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Germany 2025 Executive summary
…To ensure public support for the transition, the government should also clearly communicate costs, benefits and timelines.Germany should prioritise actions that optimise the efficiency and resilience of its growing electricity system, such as smart meters, grids, storage and locational pricing. As it seeks to achieve 80% renewable energy in power consumption by 2030, faster smart meter rollout can help unlock the flexibility latent within “behind-the-meter” assets (solar panels, heat pumps, EVs). Actions could also be taken to facilitate distribution grid upgrades, enable access to and use of smart meter data, and potentially allow smart meters to control…
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Policy options to accelerate distributed solar PV in Ukraine Policy options and implications
…The higher the tariff compared to the PV system’s levelised cost of energy (LCOE), the more attractive the scheme becomes, irrespective of the retail tariff.Net metering: solar PV owners can use the electricity they generate, reducing their consumption from the network. In a net-metering scheme, a solar PV owner receives an 2Anchoraddexpandmore-dots TitleEN Show background color checkUse "Show background color" only in case the following block shows background colorenergy credit for any excess generation exported to the network during a specific time period. This energy credit can be deducted from network electricity consumed on future bills…
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Energy Technology Perspectives 2026 Energy technology manufacturing and trade
…collapse under intense price competition, notably in China, with the top ten firms posting USD 4.5 billion in losses in 2024. Western wind producers, which incurred losses in 2022-23, are beginning to recover, while profits at Chinese wind firms are being squeezed by falling prices. Chinese battery makers remain profitable on average thanks to a small number of high performers, but those outside China are struggling to maintain positive margins. Outlook Due to a large overhang of manufacturing capacity for several clean energy technologies – notably solar PV and batteries – the investment in manufacturing capacity needed to keep pace with global...
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Global EV Outlook 2025 Outlook for energy demand
…as industry and buildings, grows faster in China than in Europe. Globally, EVs represent 2.5% of electricity demand in 2030 in the STEPS. Notes: Total electricity consumption is taken from the IEA's Global Energy and Climate Model (GEC-Model). Regional data can be interactively explored via the Global EV Data Explorer. Oil displacement Electric vehicles displace more than 5 mb/d by 2030 Expanding EV adoption continues to reduce oil demand, with oil displacement growing by 30% to over 1.3 mb/d in 2024 – equivalent to Japan’s entire transport sector oil demand today. By the end…
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Key Questions on Energy and AI Executive summary
The AI and energy nexus continues to evolve rapidly The largest technology companies are contributing to a surge in data centre investment, as their capital expenditure exceeded USD 400 billion in 2025 – and is expected to jump by another 75% in 2026. Capital expenditure of just five technology companies is now larger than global investment in oil and natural gas production. Many jurisdictions are seeing project pipelines accelerate dramatically, although not all projects will come to fruition. Those that are moving forward are doing so at pace: the IEA’s unique satellite-based tracking shows that “artificial intelligence (AI) factories…
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Integrating Solar and Wind in Southeast Asia Executive summary
…their energy sources. Driven by rapid urbanisation, population growth, industrialisation and rising living standards, demand growth exceeded 7% in 2024 - nearly double the global average. While the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states are becoming increasingly reliant on imported coal and gas for power generation, the recent global energy crisis underscored the risks that this dependence poses through fuel price volatility and supply disruptions. Meeting electricity demand growth securely, affordably and sustainably requires co-ordinated policy measures and actions from policymakers, regulators and utilities. Southeast Asia has vast potential to leverage a diverse array of renewable energy…
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Austria 2026 Executive summary
…one of the most ambitious climate and energy targets in the world; achieving them requires actionable delivery strategies and adequate funding. The country’s commitments to climate neutrality by 2040 – a full decade ahead of the European Union (EU) – and a 100% renewable share in the national annual electricity balance by 2030 are bold. These goals are underpinned by a large hydropower fleet (accounting for around 60% of electricity generation), including 5.6 gigawatts (GW) of pumped hydro storage and a nationwide smart meter roll-out. Austria has the highest share of renewable energy in electricity consumption in the European Union…
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Lithuania 2025 Executive summary
…goals would require a broad electrification across the economy, and Lithuania aims to become a net exporter of electricity by 2030 and of energy by 2050. The strategy also includes fostering industrial development related to renewables-based hydrogen. This requires a lot of electricity, and in the NEIS main scenario, electricity demand will increase sixfold by 2050, half of which will be used for hydrogen production. However, hydrogen market development has been slower than expected, both in Lithuania and in other European markets. While the NEIS is a crucial guide for the energy policy, it should be implemented in well-defined steps…
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Global Energy and Climate Model Accelerating Clean Cooking and Electricity Services Scenario (ACCESS)
Even as global energy demand continues to rise, billions of people in around 100 countries remain without access to basic modern energy services. Today nearly 2 billion people lack access to clean cooking and 730 million people lack access to electricity. Millions of households, businesses and public institutions such as clinics and schools operate without reliable modern energy. This limits productivity and hinders socioeconomic development. It also perpetuates the use of traditional biomass, with damaging consequences for health and the environment.The Accelerating Clean Cooking and Electricity Services Scenario (ACCESS) charts a path to achieve universal access to clean cooking and electricity based…
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World Energy Outlook 2025 Setting the scene
…the increase in electricity demand. Consumption of each of the fossil fuels rose. Global energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reached another all-time high. The energy sector faces many uncertainties. The global economy is projected to grow at an average rate of 3% in the 2024-2030 period, but changes in the global policy environment and trade outlook could lead to different outcomes. In parallel, a drift towards greater fragmentation and increased geopolitical rivalry could have major implications for energy-related trade flows. These uncertainties underscore the value of supply diversification and resilient supply chains, notably for critical minerals…
