Energy-efficient air conditioners could ‘avoid nearly eight years of emissions.
Author: https://www.energylivenews.com Date Posted:21 July 2020
A doubling of climate-friendly cooling could result in a saving of $2.9 trillion by reducing electricity generation, according to a new report.
Implementing energy-efficient cooling appliances could avoid nearly eight years of emissions, which is as much as 460 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases.
That’s one of the findings of a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the International Energy Agency (IEA), which suggests a doubling in energy-efficient air conditioners could bring a saving of $2.9 trillion (£2.3tn) in reduced electricity generation by 2050.
The report also estimates the need for some 1,300GW of additional electricity generation capacity would be reduced if governments doubled the energy efficiency of air conditioning by 2050 – that is the equivalent of the power generation of all coal plants in China and India in 2018.
Scientists also stress the need for around 14 billion cooling applications to cover the needs of global populations against global warming by 2050, with some 3.6 billion air conditioners being already in use.
