World Energy Council releases 2050 forecast of energy demand, sources

The World Energy Council issued its 2050 Transport Technologies and Policy Study, which projected that 15% of vehicles in 2020 will be plug-in hybrid vehicles, a major role for biofuels, and a “foothold” for hydrogen fuel and fuel cell vehicles by 2035.

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