China overtook the US last year to become the world's biggest energy user, the International Energy Agency revealed yesterday, a move that is expected to increase Beijing's influence on global energy markets.
Last year China consumed 2,252m tons of oil equivalent of energy from sources including coal, oil, nuclear power, natural gas and hydropower, about 4 per cent more than the US, the rich countries' watchdog said. For most of the last century, the US has been the world's largest energy user.
The IEA figures demonstrate how China's growing economy continued to fuel higher energy consumption during the global economic downturn while US energy growth stalled.
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