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Wired for water: How electrification is transforming desalination
…of consumption. As the global population grew by 30%, municipal withdrawals increased at a similar pace, while a moderate decline in industrial withdrawals partly offset growth in other sectors.As population and municipal demand increase, water stress is intensifying. Chronic overuse of non-renewable water sources can cause irreversible to damage natural capital, leading to a situation referred to as “water bankruptcy”. Over the past two decades, the number of people living in highly water-stressed areas has risen by almost 1 billion to more than 3 billion. Three-quarters of this growth occurred in extremely high-stress regions, areas…
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The Middle East and Global Energy Markets
…and early June as strategic stock releases and demand weakness eased market tightness, and after the United States and Iran announced an interim agreement to end hostilities. Physical crude markets continue to reflect acute supply tightness as refiners scramble to replace lost Middle Eastern cargoes with alternative supplies. Prices for certain oil products – notably diesel, jet fuel and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), which have been particularly exposed to the disruption – remain elevated.Shipments of oil through the Strait increased sharply in early June, supported by ship-to-ship transfers in the Gulf of Oman. Yet our latest Oil Market Report…
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Copper prices have hit record highs, but smelters face mounting strategic pressures
copper Copper markets enter uncharted territory as structural and short-term pressures converge Copper prices have surged to record highs this year, briefly exceeding USD 14 500 per tonne (intraday) in January 2026, having only passed USD 12 000 per tonne for the first time in December 2025. The unprecedented price levels have been driven by some important short-term developments, including supply disruptions at several major mines and a build-up of US copper inventories due to tariff uncertainty. But they have also been underpinned by some underlying factors, such as challenges in developing new copper mines and the…
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Races to First in Energy Innovation
The state of play for 19 key technology milestones related to energy security, sustainability and economic benefit, several of which could be achieved by 2030.
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India’s electricity demand grows at night: Managing rising cooling demand
India cooling commentary As India’s cooling demand surges alongside solar power capacity, ensuring sufficient nighttime power capacity is key Power consumption in India is on the rise amid economic and population growth, as well as the growing use of air conditioning as more households purchase units and temperatures increase. Since 2019, the country’s electricity demand has increased by 5% per year. While electricity supply has kept pace, solar PV has accounted for two-thirds of power capacity additions in India since 2019. Against this backdrop, ensuring adequate power generation capacity during periods of peak demand is emerging as…
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Aluminium
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Renewables 2025 Dataset
…access to all the report's data in Excel format, plus additional premium data for the electricity sector, including additional historical years. Renewables 2025 includes a data dashboard which enables users to explore historical data and forecasts for the electricity, renewable fuels, biofuels for transport and renewable heat.Renewables 2025 dataset gives full access to all the data in Excel format, plus additional premium data for the electricity sector, including additional historical years.Renewables 2025 dataset includes historical and forecast data (2025 to 2030) for:Renewable electricity capacity and generation data for main and accelerated case including hydropower, onshore wind, offshore wind, bioenergy…
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Global EV Policy Explorer
Key policies and measures that support the deployment of electric and zero-emission vehicles Explore key policies and measures for EV deployment This table highlights current as well as announced key policies and measures that support the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by region and country. These policies and measures take a variety of forms, e.g. fuel economy standards, CO2 emissions standards, deployment roadmaps, and sales or stock targets a...