Para 2035 se espera se duplique el precio de la nafta/gasoil
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The Global Average Retail Price of Gasoline is Expected to Reach $10.75 Per Gallon by 2035 Although conventional fuels, such as gasoline and diesel, will represent the lion’s share of energy consumption for road transportation during the next 20 years, the consumption of gasoline is expected to slowly decrease as alternative fuels and diesel become more popular. Helping to drive these alternatives will be the rising price of gasoline. According to a recent report from Navigant Research, the global average retail price of gasoline is expected to rise from $4.89 per gallon in 2014 to $10.75, accounting for inflation, in 2035. “The energy supply chain for the road transportation sector is changing quickly as a result of government policies and consumer interest in reducing fuel costs,” says Scott Shepard, research analyst with Navigant Research. “Alternative fuels are often cheaper than both gasoline and diesel on a per-mile basis and, therefore, are likely to attract increasing consumer interest.” As smart grid applications multiply, the demands upon power grid communications networks are growing and changing rapidly. As a result, the market for smart grid networking and communications technology includes a large number of competitors with a multitude of solutions and equipment. According to a new report from Navigant Research, cumulative global spending on smart grid communications networking and communications equipment is expected to total nearly $30 billion from 2014 through 2023. “Whereas the focus over the last decade was largely on smart metering systems, utilities increasingly expect their networks to support a multitude of control and monitoring functions,” says Richelle Elberg, senior research analyst with Navigant Research. “As reliability mandates spread, and distributed generation and electric vehicles proliferate, utilities’ need for visibility all the way to the grid edge will grow strongly—supporting demand for sophisticated communications solutions for the foreseeable future.” Global Sales of Medium and Heavy Duty Vehicles Expected to Exceed 7 Million by 2035 Although medium and heavy duty vehicles (MHDVs) represent less than 5 percent of the total vehicle market today, they use a far greater portion of the total fuel and energy consumed in the road transportation sector because of the low average fuel economy and high annual mileage typical of MHDVs. This is expected to be a particularly critical fact as the total number of MHDVs in use worldwide is projected to nearly double between 2014 and 2035. According to a recent report from Navigant Research, worldwide sales of MHDVs are expected to grow from 4.3 million annually in 2014 to 7.1 million in 2035. “The vast majority of MHDVs on roads today use conventional internal combustion engines powered by either gasoline or diesel,” says Scott Shepard, research analyst with Navigant Research. “That is changing as less expensive alternatives to petroleum-based fuels, such as natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas (also known as propane or autogas), and electricity make inroads in the market.” |