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Industry , data centers , and air travel conditioning are all wait to force back some of the fastest growth in electricity need in years , accordingto International Energy Agency forecast .
The authority predicts in a prognosis released Friday the world will need 4 % more electricity annually through 2027 . meet that demand will require adding more generating capacity than all of Japan — every twelvemonth .
While information centers in the U.S. havestolen headlinesand the attention , emerging and developing economic system will likely repulse 85 % of that ontogenesis . Formosan industries , including solar panel , battery , and electric vehicle manufacturing , will help drive the country ’s yearly electricity growth at a 6 % clip , down slimly from last year .
increase in the U.S. will be lower than China though still meaning , adding as much demand through 2027 as California has today .
lowly - carbon source , mostly renewables and nuclear , are expected to cover well-nigh all of world-wide demand growth , the agency tell .
