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FIGURE 1
Primary Energy Demand definition
Losses
Energy
Carriers
Conversion
#1
Losses
End Uses
Total Requirement of
Energy Services
Conversion
#2
Net Energy
to Society
For transport, the world is well on the way to electrification.
Globally 18% of cars sold were electric last year, albeit there are
concerns on the deployment of charging networks.
Heat pumps are revolutionizing domestic heating and will
become universal once the costs of gas are equalized.
Electrification of building heat is progressing well.
Source: IEA, EIA
Reducing CO2 in the energy transition requires widespread
electrification of energy uses (e.g., electric vehicles (EVs),
domestic heat, and industrial heat). All climate change scenarios
have electrification moving from 20% today to dominating the
energy systems in the future. Electricity energy demand to
perform these tasks is significantly lower than primary energy
as measured for fossil fuels. If we replaced all the fossil ‘primary
energy’ today in the new electric world, we would need a lot
less energy.
Energy is required for many purposes around the world:
mobility, heating, lighting, industrial processes, and agricultural
processes. Most of the net zero scenarios published by the IEA
envisage new electricity services to reduce the CO2 footprint.
As economies grow, switching focus to energy services work
done and not primary energy as the input will help us make
better decisions. As result, we believe the concept of primary
energy demand is flawed and not a relevant concept for energy
transitions, since it reinforces the old world.
Industry is electrifying (e.g., aluminium and steel), though there
is still work to be done.
‘Hot rocks’ are moving fast for industry process below 1200
degrees. Commercial solutions are becoming available and there
is more activity required.
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Primary Energy
Sources
Electrification will dominate the new energy
system
Energy for
Energy
The symbol of dissipation indicates losses of energy associated
with the conversion of one energy form in another
Total Requirement
of Primary Energy
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