2020
IRELAND
2
0 0 6 5
0 0 6 0
2012
2020
SWITZERLAND
1
0 0 6 1
0 0 5 7
Most European countries are predicted to become more
energy efficient by the end of the decade…
Energy consumption set to surpass
pre-crisis levels by 2020
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
1.60
1.65
1.70
1.75
1.80
2006
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
Energy intensity: Total energy consumption measured in tonnes of oil equivalent per million dollars of real GDP
Most efficient three
Selected other European economies
Last one out, turn off the lights
European energy efficiency:
22.6%
18%
Percentage of total European energy consumption by sector (western Europe only)
remain the biggest consumer of European energy in 2020…
126.9
3.7%
127.5
4.4%
115 Q3 2012 Q3 2010
120 125
130 End-use price index (2005=100)
Source: International Energy Agency Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
Year on year change
Price (Q3 2012)
Year on year change
Price (Q3 2012)
Costs heating up:
Energy is set to rise in strategic significance
for European businesses
Energising efficiency:
Most European countries are increasing
energy efficiency
2012
2020
DENMARK
3
0 0 7 1
0 0 6 1
2012
2020
UK
0 0 8 3
0 0 7 7
2012
2020
JAPAN
0 1 0 4
0 1 1 6
2012
2020
USA
0 1 6 3
0 1 4 6
2012
2020
FRANCE
0 1 1 6
0 1 0 8
2012
2020
ITALY
0 0 9 7
0 0 9 4
2012
2020
GERMANY
0 1 0 7
0 1 0 0
Switzerland, Ireland and Denmark are leading other European nations in energy efficiency
(measured by the amount of energy it takes
to generate a single unit of economic output)
…when at least a dozen European countries are predicted to lead Japan and the US
Shrinking footprint:
Europe is a dwindling power in global energy
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Share of global carbon emissions to fall to around 10% by 2020
(Asia to double European GDP by 2015…but emitting four times as much carbon)
21%
13%
44.1%
18%
11.2%
47.5%
37.9%
15.8%
25.1%
16.4% 10.1%
48.9%
40.00
35.00
30.00
25.00
20.00
15.00
10.00
5.00
0.00
Percentage share of carbon emissions Percentage share of world GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP) in US$
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
Q3 2011
2019
European businesses paying 25% energy 'surcharge'
on US competitors’ energy bill
7%
128
Year on year change
Price (Q3 2012) (Q3 2012)Price year changeYear on
0.3%
115.1
3.3%
JAPAN
USA
2014
2016
4.4%
EUROPE 2019
Year predicted to surpass pre-crisis consumption levels
Sources: International Energy Agency; Economist Intelligence Unit
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit
Total gross domestic energy consumption
(% of world total)
Share of world population (%)
2000
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Europe
North America
Asia and Australasia
*
Forecast
*
48.98%
7.08%
4.98%
*
Share of global energy consumption to fall to around 10% by 2020
(Asia to consume four times as much energy as Europe by 2020
but with seven times as many people)
2020
* Forecast - 2020 GDP forecast only for 2017
* Estimate
† Forecast