- For the first time, India’s coal consumption surpassed that of North America and Europe combined in the calendar year 2023, Energy Institute and KPMG said in a report titled ‘2024 Statistical Review of World Energy’.
- Fossil fuel use accelerated in India and many African nations, outpacing the growth of renewables, the organisations observed.
- Globally, energy demand was up 2% and emissions exceeded 40 Gross Tonnage for the first time.
Energy Institute (EI)
- It is the professional membership body for the world of energy.
- It is a non-profit body headquartered in London, UK.
- It has been providing timely, comprehensive and objective data to the energy community since 1952.
- The EI was formed in 2003 by the merger of the Institute of Petroleum (dating back to 1913) and the Institute of Energy (dating back to 1925).
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