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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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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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Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency for Business Quality and reputation
Greater efficiency can reduce defects and improve production quality Energy efficiency improvements often involve tighter control and optimisation of production processes. By improving precision and stability in how equipment operates, firms can reduce variability in output and limit the occurrence of defects. These effects are particularly important in manufacturing sectors where small deviations can affect product quality and increase waste.For example, an industrial bakery in Switzerland implemented a highly efficient centralised cooling system with CO₂-refrigerant and advanced controls. The system allowed for a more constant controlled temperature and reduced downtime, improving product quality and consistency, all while reducing…
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Kadri Simson
EU Commissioner for Energy.
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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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Energy Efficiency Fund
…Portugal 2020”, with the support of the European Structural and Investment Funds and in accordance with the national targets: to improve the country's energy efficiency through a 25% reduction in energy consumption by 2020, with the state emerging as a leading country with a specific goal of reducing energy consumption by 30%.
The FEE can also support projects not foreseen in the PNAEE but which have been shown to contribute to energy efficiency. In this context, the FEE also aims to boost operations that will serve as the basis for the definition of larger-scale projects funded under Portugal… -
Implementation of the EU Energy Services Directive
…of 9% for 2016. It also promotes mechanisms, incentives and institutional frameworks - financial and legal - to overcome existing constraints and market failures preventing better efficiency in energy end-use through the spread of low-consumption equipments, and rationalization of energy consumption to be adopted by consumers. However Portugal, under the National Action Plan for Energy and Efficiency (PNAEE) - Efficiency Portugal 2015, has outlined a set of measures that anticipates and surpasses the target set in the Directive 2006/32/CE, as it aims for an energy saving target of close to a 10% reduction in final energy consumption by 2015.
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National Energy Strategy 2020 (ENE 2020)
…and regulating the national oil system, thus contributing to enhance Portugals energy and financial independence in times of external energy shocks.
Axis 2 - BETTING ON RENEWABLE ENERGY by promoting the development of a national industrial sector, a generator of economic growth and job creation, and which allows the attainment of national targets for renewable energy production by increasing the range of renewable energy types in the country?s available sources of energy supply (energy mix). By doing so Portugal aims to reduce its external dependence, which translates into increased supply safety.
Axis 3 - PROMOTION OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY by targeting a… -
Global Hydrogen Review 2025 Production prospects to 2030
Only a small fraction of the total project pipeline can realistically start operating by 2030, highlighting policy gaps The potential low-emissions hydrogen production from announced projects that could be available by 2030 has declined compared to in Global Hydrogen Review 2024. With only five years to 2030, and taking into account typical development cycles, which stretch from three to six years, realising the full pipeline of projects seems very difficult. In addition, we estimate that half of the announced projects face deferred start dates compared to the commercial operation date announced by developers. Delays are particularly acute among electrolyser projects…
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World Energy Outlook 2025 Overview and key findings
Ten questions on the future of energy The Stated Policies Scenario (STEPS) and the Current Policies Scenario (CPS) present two views on how the energy system may evolve, building on different assumptions regarding today’s policies and technologies. Both scenarios see continued increases in energy demand to 2050, albeit at different speeds, with emerging market and developing economies driving the increase, led by India and Southeast Asia. Differences in the pace at which new technologies are brought into the energy system are reflected in the trajectories for fossil fuels. In the CPS, oil and natural gas demand continue to grow…
