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Annual Energy Outlook 2012
Release Date: June 25, 2012 | Next Early Release Date: January 23, 2013 | Report Number: DOE/EIA-0383(2012)
Efficiency
Executive Summary
- The rate of growth in energy use slows over the projection period, reflecting moderate population growth, an extended economic recovery, and increasing energy efficiency in end-use applications....Read full section
- With modest economic growth, increased efficiency, growing domestic production, and continued adoption of nonpetroleum liquids, net imports of petroleum and other liquids make up a smaller share of total U.S. energy consumption ...Read full section
Market Trends
- In the United States, average energy use per person declines from 2010 to 2035...Read full section
- Residential energy use per household declines for a range of technology assumptions...Read full section
- Electricity use increases with number of households despite efficiency improvement...Read full section
- Residential consumption varies depending on efficiency assumptions...Read full section
- Tax credits could spur growth in renewable energy equipment in the residential sector...Read full section
- For commercial buildings, pace of decline in energy intensity depends on technology...Read full section
- Efficiency standards reduce electric energy intensity in commercial buildings...Read full section
- Wind power leads rise in world renewable generation, solar power also grows rapidly...Read full section
- Technologies for major energy applications lead efficiency gains in commercial sector...Read full section
- Iron and steel and cement industries are most sensitive to economic growth rate...Read full section
- Energy use reflects output and efficiency trends in energy-intensive industries...Read full section
Issues in Focus
- No Sunset and Extended Policies cases....Read full section
- Potential efficiency improvements and their impacts on end-use energy demand ...Read full section
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