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Renewables 2025 Renewable transport
…electricity is expected to make up over half of China’s total power generation.The forecast for the use of low-emissions hydrogen and hydrogen-based fuels in transport remains similar to last year. However, we have revised down the e-fuel forecast because there have been no final investment decisions (FIDs) for e-kerosene projects in the European Union to meet 2030 ReFuelEU aviation targets. Renewable energy is expanding the quickest in the road sector Renewable energy demand for road transport is projected to rise more than 2 EJ, reaching 8% of total road subsector energy use by 2030…
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World Energy Investment 2025 Africa
…South Africa and North Africa account for less than 20% of the population but more than 45% of energy investment and over 65% of installed electrical capacity. By contrast, Sub-Saharan Africa, home to most of the region’s population, receives less energy investment and has limited access to reliable electricity. New connection rates have steadily increased since 2000 but remain well below the universal access target set for 2030, with 600 million people still lacking electricity access and more than 1 billion people without clean cooking. Over the past decade roughly half of energy investment in Africa has been…
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Renewables 2022 Transport biofuels
…the use of indigenous resources to benefit the local economy. Plus, biofuel use helps reduce GHG emissions in these countries. The United States, Canada, Brazil, Indonesia and India make up 80% of global expansion in biofuel use, as all five countries have comprehensive policy packages that support growth. In Brazil, Indonesia and India, rising gasoline and diesel use also accelerates demand for biofuels, while in the United States and Canada declining gasoline and diesel demand slow biofuel growth and even reduce the use of some fuels. In Europe, falling transport fuel demand nearly stalls volume growth even though state-level…
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State of Energy Policy 2026 Energy efficiency and fuel switching regulations
…force. MEPS covering 30% of global energy demand were made less stringent or saw implementation delayed, while only 17% of demand covered by MEPS saw increased stringency. The most significant decreases in efficiency stringency were in the United States, where the One Big Beautiful Bill Act removed corporate average fuel economy civil penalties, and the Department of Energy repealed earlier energy conservation standards for selected appliances. These changes are expected to have large impacts on MEPS compliance out to 2030. Other notable delays or decreases in stringency included revisions to the United Kingdom’s plans to phase out new gas boiler installations…
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Delivering Sustainable Fuels Executive summary
…carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), switching to renewable energy for processing, or powering electrolysers with dedicated low-emissions electricity. By 2035, most existing and emerging fuel pathways could reach very low lifecycle greenhouse gas intensity (gCO2/MJ), and in some cases even deliver net carbon removal, provided that performance-based policies that drive continuous improvements are implemented.Liquid and gaseous renewable fuels already play a visible role in today’s global energy landscape. They are particularly relevant for transport, where they represent 4% of total energy demand. Liquid biofuels dominate current use, with emerging contributions from biogases and low…
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Financing Clean Energy in Africa Designing finance solutions for clean energy: solutions for key sectors
…of the region’s population, but, given their less developed regulatory environment and lower demand, attract only a small share of investment. Ensuring concessional capital is targeted to support these lower-income countries is vital. Massive investment in Africa’s grids is critical to improve system reliability, expand access and facilitate the integration of variable renewables. The poor financial health of utilities has hampered investment to date, but models have emerged for greater private sector participation in this segment. Adoption of these models increases private sector investment in grids from 4% to 10% by 2030. Energy efficiency is not currently…
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Global EV Outlook 2026 Executive summary
…stand to shape the global car market for years to come. The oil crisis of the 1970s prompted the introduction of fuel efficiency standards, which resulted in close to a doubling of the fuel economy of conventional cars between 1975 and today, while during the Covid-19 pandemic, many countries introduced EV subsidies to boost uptake and support a broader economic recovery. In 2025, the global fleet of EVs avoided the consumption of around 1.7 million barrels of oil per day (mb/d), primarily in countries that have implemented fuel economy and CO2 standards, such as China and the European Union…
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Energy Efficiency 2025 Transport
…Finally, the share of heavy-duty trucks is higher than in advanced economies. What are the key measures to accelerate progress? Governments can accelerate progress in passenger cars through electrification and technical efficiency improvements. For example, fuel economy standards accelerate efficiency improvements of internal combustion engine vehicles and can contribute to a faster adoption of electric vehicles. Next to that, bonus-malus schemes and other taxation policies can incentivise the purchase of more efficient cars while penalising less efficient ones, requiring less fiscal space from governments. Last, governments can promote modal shift by creating an infrastructure to make efficient transport…
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Global Energy Review 2026 Oil
…Overall, feedstock use of oil was flat across advanced economies.Transport demand was lower in Japan and Korea and marginally higher in the European Union. Rises in fuel use in advanced economies were largely restricted to aviation. Improving vehicle efficiencies, particularly due to new hybrid vehicles, and incremental electrification were sufficient to offset rising activity. This resulted in flat road fuel demand in advanced economies in 2025.Emerging market and developing economies accounted for nearly all of the increase in oil use in 2025, with their demand rising by 600 kb/d or 1.2%. More than half of this…
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India Bioenergy Market Report Executive summary
…will be required to meet forthcoming demand driven by India’s sustainable aviation fuel mandate.Liquid and gaseous biofuels are forecast to more than double in India if the right measures are implemented. In the main case forecast, which reflects current policies, projects, feedstock availability and market conditions, these fuels are expected to grow by more than 50%, from 293 petajoules (PJ) in 2025 to 429 PJ by 2030, with ethanol and CBG accounting for the majority of this growth. In an accelerated case, which assumes all announced targets are met, there is sufficient supply of feedstocks for fuel producers…
