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Unlocking Ukraine’s Hydrogen Opportunity: A Roadmap Taking stock of the effect of war
…This is despite industrial electricity demand having halved over the same period and residential demand falling by about 20%.Ukraine was a net gas importer prior to the invasion, and served as a transit country for gas from Russia to the European Union. In 2024, local demand was largely met with domestic production. The gas network’s export capacity of 146 bcm stopped being used at the end of 2024, when Russia’s transit contract expired. Ukraine has an underground gas storage capacity of 32 bcm.The weighted average cost of capital (WACC) was 12% for solar PV and onshore wind before Russia…
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Universal Access to Clean Cooking in Africa Implications and policy considerations
A new recipe for success? Progress on clean cooking requires efforts from a wide range of stakeholders. These include efforts to enhance countries’ policy frameworks, address consumer affordability and other barriers to adoption, cultivate a skilled workforce and mobilise additional financing to the sector – themes discussed in this chapter.Access to low-cost debt will be key for companies to grow their customer base quickly. In the ACCESS, the share of debt financing in the sector increases from 35% today to over 50%. This depends on more financiers being able to assess and appropriately price risk clean cooking companies and…
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka’s primary energy supply mainly comes from oil and coal. Almost 40% of Sri Lanka’s electricity came from hydropower in 2017 but coal’s shares in power generation has been increasing since 2010. Sri Lanka is reaching universal access to electricity but clean cooking remain an issue with 15 million people still relying on biomass to cook.
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- Energy mix
- Emissions
- Electricity
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India’s electricity demand grows at night: Managing rising cooling demand
India cooling commentary As India’s cooling demand surges alongside solar power capacity, ensuring sufficient nighttime power capacity is key Power consumption in India is on the rise amid economic and population growth, as well as the growing use of air conditioning as more households purchase units and temperatures increase. Since 2019, the country’s electricity demand has increased by 5% per year. While electricity supply has kept pace, solar PV has accounted for two-thirds of power capacity additions in India since 2019. Against this backdrop, ensuring adequate power generation capacity during periods of peak demand is emerging as…
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Industry
Industry
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Venezuela
The Venezuela Plan for the National Electric System aims to integrate renewables in the power system by including it in medium and long-term strategies. It aims to develop the use of renewables within isolated rural communities including solar, small hydro and biogas.
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Aluminium
Aluminium
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Renewables 2025 Biogases
…However, direct biogas use, mainly for electricity or combined heat and power (CHP) generation, remains a relevant growth driver in regions with limited gas pipeline infrastructure (e.g. Brazil, India and China). In 2024, EU production of biomethane increased 14% EU production of biogases in 2024 increased 3%. Growth was modest in biogas (1% year on year), but significantly higher for biomethane (14% year on year).The production of biogas, used primarily for electricity and CHP generation, is highly concentrated in Germany (53% of EU production). Biomethane production is on the rise in most European countries, with Germany (29% of…
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China’s Official Energy Finance in Emerging and Developing Economies Case 3. Saudi Arabia’s first green full-process heavy plate mill project
…which supports large industrial investment projects through financing, expedited approvals, and procurement support. Financing model and China’s role The project is structured through a joint venture. BAP Al-Khair Steel Company was established in 2024 with a 50:25:25 shareholding split between Baowu Steel Group, Saudi Aramco and PIF. Baowu initially committed USD 437.5 million for its equity share but later increased its commitment to USD 1 billion, reflecting both the size of the investment and its importance within the company’s international decarbonisation strategy. Aramco and PIF each committed about USD 500 million.The estimated project cost is…
