India takes centre stage in energy economy, to drive demand growth: IEA

The developing countries in Asia account for two-thirds of global energy growth, with the rest coming mainly from Middle East, Africa and Latin America

With slowing energy demand growth in China, India will account for almost one-third of global growth by 2040, according to the latest World Energy Outlook (WEO) of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
 
The report says a resurgence of oil and gas production in the United States (US), deep declines in the cost of renewables, and growing electrification are changing the face of the global energy system and upending traditional ways of meeting energy demand.
 
Oil demand, it says, is slowing down, but it will not be reversed before 2040, even as electric-car sales rise steeply.
 
“Electric vehicles