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        • 09 Feb 2021

        E4 Country Profile: Energy Efficiency in Mexico

        …cost effective measures incorporated in the EWS could also reduce CO2 emissions to 8% under current levels by 2040. The opportunities to increase energy efficiency based on the Efficient World Scenario are:In transport, Mexico’s average fuel efficiency of trucks is around 30% less than in China and 20% less than the United States, both of which have introduced standards. This indicates that the introduction of fuel efficiency standards for trucks could unlock efficiency gains.In industry, adopting energy management systems across motor-driven systems would also boost efficiency as well as Mexico’s promotion of energy efficiency lea...

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        • 16 Aug 2021

        Korea Climate Resilience Policy Indicator

        …are already affecting energy demand for heating and cooling. In the last two decades, the number of heating degree days (HDDs) has decreased while cooling degree days (CDDs) have followed an upward trend. This change is likely to raise energy demand for cooling and reduce consumption for heating. In the mid-2020s, electricity demand for summer cooling is expected to be higher than for winter heating.Rising temperatures are also expected to boost peak electricity demand. Korea’s demand generally used to peak during the warm, humid months of summer, but in 2009 it shifted to the winter as electric…

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        • 11 Jun 2020

        The impact of the Covid-19 crisis on clean energy progress

        …the back of an international health crisis and widespread economic trauma. What happens next is crucial for our energy future. Achieving a robust economic recovery without the same kind of rebound in emissions that followed the 2008 global financial crisis will require governments to take the lead in pursuing structural reductions in emissions through smart, sustained and ambitious policies to accelerate the development and deployment of a full range of clean energy solutions. Looking at all the data so far on how the Covid-19 crisis is impacting clean energy transitions, 10 key themes emerge – and this article examines each…

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        • 12 Feb 2021

        E4 Country Profile: Energy Efficiency in China

        …that make China’s energy efficiency policy coverage well above the global average. Policy coverage for buildings includes China’s building codes and comprehensive appliance standards. These have been crucial to limiting the increase in energy use resulting from high rates of construction and higher rates of appliance ownership.  Energy efficiency opportunities China has enormous energy efficiency improvement potential according to the IEA’s Efficient World Scenario (EWS). Ensuring that China seizes all efficiency opportunities in a cost-effective manner will be crucial for both China and the world’s transition to low-carbon energy.Energy consumption could reach a…

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        • 31 May 2022

        Ireland Climate Resilience Policy Indicator

        …development of the NAF as well as sectoral adaptation plans. Ireland’s national energy policies such as the National Energy and Climate Plan, the Climate Action Plan, the National Development Plan 2018-2027, and the White Paper: Ireland’s Transition to a Low Carbon Energy Future 2015-2030 also address energy sector climate resilience. Climate hazard assessment TemperatureIreland’s average temperature has increased 0.9°C since 1900, in line with the global average. The warming trend is visible across all seasons, with minimum summer and winter temperatures being higher today than during the 1961-1990 period. Between 1961 and 2010…

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        • 31 Jul 2020

        Hungary's legislation on oil security

        …irrespective of whether or not it has led to an international decision to release stocks’ (article 1(3) MSIC). An ‘international decision to release stocks’ is a decision by the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s Governing Board to release emergency stocks (article 1(2) MSIC). A ‘crude oil or petroleum product supply crisis’ is a situation when the decrease of import supplies compared to domestic consumption reaches 7% and domestic demand can be met only by using the emergency oil stocks or when the European Union or the IEA recommend the taking of emergency measures including in particular international decisions…

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        • 21 Nov 2019

        Mozambique Energy Outlook

        Africa Energy Outlook 2019 is the IEA’s most comprehensive and detailed work to date on energy across the African continent, with a particular emphasis on sub-Saharan Africa. It includes detailed energy profiles of 11 countries that represent three-quarters of the region’s gross domestic product and energy demand.

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        • 08 Nov 2019

        Ethiopia Energy Outlook

        …by 2040 in the AC. Increased affluence in the STEPS results in a more than fourfold increase of the private vehicle stock with the number of cars reaching 700 000 by 2040. This results in a 300% increase in related oil consumption.To meet the needs of its growing population, Ethiopia remains a large producer of cement causing energy demand to increase significantly in both scenarios. Ethiopia electricity access solutions by type in the Africa Case Ethiopia currently has an electricity access rate of 45%, 11% of its population already have access through decentralised solutions. Strong government commitment to reach…

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        • 18 Jan 2022

        Slovak Republic Climate Resilience Policy Indicator

        …to be uniform across the country, with minor variations by locality. Heatwaves, as well as the number of days with maximum temperature above 30°C, are also expected to increase towards the end of the century. This rise in average temperature is affecting energy demand, reducing winter heating needs but increasing summer cooling. Unsurprisingly, the number of heating degree days (HDDs) in the past two decades has fallen and cooling degree days (CDDs) have increased. According to the climate change impacts, vulnerability and adaptation assessment of the Slovak Republic’s Seventh National Communication on Climate Change, the length of the heating…

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        • 22 Nov 2019

        Democratic Republic of the Congo Energy Outlook

        …low level, but growing, and almost reliant on imports in both scenarios. Further industrial development depends on a large increase in imports.Democratic Republic of the Congo is a major producer of minerals. It accounts for almost two-thirds of global cobalt production; this gives it a crucial role in global clean energy transitions. The AC requires a quadrupling of investment compared with the STEPS, with emphasis on renewables, power networks and access to electricity and clean cooking.Investment opportunities in the AC are likely to be realised only if sound structures to regulate the sector and manage revenues from...

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