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The State of Energy Innovation 2025 Interactive: Highlights in energy innovation
Interactive: Highlights in energy innovation
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The Middle East and Global Energy Markets
The IEA is responding to the energy market impacts of the conflict in the Middle East and continues to closely monitor the latest developments.The disruption to oil and gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz and attacks on energy infrastructure across the region have major implications for energy security and affordability – and for the world economy. The IEA's Executive Director has said the combined impacts amount to "the greatest threat to global energy security in history." The war in the region that began on 28 February has impeded energy trade flows through the Strait, creating the largest supply disruption in…
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Electricity 2026 Emissions
CO2 emissions from electricity generation are forecast to plateau through 2030 In 2025, global emissions from electricity generation remained flat, after increasing 1.5% and 1.4% in in the previous two years, respectively. Even with strong gains in electricity demand, growth in power sector emissions is showing marked signs of slowing down as fossil-fired generation is constrained by the rapid deployment of renewables and rising nuclear power generation. As this trend continues, we forecast global emissions from power generation to plateau over our 2026-2030 outlook period due to significant increases in clean energy sources, despite electricity demand…
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Seva Kendra Calcutta’s gender mainstreaming project for solar lighting
Seva Kendra Calcutta, with funding from Misereor E.V. Germany, initiated a project in 2015 on Natural Resource Management addressing Climate Change by Gender Mainstreaming through Solar Technology. The main objective of the programme is to improve energy security for about 1 400 families from 16 villages in the district of West Midnapur and to create new income opportunities for Adivasi women by training them in the use, production and marketing of solar powered lights to create sustainable livelihoods. As part of the project activity, hands-on-training to 402 tribal women to assemble solar lanterns, mini lights, home lighting…
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Government Electromobility Programme
…energy- and climate-policy targets of the Federal Republic of Germany. Thus, among other things electromobility is helping implement the "Away From Oil € strategy. The aim of the Government Electromobility Programme is to drive forward research and development for and the market preparation and launch of battery-operated vehicles in Germany. Development of the market is expected to take until 2020, with the market ramp-up phase taking place between now and 2017 and the high-volume market phase from 2017 onwards. The aim is for there to be a million electric vehicles on the German market by 2020…
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Fraunhofer Society
Established in 1949, the Fraunhofer Society is a network of 72 applied research institutes in Germany. The Fraunhofer Society was founded as a non-profit organization to reorganize and expand Germany's research infrastructure after WWII. The Fraunhofer Society have a solid track record on advancing applied energy research receives 30 % of its budget from the public, while the remaining 70 % are remaining percent must come from awarded public contracts or directly from industry. The five energy-related institutes are: Solar Energy Systems (ISE), Wind Energy System (IWES), Energy Economics and Energy System Technology (IEE) and two separate institutes in…
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German Development and Resilience Plan (DARP) / 1.1 Decarbonisation
In the framework of the EU Recovery and resilience facility, Germany submitted its national Construction and Resilience plan to the European Commission. The component 1.1 of the German development and resilience plan tackles decarbonisation, mainly through financing green hydrogen projects. This component includes: 1.1.1 Hydrogen projects under Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) (EUR 1 500 million)1.1.2 Support program for decarbonisation in industry (EUR 449 million)1.1.3 Pilot program for climate protection treaties (EUR 550 million)1.1.4 Climate protection research (EUR 60 million)1.1.5 Leading projects for…
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German Resource Efficiency Programme (ProgRess)
With the adoption of the German Resource Efficiency Programme (ProgRess) in February 2012, Germany was among the first countries to determine targets, guiding principles and approaches to the conservation of natural resources.The German government is obliged to submit a report to the Bundestag on developments in resource efficiency in Germany every four years and to update the programme. The first update report, ProgRess II, was adopted by the Federal Cabinet on 2 March 2016; the second, ProgRess III, on 17 June 2020.The central goal of ProgRess is to sever the link between economic growth and the use of…
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Economic Stimulus Package
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic and economic crisis, Germany unveiled a set of measures to insure a fast and sustainable economic recovery. The country invested €130 billion for 2020 and 2021. The goals of this economic stimulus package are to strengthen the economy, preserve, help to face economic and social hardships, strengthening Länder and municipalities and providing support to youth and families. Measures include:A value added tax (VAT) reduction in the 1 July to 31 December 2020 period€300 per-child allowance for families- Support for local authorities: support to public transport system, compensation for company tax drop…
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Package for the future
Package for the future is a programme responding to the Covid-19 pandemic, designed to prepare Germany for upcoming challenges: climate change and growing digitalisation.
The programme aims to support research and development in the field of quantum computing, artificial intelligence, hydrogen power and electric vehicles. The programme has an allocated budget of 50 billion euros, and offers tax breaks for targeted sectors.
The package includes financial and fiscal support for:
- a new hydrogen strategy,
- renewable energies,
- building renovations promotion,
- a switch to electric vehicles,
- research into artificial intelligence
- expansion of digital teaching.