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Global Methane Tracker 2024
Methane is responsible for around 30% of the rise in global temperatures since the Industrial Revolution, and rapid and sustained reductions in methane emissions are key to limiting near-term global warming and improving air quality. The energy sector – including oil, natural gas, coal and bioenergy – accounts for over a third of methane emissions from human activity. The IEA’s Global Methane Tracker is an indispensable tool in the fight to bring down emissions from across the energy sector.This year’s update provides our latest estimates of emissions from across the sector – drawing on the more recent data and…
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The Covid-19 Crisis and Clean Energy Progress Energy integration
Energy integration technologies enable deeper decarbonisation in all sectors. They are cross-cutting technologies that ordinarily rely on complex supply chains and require a holistic approach with co-ordinated support measures, planning and operations to keep pace with the energy transition.In addition, early-stage smart grid, demand-response, hydrogen and direct air capture technologies need to be widely demonstrated to reach a significant scale of deployment. The impact the ongoing crisis is likely to have on these technologies is likely to depend on the speed and extent that co-ordination across value chains can be restored and the appetite for…
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Energy Policies of IEA Countries: The Republic of Korea 2006
Energy Policy Review Energy Policies of IEA Countries: The Republic of Korea 2006 The great strides that the Republic of Korea has made over the last three decades are not confined to its economy. Its energy industry has similarly leapt forward in terms of infrastructure and security. Though it has no links to nearby countries that would allow it to rely on electricity imports or piped natural gas, the country has rapidly electrified, built a diverse portfolio of electricity supply, developed a robust nuclear energy industry and become one of the pioneers in the liquefied natural gas trade. As the…
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8th Annual EPRI-IEA Workshop Challenges in Energy Decarbonisation: Building a Resilient Net-Zero Future
Background information From 19 to 21 October, the International Energy Agency and the Electric Power Research Institute will host the 8th annual edition of the workshop series ‘Challenges in Energy Decarbonisation: Building a Resilient Net-Zero Future’. This public webinar, opened by Ms. Mary Burce Warlick, IEA Deputy Executive Director and Dr. Arshad Mansoor, President and Chief Executive Officer, EPRI, will bring together a broad range of representatives from government, system operators, utilities, business and academia leading the transformation of power systems as part of energy transitions around the globe.Spread over three days the workshop series will include expert…
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Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Norway 2011 Review
Energy Policy Review Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Norway 2011 Norway has a unique twin role as a major oil and gas producer and as a strong global advocate of climate change mitigation. As the world’s third-largest exporter of energy, Norway contributes to global energy security by providing reliable supplies to consuming countries. At the same time, the Norwegians highly value environmental sustainability, and the country takes climate policy very seriously. Norway also manages its petroleum resources and revenue in a commendable way, setting a model for other countries. The challenge now for the government is to stimulate…
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Resources to Reserves
Oil and Gas Technologies for the Energy Markets of the Future Resources to Reserves According to IEA projections, oil demand is expected to grow by more than 50% between 2002 and 2030, while gas demand will almost double. But where will all this oil and gas come from? There is no shortage of hydrocarbons in the ground, but quenching the world’s thirst for hydrocarbons will require tremendous technological progress to increase recovery in known reservoirs, access new reservoirs in deep offshore or remote regions, and kick start the use of “non-conventional” deposits. Technology will be the key to…
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Energy Day Ministerial Plenary Meeting
The COP25 Chile Presidency organises the Energy Day to draw attention to strategies for carbon neutrality in the energy sector that are being implemented around the globe. Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the IEA will give a scene-setting presentation and serve as a moderator for the Ministerial Plenary Meeting. H.E. Juan Carlos Jobet, the Chilean Minister of Energy, and H.E. Teresa Ribera, the Spanish Minister for the Ecological Transition will deliver keynote speeches. 18:00 – 18:15 Keynote Speech - Mr. Juan Carlos Jobet, Minister of Energy, CHILE18:15 – 18:30 Keynote Speech - Ms. Teresa Ribera, Minister…
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Stimulating innovation towards high-efficiency cooling solutions
This webinar will provide insights into the context and background for the Global Cooling Prize, the market failure in this sector, the circumstances under which a prize can be an effective change model, the prize process and current state, an overview of selected technologies, the testing phase of the prize, the path to future impact and key lessons learned along the way.The presentation will be followed by a Q&A session. Stimulating innovation towards high efficiency cooling solutions Background The Super-efficient Equipment and Appliance Deployment (SEAD) initiative is a voluntary collaboration among governments working to promote the manufacture…
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Financing reductions in oil and gas methane emissions
A World Energy Outlook Special Report on the Oil and Gas Industry and COP28 The oil and gas industry has some of the best and most cost-effective opportunities to reduce methane emissions. The potential to do so is clear. Some countries and companies have already demonstrated that achieving near-zero emissions from oil and gas operations is technically and economically possible. There are a growing number of initiatives, policies and regulations aiming to reduce emissions globally, and many reductions can be realised while saving money. However, overall progress has been much too slow, despite the record profits that the…
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Energy Technology Perspectives 2026 Deployment of clean energy technologies, materials and fuels
Outlook Many clean energy technologies are increasingly cost-competitive and growing strongly. Their aggregate market value has grown 20% on average per year since 2015 to reach nearly USD 1.2 trillion. Some 80% of global solar PV and wind generation now occurs at lower levelised costs than for coal or gas. Battery prices have dropped 75% since 2015, pushing electric car sales to around 25% share in 2025. Deployment increases in all IEA scenarios: in the Current Policies Scenario (CPS), their global market value nearly doubles to around USD 2 trillion in 2035, greater than the oil market in…
