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News
16 Apr 2026
Data centre electricity use surged in 2025, even with tightening bottlenecks driving a scramble for solutions
…and other necessary approvals.To solve the energy challenges at hand, the tech sector is adopting new approaches. It accounted for around 40% of all corporate power purchase agreements for renewables signed in 2025, and is also now a major source of momentum for the nuclear and advanced geothermal industries. The pipeline of conditional offtake agreements between data centre operators and small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear projects has grown from 25 gigawatts at the end of 2024 to 45 gigawatts today, indicating that the momentum behind AI could accelerate the commercialisation of new energy technologies. Constrained by slow grid connections…
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Policy
Austria
2024
Energy Research Program
The Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) and the Climate and Energy Fund aim to advance hydrogen technologies through the 2024 Energy Research Call, with a budget of €25 million. The focus includes R&D infrastructure for hydrogen applications, efficient energy conversion, and societal acceptance. Key goals are to enhance hydrogen production and storage, integrate hydrogen into flexible energy systems, and support carbon capture and utilization
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Methane Tracker Database and Methane Abatement Model
Database of country and regional estimates for methane emissions and methane abatement potential and the associated cost of abatement by country, segment and reduction technology. This database presents the IEA’s country-by-country estimates of energy-related methane emissions. For coal supply and the oil and gas sector, we present detailed estimates for the abatement potential – and costs or savings – from different technology and policy options.The interactive version of the Methane Tracker Database also includes detailed policy information and comparisons with other sources of methane emissions estimates.The IEA Methane Abatement model is a tool that allows users to estimate…
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Household Appliances Database
…in some cases, only a limited number of observations available for specific appliances or years. The dataset aims to offer global coverage where data are available integrating information from the IEA Energy End-uses and Efficiency Indicators database with additional sources obtained via desk research. It enables cross-country comparisons and tracking of trends in the uptake of key household appliances.This is the first edition of the Household Appliances database. Users are encouraged to provide feedback on data quality and to suggest additional data sources that could help improve coverage and robustness of the database over time.This document…
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