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Title: India 2nd biggest driver of global energy consumption in 2019: BP Statistical Review
Source:The Financial Express
Date:17 June 2020

Global primary energy consumption growth slowed to 1.3 per cent last year, less than half the rate of growth in 2018 (2.8 per cent), BP said. India was second biggest growth driver of primary energy consumption in the world, behind China, in 2019 even though it witnessed fall in demand in oil and coal, according to BP Statistical Review released on 17 June 2020. Global primary energy consumption growth slowed to 1.3 per cent in 2019, less than half the rate of growth in 2018 (2.8 per cent), BP said. The increase in energy consumption was driven by renewables and natural gas, which together contributed three quarters of the expansion. All fuels grew at a slower rate than their 10-year averages, apart from nuclear. “By country, China was by far the biggest driver of energy, accounting for more than three quarters of net global growth. India and Indonesia were the next largest contributors to growth, while the US and Germany posted the largest declines,” it said.




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