The report says energy consumption in the region has doubled since 1980 because of high economic growth and growing populations.

这份报告说，由于经济高速增长和人口膨胀，亚太地区能源消耗自从1980年以来已经翻了一番。

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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.

国际能源机构的数据展现出，在全球经济低迷、美国能源消费增长停滞之际，不断增长的中国经济是如何推动能源消费上升的。

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Compared with 1998, the usage of electricity increased by 23%, which revealed a larger consumption of energy in accordance with the economic growth.

与1998年相比，2003年电的使用量增加了23%，表明经济增长带来了更多的能源消耗。

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As a result of very specific changes to the economic activity and corresponding energy consumption levels, a more granular analyses will be required than is previously provided by traditional load forecasting methods.

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Environmentally, Europe will become a "green" hero--because lower economic growth means a natural reduction in energy consumption and dreaded greenhouse gas emissions.

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In 2006, the first year of the plan, the country's reduction in energy intensity, which measures energy consumption per unit of economic output, was a mere 1.23%.

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