The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its much-anticipated World Energy Outlook 2023, revealing that significant shifts in the global energy landscape are poised to fundamentally alter the industry by the end of the decade. The report highlighted the rise of clean energy technologies, including solar, wind, electric vehicles, and heat pumps, which are redefining how the world powers factories, vehicles, home appliances, and heating systems. In the IEA’s latest projection, the global energy system in 2030 is set to feature clean technologies in a substantially larger role. Key findings include a tenfold increase in electric cars on the road, solar photovoltaics (PV) generating more electricity than the entire US power system, renewable energy accounting for nearly 50% of the global electricity mix, heat pumps surpassing fossil fuel boilers globally, and a threefold increase in investment in offshore wind projects over coal- and gas-fired power plants. IEA Executive Director Faith Birol called on governments, companies, and investors to support clean energy transitions, pointing to benefits including new job opportunities, greater energy security, cleaner air, universal energy access, and a safer climate. The report also warned that global emissions will remain high without additional measures, pushing global temperatures up by around 2.4°C this century, well above the Paris Agreement threshold. The IEA’s strategy for achieving the 1.5°C target by 2030 includes tripling renewable capacity, doubling energy efficiency improvements, reducing methane emissions, increasing clean energy investments, and transitioning away from fossil fuels. In other news, Unilever, Heineken and Volvo are among the 125+ businesses calling on world leaders to commit to a full phase-out of unabated fossil fuels at COP28 in Dubai.
This morning, we released World Energy Outlook 2023 👉 https://t.co/zWejwk8riJ
Don't miss this thread from our Executive Director @fbirol running through some of the key findings ⬇️ https://t.co/1uhO1Re1fx
— International Energy Agency (@IEA) October 24, 2023
