Summary
World electricity output and consumption is growing over the years in the period of 2009 – 2018 because during this period, the world economy continued to develop strongly; especially Asian region. In recent years, many countries have shifted strongly from fossil fuel energy to renewable energy sources. Electricity consumption in all regions of the world is expected to continue to increase until 2030. World electricity export has grown strongly in the period of 2017 – 2018 due to the world economy showing signs of recovery. pole, the demand for electricity increases consumption for the manufacturing sector, trading of goods is very large, especially in countries such as China, India, Brazil, South Korea, … Domestic, Thermal plants electricity of gas turbines and coal thermal power plants are rationally exploited according to reality so that they can still meet the load demand and still regulate promptly the flow of water in hydropower reservoirs. Forecasting the situation of the electricity supply in 2020 is still facing many difficulties, especially the risk of electricity shortage because the electricity system has almost no backup of power sources, many hydroelectric reservoirs do not have enough water. Besides, the inputs for electricity production are forecast to fluctuate according to adverse trends, including coal price, gas price...
