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A record volume of renewable energy is expected to come online in 2021, with 290 gigawatts of new capacity. That surpasses 2020’s record, when renewables accounted for all of the new electricity capacity installed worldwide. Renewables have grown quickly in recent years, but are now entering a faster phase of …

The head of the world’s leading energy authority has said that some countries had failed to adopt a helpful position to calm soaring oil and gas prices, criticizing “artificial tightness” in energy markets. ″[A] factor I would like to underline that caused these high prices is the position some of …

A global transition to “clean energy” is still far too slow to meet climate pledges and risks fueling even greater price volatility, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said yesterday. “We are not investing enough to meet future energy needs and the uncertainties are setting the stage for a volatile period …

With the pathway set out in its Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050 – published in May – providing an integral part of the analysis, the IEA says the WEO 2021 is designed to serve as a handbook for the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow “at this vital moment …

As head of the organisation that advises countries on energy policy, Fatih Birol has a blunt message to governments ahead of a crucial climate summit: He wants “real global action”, not just words. “I want to see a plan,” Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, told AFP. …

The energy squeeze in Europe has nothing to do with the continent’s energy transition plans, the head of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol told the European Parliament’s energy and environment committees. “It is inaccurate and unfair to explain these high energy prices as a result of clean energy transition …

Fatih Birol, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA), has been named one of the most influential 100 persons of 2021 by Time, a political magazine based in New York City, United States. Birol, 63, who has been the executive director of the agency since 2015, is the only …

The world’s largest listed oil companies will have to cut production by at least 50 per cent over the next decade if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees as per the Paris climate accord, influential climate think tank Carbon Tracker has warned. In a new report, …

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a peer-reviewed report today, focussed on the efforts of oil and gas companies to reduce their environmental footprints, concluding that companies’ failure to address growing calls to reduce greenhouse gas emissions could threaten their long-term social acceptability and profitability. The International Energy Agency …

The growth of hydropower plants worldwide is set to slow significantly this decade, putting at risk the ambitions of countries across the globe to reach net-zero emissions while ensuring reliable energy supplies, said the International Energy Agency (IEA) in a new report. Global hydropower capacity is expected to increase by …