China Is Now Consuming More Energy Per Capita Than Europe

China is now consuming more energy on a per-capita basis than Europe, the Energy Institute reported in its Statistical Review of World Energy. The rearrangement in the energy use ranking was driven by greater demand from the industrial sector of the economy. At the same time, demand for energy from industrial producers in Europe declines due to high prices. While energy consumption went up, its carbon intensity declined, the Energy Institute pointed out in its report. China is the leader in new coal power plant construction, the authors…