China Focuses on Energy and Environment
3 July 2009
IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka was an invited speaker at the China Energy and Environment Summit, a high-profile event in Beijing. Following Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, Mr. Tanaka addressed “International Energy Co-operation and Global Energy Security.” The afternoon session was chaired by National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Zhang Guobao. Two other ministers spoke at this high-level session. Mr. Tanaka also joined a small number of participants who met with Premier Wen Jiabao on 2 July. Read Mr. Tanaka's presentation...

IEA Executive Director Shares Views with EPA Administrator Jackson
30 June 2009
IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka met with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson at EPA headquarters in Washington, DC. Amongst other matters, they discussed energy efficiency and low carbon technologies.

Medium-Term Oil Market Report
Natural Gas Market Review 2009
29 June 2009
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These two new publications were launched at the IEA on Monday, 29 June. In addition, to a crowd of about 120 people, including press, the IEA presented its findings on these publications at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC on 30 June. See photo 1 and photo 2...

9th Annual Workshop on Greenhouse Gas Emission Trading
Paris: 14-15 September 2009

Electricity Transmission: Getting the Best Investments
Autumn 2009







 

IEA warns of overhang in oil refining capacity
In its Medium-Term Oil Market Report 2009, the IEA warned that additions to global refining capacity in coming years are likely to create a substantial overhang and could prompt some refineries to close. In view of a weak oil demand, the Head of the IEA Oil Markets Division David Fyfe believes that weaker utilisation rates would cause “a real squeeze” on refineries in OECD countries. “We seem to be heading back into boom and bust in the refining sector”.
Platts, 30 June 2009
Europe needs easier gas flow
Referring to the remaining tensions between Russia and Ukraine over gas deliveries, Ian Cronshaw, Head of the IEA Energy Diversification Division, recommended an improved European gas network as a way to limit the impact of potential supply disruption. In a Reuters interview, he said: “In North America gas moves freely and quickly, but it’s not the case in Europe.” Despite a new contract between Russian gas exporter Gazprom and Ukraine’s Naftogaz, the difficult economic situation in Ukraine makes every monthly payment a challenge; the IEA is therefore concerned about a possible interruption in Europe’s gas supply.
Reuters, 30 June 2009
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The IEA expects that residential energy use by information and communication technologies (mobile phones, PCs etc.) and electronic devices (TVs, DVs, MP3 players, etc.) will double by 2022 and increase threefold by 2030, equivalent to the current combined total residential electricity consumption of the US and Japan. read more...
 

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