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Renewables 2025 Renewable heat
…measures (e.g. grants and drilling-risk insurance), infrastructure support and emerging strategies such as clean-heat targets and carbon pricing.In the buildings sector, three-quarters of renewable heat developments in the past six years took place in China, the European Union and the United States. Heat pump deployment has played a major role in all these markets, translating into rising consumption of both electricity and ambient heat for space and water heating. Large additional contributions also came from electric heating equipment and solar thermal and geothermal developments in China. If fossil fuel use is not contained, the heat…
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Global Methane Tracker 2026 Policy trends
…Climate Change Conference (COP26), the GMP commits participating countries to collectively reduce anthropogenic methane emissions – from all sources, not just energy – by at least 30% below 2020 levels by 2030. Most GMP signatories are yet to take concrete action to introduce policies or to reduce emissions. The detailed policies and regulations in place today would cut oil and gas emissions by only around 20% by 2030 and 26% by 2035, well short of the GMP’s economy-wide reduction target of a 30% cut by 2030. In the coal sector, ambition is even more limited, and the implementation gap is…
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Overview graphic: key technology trends for EVs
GEVO 2026 - Chapter 8 Electric vehicles (EVs) are increasingly at the centre of innovation in the automotive sector, bringing advances that extend far beyond developments in batteries and power electronics, thanks to several mutually reinforcing factors. Key technology trends are aligning in favour of EVs Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) are mechanically simpler than internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) or hybrids, making them more compatible with digitalisation and automation. The relative simplicity of electric drivetrains enables shorter development cycles for new vehicles, allowing emerging technologies to reach BEVs sooner than vehicles with other powertrains.While the transition from mechanical to software…
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Nuclear Power
…for nuclear energy.
Power generation from the global fleet of nearly 420 active nuclear reactors is set to reach a record high in 2025 as Japan restarts production, maintenance works are completed in France, and new reactors begin commercial operations in various markets, including China, Europe, India and Korea. Meanwhile, more than 60 nuclear reactors are currently under construction – representing over 70 gigawatts (GW) of capacity – and governments’ interest in nuclear power is at its highest level since the oil crisis in the 1970s, reflecting efforts to bolster energy security, accelerate clean energy transitions and meet rising demand for electricity…
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Uruguay
In 2010 the Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry of Uruguay approved Decree 354 on the Promotion of Renewable Energies meant to increase dramatically the share of electricity generation from renewable sources in the country.
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- Energy mix
- Emissions
- Electricity
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Breakthrough Agenda Report 2026 Executive summary
…across sectors and value chains. This report reviews a subset of the nearly 120 plans, examining how they translate shared objectives into actions, how they incorporate appropriate priorities for international collaboration, and how they can be strengthened to better support near-term implementation across the energy system.Overall, the plans largely demonstrate a strong alignment with key levers for international collaboration that can address the challenges facing each sector. For example, hydrogen, steel, cement and concrete, and fertilisers are all sectors where strong international signals for investment are important for market growth for clean energy options. The related plans appropriately…
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- Hydrogen
- Road transport
- Steel
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Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency for Business Turning the opportunity into reality
…resource efficiency, product quality, brand reputation and workforce health. Reflecting these wider benefits can significantly strengthen investment cases and improve how efficiency projects compete for capital.This report draws on available evidence to highlight these broader benefits and why they matter in practice. The steps below show how to reflect them in investment decisions:1. Start with informationEnergy audits and energy management systems provide the foundation for well-informed decisions. They help identify measures with the strongest operational relevance for a given site or process. IEA analysis shows that establishing a culture of energy management alone can yield savings…
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Ramping up Heat Pumps in Moldova: A Roadmap Building the market
…are often consumers’ primary point of contact and play a crucial role in providing accurate information. Increasing consumer knowledge to expand the adoption of heat pumps Good communication is key for promoting heat pumps because it helps improve consumer knowledge and trust in the technology. Efforts to boost consumer awareness can be led by the government or be driven by industry and consumers themselves. Sweden’s growth as a heat pump market can be attributed in large part to its efforts to fund research, provide subsidies and loans and roll out consumer information campaigns. Sweden dedicated half of its 199...
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Global EV Outlook 2025 Executive summary
…in Thailand and Viet Nam. In Brazil, the largest car market in Latin America, electric car sales more than doubled to 125 000 in 2024, reaching a sales share of over 6%. Sales in Africa also more than doubled, too, mostly thanks to growing sales in Egypt and Morocco, though electric cars still represent less than 1% of total car sales across the continent. Policy support and relatively affordable electric car imports from China played a central role in increasing sales in some emerging electric vehicle (EV) markets, accounting for 85% of electric car sales in both Brazil and Thailand, for example…
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Aluminium
Country and regional Highlights
Technological progress is being made in a range of countries, while the expected expansion of China’s emissions trading systems will be key to reducing direct emissions
CO2 emissions
Further action to reduce emissions intensity will be needed to get on track with the NZE Scenario
Energy
While the energy efficiency of aluminium production has improved, fuel switching needs to accelerate
Activity
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Innovation
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