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Unlocking Ukraine’s Hydrogen Opportunity: A Roadmap Unlocking the opportunity - A roadmap for action
…but action is required in the near term to unlock the full benefits. Work over the first 2-3 years after the war ends can lay the foundations for future market growth without large commitments, such as through studies, planning for regulation and de-risking. In a second stage (5 years) pilot projects would be built to develop experience in the private sector and inform policy. A final stage (10-20 years) would incorporate lessons learnt, with a focus on standardisation, replication and simplification to support large-scale deployment. Each stage will require action across four pillars: physical assets, regulation…
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Sheltering From Oil Shocks Oil use in industry
…facilities make quick savings. A walk-through of a facility with operational staff, combined with the use of energy management information systems, is often the first step to identify these opportunities.Policy examples: There is experience dating back to the 1970s on how to encourage urgent energy savings in industry. Japan promoted quick energy management, such as cleaning, measuring, and minor repairs, while the United Kingdom recommended operational improvements, maintenance and monitoring. Meanwhile, the United States created Industrial Assessment Centers to help manufacturers cut back on energy costs through free energy audits. More recently, in 2022, the European Union’s…
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Gas Market Lessons from the 2022-2023 Energy Crisis Policy response to the crisis
…gas market, protecting ease of market access, barrier-free trading and gas-on-gas competition through diversification of supply sources. However, while many of these policies at the EU and member state level have contributed to solutions to pressing concerns that emerged throughout the crisis, security of supply remains a key concern for Europe, and there remain opportunities to adjust or enhance some interventions.REPowerEUIn March 2022, a month after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, EU leaders agreed in the European Council to phase out Europe’s dependency on Russian energy imports as soon as possible. The RE...
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Policy options to accelerate distributed solar PV in Ukraine Distributed solar PV in Ukraine
…accelerate the deployment of this technology. It focuses on expanding the capacity of distributed solar PV to achieve the modelled results from IEA report Empowering Ukraine through a Decentralised Energy System, which outlines a pathway to rebuild and modernise Ukraine’s power sector amid ongoing attacks on energy infrastructure.The IEA estimates Ukraine would need to add around 4 GW of distributed PV per year until 2030 (over 24 GW in total) to create a more decentralised and secure power system and achieve the objectives laid out in its national energy and climate plan (NECP). Ukraine will also need an…
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Unlocking Ukraine’s Hydrogen Opportunity: A Roadmap Executive summary
…and core energy assets USD 68 billion. At the same time, by December 2024, nearly USD 430 billion of bilateral support had been committed for Ukraine, two-thirds of which has already been allocated. About half is for purposes other than humanitarian or military. The European Union and its member states have been the largest donors.Hydrogen could create jobs and revenue, but would require massive investment. Every 2.5 Mtpa of hydrogen production could generate annual revenues of USD 18‑22 billion from exports and create up to 100 000 jobs, though nearly 70% of these jobs would be temporary. Deployment at this level would require an investment of…
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Gas Market Lessons from the 2022-2023 Energy Crisis Conclusion and lessons learned
Market environment is structurally and geopolitically more fragile One of the primary and most fundamental consequences of the energy crisis is the shift into a structurally more fragile natural gas market environment, compounded by geopolitical uncertainty. The drastic reduction in Russian pipeline flows to Europe also represented a loss of traded gas volumes in the global market. Concurrently, this drove an equally significant reduction in the availability of swing production capacity that had previously provided a degree of price-responsive supply modulation to both the European and global markets. In turn, this led to an increased reliance on LNG trade…
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Global Methane Tracker 2026 Addressing methane in the marketplace
…overall impact would be significantly weakened.Conversely, an import standard could drive deeper methane cuts in exporting countries if companies extended abatement beyond the volumes destined for regulated markets. Such spillovers could arise if the countries or companies affected by the standard reduced the emissions intensity of a greater share of their oil and gas production. For example, if exporters to the European Union, United Kingdom, Japan, Korea and China achieved a 0.2% upstream intensity across all exports, regardless of the destination, global methane emissions would fall by 17 Mt.A coordinated emissions import standard can strengthen energy security for…
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Global Methane Tracker 2025 Understanding methane emissions
…years, compared with centuries – but it absorbs much more energy while it remains in the atmosphere. Methane also affects air quality because it can lead to ground-level (tropospheric) ozone, a dangerous pollutant. Methane leaks also present explosion risks. The latest Global Methane Budget estimates annual global methane emissions to be around 610 Mt, with human activity responsible for almost two‑thirds of the total and natural sources accounting for the rest. IEA analysis suggests that the energy sector was responsible for around 145 Mt of methane emissions in 2024 – more than 35% of the total amount attributable to human activity…
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Financing Electricity Access in Africa Beyond new connections
…states or small islands. These communities have some of the lowest electrification rates on the continent but are often excluded from financing due to their complexity. In many of these settings, decentralised solutions are viable, but higher risks mean public and highly concessional capital will be necessary, particularly to pilot new financing models.Women play an integral role in electricity access since they are often managers of household energy, as well as consumers, including as entrepreneurs. They face severe barriers to accessing finance, with an estimated USD 42 billion financing gap for women-led businesses on the continent. Improving sex-disaggregated data…
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Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency for Business Operational benefits
…go beyond reduced energy use. These improvements are often driven by more efficient, precise and optimised processes. By reducing losses – such as excess heat, inefficient combustion or friction – equipment operates more smoothly and reliably. Electrified processes can further enhance efficiency by reducing the number of moving parts and points of failure.This improved performance leads directly to higher productivity. More efficient production lines enable better capacity utilisation, greater process control and less labour-intensive operations. For example, a more efficient knitting machine, as introduced by a textile manufacturer in Scotland, can replace about 14 conventional looms, cutting energy costs by…
