Energy Agency warns of power hungry electronics.

What we 2030 only with our PC, communications and consumer electronics will burn for energy, equal to the current energy consumption in the U.S. and Japan combined. Therefore, warns the International Energy Agency IEA, must be saved.

 

Paris - The growing proliferation of cell phones, computers and other electronic devices in the coming decades, an increasing share of electricity costs. By 2030, energy demand by the consumer electronics and office equipment to triple, said the International Energy Agency IEA in Paris on Wednesday. This is not just the electricity bills of households to shoot upwards, but also "attempts threaten energy security and to improve the emission of greenhouse gases be reduced." The policy should therefore urgently to the manufacturers, the energy consumption of the devices significantly reduce.

Electronic devices, including almost one billion mobile phones and two billion television, were present for 15 percent of electricity consumption in private households, the IEA said. To 2022 would double its energy consumption by 2030 and then tripled to 1700 terawatt hours - as much as households in the U.S. and Japan currently has a total of electricity consumed.

"That would have on the electricity bills of households around the world with 200 billion U.S. Dollar down," said IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka. In addition, power plants should be built, the additional equipment by the estimated 280 gigawatt could cover. For comparison: Even large power supply nowadays usually no more than one gigawatt.

In their study relating to a charge "
Gadgets and gigawatts ", the IEA experts convinced that the electronic Stromfressern still much potential for savings exists. Today you can use available techniques by more than half, they write." This could increase the consumption to less than one percent per year until 2030 limit. "which would also reduce the electricity bills of households worldwide will benefit, then in 20 years, 130 billion U.S. dollars will be lower.

The theme of "Green IT" has been used for years by various sides in the discussion brought. The Cebit IT fair devoted to the topic in the past two years, exhibition areas, however, still restrained interest. For consumers, the other from: Always conscious customers, for example, go with the topic of stand-by circuits around. Here, the pressure of the market that the manufacturers genuine stand-by to offer solutions in the idle state will only consume a few watts. Even thrifty PC technology is strong in the trend, even if that performance must be waived.