Tides and Trends in the Worldʹs Electric Power Industry

The use of nuclear energy will decline in the short term but likely increase substantially in the longer term, while the use of renewable energy from biomass and wind will increase only slightly in the absence of a significant policy driver. Coal is at a crossroad, either resolving its environmental challenges and regaining its competitive edge, or suffering a possibly precipitous decline with ratification of the Kyoto Protocol.