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17 Feb 2026
Energy innovation enters security-focused phase as batteries dominate patent landscape
More than 150 technology breakthroughs identified in a new IEA report, with energy security emerging as a leading driver of innovation The world’s energy innovation landscape is entering a new phase shaped by energy security, industrial competitiveness and infrastructure resilience, according to the International Energy Agency’s latest State of Energy Innovation report.The second edition of the report – which will inform discussions at the 2026 IEA Energy Innovation Forum on 18 February – finds that energy technologies now represent multi-trillion dollar global markets, with the energy sector increasingly becoming an innovation powerhouse spanning batteries, transformers, turbines, motors and…
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Alfonso Cusi
Department of Energy Secretary. Alfonso Cusi has headed the Philippine Department of Energy since July 2016, overseeing the institutionalisation of energy efficiency measures in the country. He has more than four decades of leadership experience in both the private and public sectors, notably in the transportation and logistics industries.
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Sara Aagesen
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge.
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