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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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Guatemala
The National Energy Plan of Guatemala defines the promotion of renewables as a priority. The plan aims to promote the use of clean and environmentally friendly energy for domestic consumption without losing sight of energy security and the need for supplying electricity at competitive prices.
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Energy Efficiency 2025 Buildings
How and where is energy used? Total final consumption in 2024 was over 450 EJ and has grown by around 25 EJ since 2019. Buildings account for around 30% of global energy demand and have contributed around 20% of the growth in total demand since 2019. The residential sector makes up about 70% of total energy demand in buildings, while the remaining 30% is used in commercial and public buildings.In advanced economies, most energy in homes is used for space and water heating, together accounting for about 70%. This is followed by the use of electrical appliances, such as refrigerators, televisions…
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Oil Market Report - April 2026
…down by a significant 205 mb (-6.6 mb/d) as flows through the Strait of Hormuz were choked off. At the same time, with limited outlets after the effective closure of the Strait, floating storage of crude and oil products in the Middle East rose by 100 mb and onshore crude stocks in the region were up by 20 mb. China added 40 mb of crude to tanks.Oil prices posted their largest-ever monthly gain in March in the wake of the most severe oil supply shock in history. Spot crude benchmarks and differentials soared, outpacing futures markets…
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Wired for water: How electrification is transforming desalination
…the population lived in water-stressed areas in 2000, and despite slightly faster population growth in relatively less stressed zones – such as northern Morocco, northeast Algeria and the Tigris valley – more than 70% remain exposed to high or extreme stress today. Countries have several levers to address water stress: improving agricultural efficiency, expanding water reuse and rainwater harvesting, and modernising infrastructure to reduce losses and expand storage and transport. While these remain the first line of defence, countries have at the same time increased investments in water desalination. Australia demonstrates contrasting responses. During the “Millennium drought” of the early 2000s...
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China’s Official Energy Finance in Emerging and Developing Economies Case 7. Palembang waste-to-energy plant
…The project broke ground in September 2024 with China Power Engineering Consulting Group as the EPC contractor, with operations expected to start in 2026. It contributes directly to Indonesia’s plan to deploy 30 WTE plants nationwide by 2029 and support the country’s broader low-carbon and circular-economy goals. Financing model and China’s role The project is structured as a build–own–operate public–private partnership under a 30-year concession. The Palembang municipal government guarantees waste supply and pays a regulated waste-treatment fee – capped at IDR 500 000 per tonne (about USD 33) – which anchors a…
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Global Energy Review 2025 Oil
Oil demand growth loses momentum Growth in global oil demand slowed markedly in 2024, with consumption rising by 0.8% (1.5 EJ or 830 kb/d) to 193 EJ after jumping by 1.9% in 2023. This reflected the end of the post-pandemic mobility rebound, slower industrial growth and the increasing impact of electric vehicles. This 0.8% increase in demand – below the pre-pandemic growth rate of over 1% in the decade to 2019 – was closely in line with the IEA’s first forecast for 2024 set out in June 2023, which noted that structural macroeconomic trends would…
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- Global trends
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What Next for the Global Car Industry Pathways to global EV cost-competitiveness
…to maintain a share of this market. Chinese carmakers have a significant technological advantage, but others could catch up by setting the right priorities for their comparatively high R&D budgets. Relying on yet-to-be-developed battery technologies to boost competitiveness is risky, however, and does not replace the need to champion current technologies, such as by collaborating with today’s technology leaders. Innovation in power electronics will also be crucial, especially to support the trend towards higher-voltage models, and to reduce dependency on rare earth elements for electric motors and counter the risk of supply chain bottlenecks.
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Yemen
In Yemen, less than half of the population has access to electricity. In 2010, the government launched a National Strategy for renewable energy and energy efficiency, which aims to develop grid and off-grid renewable energy and targets a 15% share of renewable electricity generation by 2025.
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Gaining an Edge Summary for policymakers
Energy efficiency delivers more than energy savings and emission reductions – it can also improve the competitiveness of countries and firms. From increased profitability to job creation, energy efficiency helps firms compete amid high costs, growing demand, and rising trade pressures. In today’s global context, energy efficiency is not only a matter of energy policy, but also of economic policy.Today the world’s industries can produce nearly 20% more value for a given amount of energy than they could two decades ago. This progress has yielded significant benefits at the country level. G20 countries have doubled their economic output…
