Rating: High school and post-secondary Summary: Markham interviews Heymi Bahar, the International Energy Agency’s senior analyst for renewable energy markets and policy and lead author for “Renewables 2020 Analysis and forecast to 2025.” Correction: the [Read more]
Dr. Fatih Birol (r), Executive Director of the IEA, is in Washington to meet with US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry and to testify before the US Senate on the agency’s latest findings on global energy markets. [Read more]
COP24 President Mr Michal Kurtyka closes out the successful 24th Conference of the Parties by jumping over the dais in celebration. Many said the conference was a success in multilateralism and diplomacy. IISB/ENB photo by [Read more] [Read more]
The International Energy Agency predicts that global coal demand will remain stable through to 2023, despite declines in Europe and North America. Robbie Morrison photo via Wikimedia Commons. Chinese coal demand expected to fall by [Read more] [Read more]
Asia is home to one third of coal plants in the world which are less than 10 years old. They each represent a USD $2 billion capital investment and run on a cheap, well distributed [Read more] [Read more]
World Energy Outlook 2018 examines future patterns of a changing global energy system at a time of increasing uncertainties and finds that major transformations are underway for the global energy sector. Across all regions and [Read more]
The IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2018 details global energy trends and what possible impact they will have on supply and demand, carbon emissions, air pollution, and energy access. Invew Group photo. Oil consumption growing for decades due [Read more]
South Africa is a major player in African energy markets representing the largest energy consumer on the continent, accounting for about half of Africa’s electricity capacity and possessing one of the highest electrification rates. Kuoni.co.uk [Read more]
Last week, the IEA held its third annual global conference on energy efficiency in Paris. The event brought together over 2o0 energy professionals from over 60 countries. From left to right: Dr Ajay Mathur (Director General, [Read more]
In natural gas markets, the prospects of a natural gas glut, which was commonly heard within the energy industry not that long ago, has vanished following last winter’s tight market, and is being replaced by [Read more]
Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies would facilitate the cost-effective deployment of the some of the Middle East’s huge renewables potential, whose development has been limited by the availability of subsidized oil and gas for power [Read more]
Many energy sector majors are moving downstream in order to capture additional value from hydrocarbons resources, often co-locating new petrochemical facilities with refineries to capture operational synergies. Total photo. Reform initiatives underway in energy sector This [Read more]
The IEA report addresses how LNG markets are reshaping shipping needs. The risk of a lack of timely investment in the LNG carrier fleet could pose a threat to market development and security of supply. [Read more]
Over the last few months, the US shale industry has seen a notable improvement in financial conditions, though the picture varies markedly by company. Anadarko photo. US shale industry, as a whole, may turn a [Read more]
Part of the drop-off in renewable energy investment was due to falling costs that made renewable sources like solar PV more affordable than ever, the investment decline still represents a warning to clean energy proponents. [Read more]
Strong demand from China and rising US supplies of natural gas will transform global natgas markets in the coming five years, according to the International Energy Agency. A lack of new LNG projects after 2020 [Read more]
Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the IEA and Mr Liu Hua, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Environment met to discuss energy security, improving air quality and reducing carbon intensity. International Energy Agency photo. IEA [Read more]
Rising demand from China as well as greater industrial demand for natural gas along with rising supplies from the US will transform the global gas markets in the coming five years, according to the IEA. [Read more]
In some of the hottest countries in the world, solar thermal could help provide energy for cooking, hot water and industry and reduce the dependency on dirty fuels like coal. China is the global leader [Read more]
The demand for chemical products has a direct impact on energy demand, and consequently carbon dioxide emissions. The sector accounts for approximately 11 per cent and 8 per cent respectively of the global primary demand for [Read more]
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