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Industrial energy consumption worldwide in 2022, with a forecast until 2050, by energy source (in quadrillion British thermal units)

Characteristic	Liquid fuels	Natural gas	Coal	Electricity	Renewables
2050*	85.5	88	65.2	55.4	42.6
2045*	82	83.3	64.2	53.4	39.7
2040*	78	78.7	63.4	51.1	36.6
2035*	73.8	74.2	63.2	48.9	33.5
2030*	69.3	70.2	63	46.2	30.1
2025*	65.2	65.8	62.8	43.4	26.8
2022	62.4	63.9	62.8	41.5	24.1

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October 2023

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Worldwide

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2022

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* Projections in the EIA reference case, a business-as-usual trend estimate, given known technology and technological and demographic trends.

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The global industrial sector uses more natural gas than any other type of fuel, consuming nearly 64 quadrillion British thermal units in 2022.
The use of renewables is expected to almost double between 2022 and 2050, as the levelized cost for renewable energy technologies, such as wind and solar power, decreases.

Global energy consumption outlook

Global consumption of energy for industrial purposes is predicted to reach over 336 quadrillion British thermal units in 2050. Rising demand follows a trend of rising projected global energy consumption across all sectors until at least 2045. Despite the relative increase in renewable energy, it is expected that the overall demand for fossil fuels will continue growing. Gas will dominate the global industrial energy consumption over the next few decades.

U.S. energy use by sector

Since the 1970s, the industrial sector has been the largest consumer of energy in the United States. Transportation and commercial consumption have recorded the largest increase over the past 50 years, with consumption by the commercial sector nearly doubling since 1975. Primary energy consumption from fossil fuel sources in the U.S. is highest in the transportation sector.