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Energy Transition Review for Enhancing Co-operation
…of three key areas: the potential for nuclear power, for energy resilience and for grid modernisation in the Philippines. Executive summary The Philippines has clear targets and strong potential to advance towards a resilient, affordable and sustainable power system The Philippine power sector is undergoing a period of significant transformation, with rapidly rising electricity demand and evolving policy priorities. Electricity demand is projected to grow at an annual average of 5.4% between 2026 and 2030, driven by sustained economic and population growth, industrial development and electrification of end uses. Fossil fuels are currently the dominant source of power generation…
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Land-Use Competition between Biodiversity and Net Zero Goals
…between renewables development, energy transition minerals mining and biodiversity conservation. Natural Resources Canada and the IEA partnered to develop this analytical framework capable of highlighting where solar, wind and critical mineral development risk overlapping with important areas for biodiversity conservation around the world, building on Canada’s leadership in providing open-source geospatial information on land use, resource distribution and ecosystems at risk. The new tool compiles 15 global geospatial datasets covering the resource distribution for solar, wind and mineral deposits with datasets on biodiversity and other land-use designations to help resolve competition between various land uses. This analysis…
