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Net Zero Emission

IRENA and GWEC Join Forces to Boost Global Renewables Adoption

The International Renewable Energy Agency and the Global Wind Energy Council have signed a cooperation agreement to join efforts to increase the adoption and de…

Market Analysis

Renewable Energy Generation will Overtake Coal within 5 Years, Says IEA

A new report from the International Energy Agency has cast a spotlight on the incredible resilience of renewable energy growth to the emergence of the COVID19 p…

Energy Storage Technology

Improved Battery Technology Vital to Renewables Market

According to a report by the International Energy Agency, renewable energy will make up almost half of sub-Saharan Africa’s power generation growth by 2040.

Market Analysis

‘Renewables Immune to Covid’ Says IEA Chief Birol

“Renewables appear to be immune to Covid-19,” said Fatih Birol of the International Energy Agency this morning, as he revealed that clean energy had defied th…

Energy Storage System

Electricity Storage can Play Crucial Role in Carbon Reduction in Mexico, Study Finds

Large scale electricity storage can accelerate Mexico’s green transition, a study from the Danish Energy Agency and Mexico’s INECC finds.

Nuclear Power Plant

Japanese Experts to Oversee Marine Readings for IAEA

Three independent Japanese experts are to monitor the collection of marine samples near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on behalf of the Inter…

SMR

Poland Reviewing Potential BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Project

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has announced that Synthos Green Energy, a member of the Synthos Group S.A., has initiated discussions with Poland's National Atomic E…

Clean Energy Transition

Pilot Project to Support Queensland Industry’s Switch to Clean Energy

ERM Power, a subsidiary of Shell Energy Australia, has secured funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to help Queensland manufacturing businesses b…

Nuclear Power Plant

Grossi Predicts a Dozen New Nuclear Countries by 2030

A "solid group" of 10-12 countries building nuclear power plants for the first time will emerge in the next decade, International Atomic Energy Agency Director …

Crude Oil

Oil Demand Expected to Decline in the Next Decade

​The International Energy Agency predicts the COVID-19 pandemic will deal a long-lasting blow to the global energy industry, with oil demand expected to end in…

Crude Oil

IEA Says Refining Throughput Set for Quarterly Rise

Global refining throughput will increase in the last quarter of the year by more than 2 million barrels per day, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesd…

Energy Transition

IRENA and CDF to Accelerate Energy Transition in the Caribbean

The International Renewable Energy Agency and the CARICOM Development Fund have partnered to accelerate the energy transition in the Caribbean.

World Energy Outlook

IEA Report Highlights Need for 'New Momentum' Behind Nuclear Power

A surge in well-designed energy policies is needed to put the world on track for a resilient energy system that can meet climate goals, the International Energy…

World Energy Outlook

IEA's 2020 World Energy Outlook Report Buttresses Hydro Power's Role: IHA

The International Energy Agency’s 2020 World Energy Outlook report recognizes the critical role of renewable and flexible hydropower in helping countries to me…

Market Analysis

IEA: Natural Gas Demand To See Largest Drop Ever In 2020

Despite some uptick in consumption in recent months, the world’s demand for natural gas is still set to see its biggest drop on record in 2020.