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Making transition work: an integrated energy system
FIGURE 17
Global sales of light duty electrical and internal
combustion engine vehicles
200
The residential sector also holds a huge potential for
electrification. Various technologies such as induction
cooking, heat pumps, smart technologies controlling
energy consuming appliances, and direct heating based
on electricity are available in the market.
Million
150
100
50
In the industrial sector, devices such as resistance,
induction and microwave heating, arc furnaces, or heat
pumps can be used to considerably lower heating carbon
emissions.
All these are established technologies, whose deployment
is further accelerated by the ongoing digitisation of the
economy. It is in the primary economic and environmental
interest of the European Union to facilitate the adoption
of these technologies.
2000 2010 2020 2030 2040
Internal combustion engine vehicles
Electric vehicles
Source: International Energy Agency, 2015
A number of regulatory barriers are holding up
electrification at households and industries. An example is
the way electricity bills are taxed and levied. In Denmark,
for instance, the use of wood chips for heating production
FIGURE 18
Electric vehicles and electricity demand
3,000 40,000
Battery demand for cars (TWh)
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
38,000
36,000
34,000
32,000
30,000
28,000
26,000
24,000
22,000
20,000
2012 2015 2020 2025 2030 2035 2040
Global electricity demand (TWh)
Europe USA China
Japan
RoW
Global power generation including EVs (secondary axis)
Electricity demand without EVs (secondary axis)
Source: Bloomberg New Energy Finance, New Energy Outlook 2016
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