy since 2020, according to IEA. The manufacture of solar panels, EVS and batteries are a great cause. These three industries have formed a third of the high demand for electricity in recent years. Chinese car rivals Tesla when it comes to selling most electric cars in the world. Solar supply chains are still It is concentrated in Chinaand Despite commercial sanctions Against products associated with accusations Violations of work and human rights In Xinjiang Province. On Monday, New China announced Policies to enhance battery production.

Artificial intelligence is a large part of the story as well. China -based Deepseek has announced its headquarters for specialization Applied in artificial intelligence models. It includes great gains in energy efficiency, which creates more Uncertainty about the amount of energy that artificial intelligence may use in the future. However, IEA says that the use of electricity by databases in China may double by 2027. The growth of 5G networks in China also deals with more electricity, according to IEA.

The demand for electricity is either flat or decreased over the years in advanced economies including the United States, Canada, the European Union, Japan and Korea. Even with economic growth, this was the case since about 2009 thanks to the development of more energy efficient technologies. Now, IEA expects the demand to rise with an increasing number of databases, EVS, electrical heat pumps and air conditioners that absorb electricity from power networks.

After China, the United States is currently using most electricity and creates most greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. The demand for electricity decreased by 1.8 percent in 2023, but it recovered last year, and it is now expected to grow by about 2 percent on average every year until 2027. This may seem like a small percentage, but it adds to the equivalent of total demand On California electricity for more than three years. Data centers lead this trend, with the companies they plan Build a new gas infrastructure and Developing new nuclear reactors For the increasing demand from data centers. Touli artificial intelligence as well Increased demand for semiconductorsAnd it is expected that the manufacture of chips will burn by increasing the amounts of electricity in the United States.

Electrification – Getting more buildings and transportation methods to operate on electricity – is not necessarily bad as long as this electricity comes from cleaner energy sources. China and the United States are both heavy fossil fuel users, as fossil fuels generate about 60 percent of the electricity mix in each country. Trump administration only Abandoning the goals of the American climateInstead, prefer oil, gas development and efforts Make the United States “the capital of the world’s artificial intelligence.”

However, pollution does not have to rise with the demand for electricity. With solar and wild wind farms it is already The cheapest new sources of electricity In most of the world, renewable energy grows rapidly. IEA says that renewable energy sources are on the right path to overcoming coal and generating more than a third of the electricity that the world uses this year and can meet up to 95 percent of the new demand for electricity until 2027. He expects the “high” electricity to generate from each of Renewable energy sources and nuclear reactors during the same period. This leads to very hopeful predictions of IEA- those carbon dioxide emissions that create the planet from the generation of electricity that can be a plateau at some point in the next few years.