Renewables to grow faster than forecast to 2035: BP
Baku, February 13, AZERTAC
Renewable energy will grow more quickly than forecast and provide around 15 percent of world power generation by 2035, oil company BP said on Wednesday, according to the Reuters.
Renewables, including biofuels and wind power, are projected to increase at a rate of 6.6 percent per year, boosting their share of the total primary energy mix to 9 percent by 2035, up from 3 percent now, BP said in its annual Energy Outlook 2035.
Renewable energy production was 354.6 million tonnes of oil equivalent in 2015 and will rise to 1,359.4 million tonnes by 2035, it added.
The firm revised its forecast of renewables growth up by 14 percent from last year due to faster-than-expected technology cost reductions, particularly for solar power, and in anticipation of policies to further support low-carbon energy.
BP likened the surge in renewable power to oil's growth at the beginning of the 20th century.
"The rate at which renewables gain share from 2020 to 2035 matches oil's gain over the 15 years of 1908-23 - years that included the Texas oil boom, the discovery of oil in the Middle East, the British Navy switching to oil, and the Model T Ford starting mass motorization," BP said in the outlook.
BP said global energy demand is expected to grow by 34 percent by 2035 while oil production is expected to double.
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