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World Energy Outlook 2025 Regional insights
…the world are a rise in the electrification of end-uses, and a rise in the share of renewables in electricity generation. Energy trends in advanced economies are shaped by the structure of their economies, and by high average incomes and rates of vehicle and appliance ownership. Overall energy demand typically has peaked, although electricity use continues to increase, with electric vehicles and data centres adding to demand. Energy demand per capita is generally lower in emerging market and developing economies. Many of these countries are still developing their industries, some suffer from a lack of universal access to energy…
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World Energy Outlook 2022 Outlook for energy demand
…ground of any energy source this decade, accounting for 43% of electricity generation worldwide in 2030, up from 28% today. Oil demand rises 0.8% per year to 2030, but peaks soon after at around 103 million barrels per day as electric vehicles (EVs) and efficiency gains undermine its prospects.The tone for accelerated clean energy development this decade in advanced economies is being set by new policy packages and government plans and targets, notably those set out in: Inflation Reduction Act (United States); RePowerEU plan and Fit for 55 package (European Union); Climate Change Bill (Australia); and GX Green Transformation …
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Energy Efficiency 2024 What is required to scale up energy efficiency investments by 2030?
…dominate. This involves improving the performance of buildings through better insulation and appliances, including heating and cooling. Transport electrification also plays a role, particularly through electric motorbikes and three-wheelers. In sub-Saharan Africa, the switch to clean cooking fuels dominates the mitigation measures. In advanced economies, the bulk of efficiency improvements come from replacing older infrastructure with newer, more efficient and increasingly electricity-dominated systems. This includes a large-scale diffusion of electric vehicles and charging infrastructure as well as heat pumps in buildings and industry. Retrofits of energy-intensive buildings – such as hospitals, shopping malls, office buildings, schools…
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Energy Efficiency 2025 Transport
…infrastructure support including charging and battery swapping stations, tax exemptions and financial support can accelerate their deployment.For heavy-duty trucks, fuel economy standards play a key role. Countries where standards are already in place can increase their stringency to scale up progress. Others can start by setting standards now to avoid inefficient vehicles entering the market and to accelerate the shift to electric models are fleets are renewed. Notes: Bubble sizes give an indication of the relevance of each measure within the country grouping (classified as high, moderate, low and very low). The classification is based on multiple factor...
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Breakthrough Agenda Report 2025 Road transport
…policies, and more key markets join heavy-duty vehicle pledges Why is it important to achieve the success statement to reach the sectoral breakthrough goal?While significant recent growth in electric vehicle (EV) sales is encouraging, it remains uneven across geographies and segments. Governments play an important role in accelerating zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) adoption by setting high-level targets and adopting related regulations for fuel economy or CO2 standards. By working together, countries can amplify the signal for greater ZEV adoption.More effort is needed in translating voluntary targets into deployment policies for the light-duty vehicle (LDV) segment…
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Investment
…is poised to grow by 2% in 2025 to $3.3 trillion, reaching an all-time high despite elevated geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty. Around two-thirds of all energy investment, or $2.2 trillion, is destined for clean energy technologies such as renewable energy, grids, battery storage and electric vehicles. Meanwhile, investment in fossil fuels is expected to marginally contract to $1.1 trillion amid downward pressure on prices and pared-back expectations for oil demand.
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Russia's War on Ukraine
…cleaner alternatives to fossil fuels are growing faster than ever. Due in part to policies unveiled by governments after February 2022, the world’s capacity to produce renewable power is expanding at a remarkable place , while the popularity of clean technologies such as electric vehicles and heat pumps is surging. The biggest legacy of the global energy crisis triggered by Russia's invasion of Ukraine may be that it accelerates the end of the fossil fuel era - with IEA projections now showing that under today's policy settings, demand for oil, gas and coal is set to peak within the decade…
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World Energy Employment 2025 Executive summary
…almost 40% of all jobs in vehicle manufacturing are now tied to EVs and their batteries. Employment in other energy end-uses rose by 2%, with electrification in buildings and industry contributing to a sizeable portion of the increase. In both vehicles and efficiency employment, part of this growth is met by workers in related segments retraining and shifting roles – such as heating technicians learning to install heat pumps or auto workers moving to EV assembly lines – but it also reflects the creation of new jobs in areas like manufacturing batteries and installing electric industrial equipment.Demand for workers is…
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Household Energy Affordability Executive summary
…e. the actual cost of producing and transporting the energy to consumers, makes up around 75% of the cost of electricity for households. Electricity bills are becoming a key factor in household energy affordability in the Age of Electricity Electricity is an increasingly important part of household energy spending; its share in residential energy use around the world has risen from less than 20% in 2000 to 30% today. In advanced economies, it has reached 40%. This is driven by growing appliance ownership and the electrification of end uses through the purchase of electric vehicles or heat pumps, which pushe...
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Global Energy Review 2026 Key findings
…which was in line with IEA projections, remained well below the average annual rise between 2010 and 2019 of 1.4 mb/d. The slower increase mainly reflected weaker growth in petrochemical feedstocks, notably in China, while continued growth of electric vehicles kept oil demand for road transport in check. Electric car sales continued their rapid growth, climbing over 20% to more than 20 million units – around one quarter of new car sales in 2025.Gas demand growth slowed markedly in 2025, rising by around 1%, down from the 2.8% recorded in 2024, amid relatively high prices in the first…
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