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China Electricity Consumption To Almost Double By 2020: China Electricity Council

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BEIJING -- Xinhua

The China Electricity Council (CEC) projected Tuesday the country's electricity consumption will almost double from the 2010 level to 8.2 trillion kWh by 2020.

In a report on the electricity industry's development in the 12th Five-year Program period (2011-2015), the CEC said electricity consumption this year will reach 4.17 trillion kWh and increase to 6.27 trillion kWh by 2015.

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U.N. Urges Global Switch To Low-Energy Light Bulbs

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Country: MEXICO
Author: Alister Doyle

The United Nations on Wednesday urged a global phase-out of old-style light bulbs and a switch to low-energy lighting that it said would save billions of dollars and combat climate change.

About 40 countries already have programs to switch from incandescent light bulbs, the U.N. Environment Program, or UNEP, said in a report issued on the sidelines of U.N. climate talks in Cancun.

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Secretary Chu: China's Clean Energy Successes Represent a New "Sputnik Moment" for America

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At National Press Club, Energy Secretary Says Innovation is Key to America's Economic Competitiveness

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GIS: Are Utilities Lost In The Data?

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Phil Carson | The world is awash in information and lacking in intelligence, according to me (and, reportedly, others).

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Population Growth Demographics Spur Climate Change

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Country: USA
Author: Deborah Zabarenko

The world is probably going to be a more crowded place by 2100 and demographic changes in this growing population -- how many more people there are, how old they are and where they live -- will affect climate-warming emissions, researchers reported on Monday.

Slowing down population growth could have a profound effect on the level of carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel use, the researchers found, but this alone will not be enough to prevent the most severe impact from climate change.

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IEA Says $36 Billion Per Year To Eradicate Energy Poverty

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  • 1.2 bln people without power access by 2030, 1.4 bln now
  • Universal access to energy would boost oil demand 1 pct
  • Number of people relying on biomass stoves to grow by 2030

By Muriel Boselli PARIS, Sept 21 (Reuters) - It would cost $36 billion per year to enable the world's 1 billion energy-starved people to access energy supplies at home by 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Tuesday.

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