Driven by data centers and transportation electrification, U.S. electricity demand will increase 2% annually and 50% by 2050, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association said in a study published Monday.
Improvements to energy efficiency will mute some potential demand gains, leaving the electrical manufacturing group’s projections “somewhere in the middle” compared with other recent studies, NEMA President and CEO Debra Phillips said in a Friday discussion of the report.
The analysis, completed for NEMA by PA Consulting, anticipates 300% growth in data center energy consumption over next 10 years and 9,000% projected growth in e-mobility power consumption through 2050.
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