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Annual average change in fossil fuels production by fuel, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020, World [total fossil fuels exclude peat and oil shale] (source: IEA World energy balances, 2021)

July releases of IEA fuel information, balances and emissions data: global coverage

9 August 2021 Editor Comments Off

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has announced the release of its five information 2021 databases Coal information, Natural gas information, Electricity information, Oil information, Renewables information, with complete global data up to 2019, and provisional […]

Oil growth rate per flow and OECD region in April 2021 (y-o-y) (source: IEA)

IEA releases latest monthly oil and gas statistics

16 July 2021 Editor Comments Off

The latest IEA’s Monthly Oil Statistics report including April 2021 data shows that for Total OECD: Total OECD production of crude oil, NGL and refinery feedstocks decreased by 3.6% in April 2021 compared to April […]

The role of natural gas in tackling emissions is seen very differently between various energy scenarios investigating carbon mitigation pathways (illustration: GECF)

Mitigating energy-related carbon emissions: Which role for natural gas?

9 July 2021 Editor 0

The transition towards low-carbon economies has gained a strong momentum in recent energy debates, particularly with the announcements by several countries, including the EU Member States, the UK, Japan and South Korea, to shift their […]

The Caribbean and Latin America, an attractive environment for renewable energy investments – San Isidro Fotovoltaica, a 6.5 MWp solar PV project in El Salvador

A global ‘Green Recovery’ set to offer strong investment opportunities within Caribbean renewables infrastructure projects

16 March 2021 Editor 0

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the worst regions affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This, paired with some really challenging weather conditions that […]

Reducing the costs of nuclear power on the path towards a clean energy future

3 July 2020 Editor 0

It is time for action if countries around the world are to meet their decarbonisation and energy security policy goals. Nuclear energy can play a key role in meeting these objectives—if the cost of new […]

Support for fossil fuel rising again (source: OECD

Governments should use COVID-19 recovery efforts as an opportunity to phase out support for fossil fuels, say OECD and IEA

8 June 2020 Editor 0

As governments design stimulus measures for economies hit by the COVID-19 crisis, they should seize the opportunity of historically low oil prices to redirect some of the half a trillion dollars spent annually supporting fossil […]

Xodus Group Director of Subsurface, Andrew Sewell

Xodus Group reveals new analysis showing need for rapid pivot to gas

28 February 2020 Editor 0

International energy consultancy Xodus Group has launched new analysis showing that a rapid pivot to gas will be required to deal with rising global energy demand. In contrast to some recent future energy scenarios, Xodus […]