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Global EV Outlook 2026 Electric vehicle charging
…European Union revised the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive to require new or renovated buildings to include pre-cabling for EV charging. This makes it easier for residents to install home chargers, while avoiding the future need for costly retrofits. Kenya’s 2024 National Building Code mandates 5% of parking spaces in all new buildings be equipped for EV charging. India’s Model Building Bye‑Laws (MBBL) were amended in 2019 to include dedicated provisions for EV charging: charging infrastructure should be planned to cover 20% of parking capacity for all vehicles (including 2Ws). In Brazil, several proposals aim to support private…
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Global Hydrogen Review 2026 Policy
…the Automotive Package. By early June 2026, transposition of the EU Renewable Energy Directive into national legislation had been finalised in 13 member states for the transport sector, creating demand for more than 575 ktpa of low-emissions hydrogen.China announced a city clusters programme with a total funding of USD 1.1 billion, aiming to diversify hydrogen uses beyond cars and introducing targets for an end-use hydrogen price of USD 3.6/kg, striving for USD 2.2/kg and 100 000 FCEVs by 2030.Japan had selected six winners of its contracts for difference scheme as of late May 2026, adding up to…
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Oil 2025 Executive summary
…early May. As a result, oil executives are recalibrating investment plans. However, oil prices have since rebounded after an exchange of air strikes between Israel and Iran started on 13 June 2025. With geopolitical and economic uncertainties affecting oil producers and consumers alike, oil supply security remains high on the international energy policy agenda. Oil markets are going through a fundamental transformation as the drivers of global oil supply and demand patterns shift. Over the past decade, oil market dynamics have been defined by the parallel growth in US oil supply and Chinese oil demand. From 2015 to 2024, the…
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Universal Access to Clean Cooking in Africa Executive summary
…deaths annually in Africa alone due to the health impacts of household air pollution. Across the continent, women and girls spend on average four hours a day gathering fuel and cooking, often foregoing education or remunerated activities as a result. The lack of clean cooking is also linked to the loss of 1.3 million hectares of forest each year – diminishing a key resource for the continent. The combined impact of this and direct emissions from a lack of clean cooking access is equivalent to a quarter of Africa’s energy-related CO2 emissions today. Recent momentum creates a pivotal moment…
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Global Hydrogen Review 2025 Southeast Asia
…meet demand. Hydrogen-based steel could contribute to satisfying the expected regional steel demand growth, but faces competition from China. In the maritime sector, more than 85% of total energy demand is from international shipping in Singapore, which is pursuing a multi-fuel strategy, performing trials and defining technical standards for ammonia and methanol bunkering. In aviation, demand is concentrated in a few airports, so supplying these with synthetic fuel could make large strides towards decarbonisation.Near-term actions include prioritising renewables deployment, which could have positive consequences for the hydrogen sector, such as a lower cost of capital, industry…
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Financing Electricity Access in Africa State of play
…the form of low-cost debt, with a notable shift away from grants in recent years. New initiatives, including the World Bank and African Development Bank’s Mission 300, aim to increase the level of public capital for access projects, and are already showing momentum.Allocations to electricity access in African governments’ national budgets reached USD 1.9 billion in 2025 – around a third of total energy budget allocations. Much of this financing is channelled through government agencies and state-owned utilities. However, utilities across the region face financial pressures due to high operational costs, low tariffs and collection rates…
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Breakthrough Agenda Report 2025 Hydrogen
…located in countries with rules on emissions thresholds for hydrogen production using methodologies consistent with ISO standards.Qualitative examples of collaborationThe IEA Hydrogen Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP) “Task” for the Certification of Hydrogen and Derivatives is developing a technical mutual recognition framework for certification schemes.The International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE) and the IEA Hydrogen TCP co-ordinated the development of a Hydrogen Certification 101 paper, which benefited from contributions of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the Hydrogen Council and the International Power-to-X Hub. The paper aims to create a comm...
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An Energy Sector Roadmap to Net Zero Emissions in Colombia Executive summary
…has been supplied by fossil fuels, energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions increased by more than 50% over the same period. Energy-related emissions comprised around 30% of its total GHG emissions in 2021. Other key sources of emissions are from land use, land-use change and forestry, which represented almost 40% of the total in 2021. Agricultural emissions represent 20% of the 2021 total.Colombia’s Long-Term Strategy E2050, published in 2021, sets out an overarching objective to achieve net zero GHG emissions by 2050. Colombia aims to meet this target by reducing its energy-related 2050 GHG...
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Energy and AI Observatory
The IEA’s Energy and AI Observatory provides up-to-date data and analysis on the growing links between the energy sector and artificial intelligence (AI). The new and fast-moving field of AI requires a new approach to gathering data and information, and the Observatory aims to provide regularly updated data and a comprehensive view of the implications of AI on energy demand (energy for AI) and of AI
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World Energy Outlook 2025 GPT
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