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Thematic session: Flexible grids for electrification
Event backgroundIn today’s context of energy market volatility and economic uncertainty, energy efficiency remains essential for affordability, energy security and competitiveness. The 11th Annual Global Conference on Energy Efficiency will bring together global leaders to accelerate action, with digital and flexible power systems playing a key role in addressing current energy challenges.Power systems are undergoing rapid transformation as electricity demand rises from electrification, data centres and cooling needs, while growing shares of variable renewable energy increase system complexity. These trends are placing increasing pressure on grids and require new approaches to ensure reliability and resilience.Demand-side flexibility…
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Installed desalination capacities by technology in the Middle East and North Africa, 2000-2035
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COP31-IEA High-Level Energy Transition Dialogue
…COP21 President Laurent Fabius, COP26 President Alok Sharma, and COP29 Lead Negotiator Yalchin Rafiyev; as well as UNFCCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell and IIGCC CEO Stephanie Pfeifer.The opening segment will be livestreamed. Participants in the event, which comes at a time of major energy security challenges, will include leading figures from governments, industry, finance and civil society from around the world.The dialogue provides an opportunity for the COP31 Presidency to present its strategic vision and priorities, and to gather perspectives from international partners on how to ensure a successful COP in Antalya in November. As Türkiye advances its…
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Annual LNG liquefaction capacity additions from post-FID projects
Annual LNG liquefaction capacity additions from post-FID projects LNG liquefaction tracker 2026
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Data centre electricity use surged in 2025, even with tightening bottlenecks driving a scramble for solutions
…on Energy and AI New IEA report explores AI’s growing energy footprint, options for meeting data centre power demand, and impacts on energy affordability, security and wider economy A new report from the IEA assesses how the relationship between energy and artificial intelligence (AI) is evolving rapidly, drawing on the latest data and analysis and close tracking of technological and economic developments in the AI sector.Building on the IEA’s landmark Energy and AI report from April 2025, the new analysis published today finds that the field has continued to develop at speed. Driven by data centre investments…
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Energy input cost ratio of industrial electric boilers relative to current market benchmarks in selected regions, 2024
Energy input cost ratio of industrial electric boilers relative to current market benchmarks in selected regions, 2024