Italy Energy Demand Seen up 2 Pct in 2007 – UP

– Italian demand for oil, gas and other primary energy sources is expected to rise some 2 percent this year and will grow at least until 2020, but consumption should become more efficient, Unione Petrolifera (UP) said.

Looking ahead to 2020, UP has forecast a steady rise of a total primary energy demand to 201 million tonnes of oil equivalent in 2015 and 204.1 million tonnes in 2020 from 197.7 million tonnes in 2010, with natural gas overtaking oil as the main energy source in 2013.
But the share of oil products demand in the total energy demand is expected to fall to 35.3 percent in 2020 from 44.1 percent in 2006, UP said in a report published earlier this week on its Website www.unionepetrolifera.it

Energy use patterns are set to change over years as renewable energy sources gain prominence, people travel more by public transport and more cargo is shipped by sea or railways, the report said.

Petrol demand is expected to decline over years while diesel consumption is seen rising until 2010 but then falling back. Total demand for car fuels is seen on the rise until 2010 but then declining, UP has forecast.

Fuel oil demand is seen gradually falling as it will cede a key role in power generation to gas, coal and other energy sources.

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