Tag Archives: International Energy Agency (IEA)

Since 2022, several countries worldwide have announced plans to expand their natural gas production capacity over the next decade, with multiple new large-scale projects coming online over the last three years. This was largely driven by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and subsequent sanctions on Russian energy, which led …

Fracking techniques perfected in the U.S. shale patch could help drill for deeper and hotter geothermal energy resources and slash geothermal costs to make this low-carbon energy source competitive to other clean energy solutions, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. Recent advances in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing, …

Despite the surge in renewable energy additions, the world is not yet on track to reach the goal of tripling renewables capacity by 2030, according to the Renewables 2024 report published by the International Energy Agency (IEA) on Wednesday. Global renewable capacity is expected to grow by 2.7 times by …

The International Energy Agency (IEA) warned that rising global gas consumption and geopolitical tensions may complicate supply as countries approach winter, the German news agency dpa reported. According to the agency’s latest report, industrial demand, particularly from Asia, is driving a significant increase in gas usage. The agency projected global …

Global gas demand is projected to rise by more than 2.5 per cent in 2024, with a similar growth expected in 2025, according to the latest edition of the International Energy Agency (IEA’s) annual Global Gas Security Review. Natural gas reserves in Africa totaled over 17.89 trillion standard cubic meters …

The OPEC oil cartel and the IEA, the International Energy Agency created in response to the Arab oil embargo in the 1970s, have grown so far apart in their forecasts of global oil demand and energy system needs that their nearest-term and long-term demand projections are a world apart. OPEC …

A group of 50 organizations including the International Energy Agency and the Climate Bonds Initiative has set up a scheme to fund oil and gas companies committing to methane emission reduction, Bloomberg reported, noting the funding will take the form of so-called transition bonds. The group will release its recommendations …

The world is rapidly ramping up its renewable energy capacity in line with ambitious climate pledges. While this is great for the planet, the accelerated transition to green brings new challenges. Many sectoral experts are now concerned about what the rise in electricity use from renewable sources could mean for …

Global coal demand is set to remain broadly flat over the next two years, as surging electricity demand in a number of major economies offsets the ongoing rapid expansion of solar and wind capacity worldwide, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). After global coal use soared 2.6 per cent …

Oil prices continued to be weighed down in Asian trade on Wednesday by growing concerns about China’s economic growth and oil demand which were offsetting an estimated drop in U.S. crude oil inventories. In Asian trade, both benchmarks were dropping by around 0.2%, with the U.S. WTI Crude benchmark clawing …