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Outlook for Biogas and Biomethane
A global geospatial assessment Biogases play an important and growing role in energy systems. Produced locally using organic waste, biogas and biomethane can contribute to energy security, waste management, emissions reductions and agricultural development.In recent years, demand for biomethane – also known as “renewable natural gas” – has grown rapidly in many countries, supported by dozens of new policies. As a low-emissions substitute for natural gas, the use of biomethane has been targeted across a wide range of sectors, including power, industry, transport and buildings. This report presents a first-of-its-kind global geographical analysis of the untapped potential…
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Powering Ireland’s Energy Future Executive summary
…with EirGrid, which manages Ireland's transmission grid. It combines a range of existing projections and scenarios based on Ireland’s sectoral ambitions, exploring how the supply side could transform to meet a potential near doubling of electricity demand by 2035, driven by growth in the housing and data centre sectors and efforts to accelerate the electrification of heat and transport. This pathway illustrates how various ambitions align around the power sector, while highlighting the potential trade-offs that may need to be managed between energy security, decarbonisation and affordability. Ireland’s power system must evolve across demand, supply and…
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World Energy Employment 2025 Executive summary
…2022. The pace of the expansion in recent years marked a step change from pre-pandemic trends, when the energy sector added less than a third as many jobs annually than during the years between 2019 and 2024. The electricity sector is now the largest energy employer, surpassing fuel supply for the first time, as the Age of Electricity gathers pace. Over the last five years, employment in the electricity sector – including generation, transmission, distribution, and storage – has risen by 3.9 million, representing nearly three-quarters of all energy job additions. Solar PV has been the principal driver of demand…
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CO2 Transport and Storage
Country and regional highlights
Development in major regions has advanced significantly in 2023, and some countries have announced first-ever projects
Activity
Dedicated CO2 storage capacity is matching capture plans as infrastructure-specific announcements surge
Technology deployment
Pioneering shipment of CO2 for dedicated storage in Europe paves way for future CO2 shipping ventures
Innovation
Policy
Government support for CO2 transport and storage infrastructure is growing
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Croatia
Croatia's National Energy Strategy 2009-2020 has three basic objectives: increase security of energy supply, develop competitive energy system and ensure sustainable energy sector development. These objectives are particularly important for the country, as it is heavily dependent on energy imports, resulting in its vulnerability to energy prices fluctuations.
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- Energy mix
- Emissions
- Electricity
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Belgium
Belgium’s energy policy is focused on transitioning to a low-carbon economy while ensuring energy security, lowering costs for consumers and increasing market competition. Belgium has made progress on these goals, notably as a global leader in offshore wind. The country is also seeing a rapid uptake of electric vehicles. However, Belgium remains reliant on fossil fuels and more aggressive policies are needed accelerate emissions reductions, especially for the industry sector.
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- Energy mix
- Emissions
- Electricity
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Cement
Country and regional highlights
Major policy developments of the last year hold promise for reducing emissions from the cement sector and increasing public procurement of low-carbon concrete
CO2 emissions
Cement emissions remain stubbornly high – the development and deployment of new technologies is essential to get on track with the NZE Scenario
Energy
Activity
Technology deployment
Innovation
Supporting infrastructure
Policy
International collaboration
Private sector strategies
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Greece
Greece is making progress on its energy transition, including implementing reforms to standardise and simplify licensing procedures for renewable projects and investigating options for offshore wind. Coal fired generation, once the main source of electricity, will be phased out by 2028 at the latest and EUR 5 billion has been committed to assist impacted communities. Auctions are driving strong deployment of solar PV, onshore wind and battery storage. There are also projects for interconnections and renewables to decarbonise electricity on Greek islands. However, more effort is needed boost electrification and improve efficiency in transport and buildings.
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- Energy mix
- Emissions
- Electricity
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Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2026 Energy outlook to 2050 based on today’s policy settings
…electricity demand growth, led by cooling. Air conditioner stocks are set to triple by 2035 as incomes rise, cities expand and temperatures increase. Stronger minimum energy performance standards and better building codes could significantly reduce future cooling demand while improving affordability and resilience to heatwaves.Electricity demand more than doubles to 2050, requiring a rapid expansion and modernisation of power systems. Growth is driven mainly by buildings and industry, while data centres add a new source of highly localised demand: Southeast Asia already accounts for around 10% of data centre electricity demand in the Asia Pacific region. Coal remains the…
