The outlook means that companies will need to tap reserves that haven’t yet been discovered, unless demand shifts away from fossil fuels
India looks set to reach its 2030 target of 50% non-fossil generation capacity ahead of schedule. There has been a surge in investment in renewables, led by solar PV, IEA has said in a report
Clean energy technologies, including renewables, nuclear, and energy storage, are set to attract $2.2 trillion in investment, twice the amount expected for fossil fuels, the IEA
Rapid urbanisation and industrialisation is set to transform the energy market in the world's fifth-largest economy and drive gas demand growth through the end of the decade and possibly beyond that, the IEA said in a report.
The IEA noted that China's contribution to the global increase in oil demand is set to weaken from 79% in 2023 to 45% in 2024 and 27% next year
From now till 2030, India will be the largest source of oil demand growth globally, says Toril Bosoni. As a big crude oil buyer, India can certainly do term deals at better terms and better prices, she said.
This was largely driven by greater awareness about climate change and the need to address it, as well as falling cost of generating renewable energy.
IEA Chief Fatih Birol singled out the US and China, the world's two biggest emitters, urging them to come together at the crunch COP28 climate talks in Dubai in November-December and "leave aside their tensions" -- both geopolitical and economic -- to seek joint or at least common positions on key issues.
Biofuels replaced 2 million barrels of global oil demand a day in 2022
Mild temperatures, which significantly curbed consumption, and China’s zero-Covid policy, helped Europe stock up on LNG last year. There's enough time to replenish gas storage and avert a crisis in the coming winter but no room for complacency
"India is an energy important country, oil important country, a majority of the oil consumed in India is important, such a move could increase India's oil import bill and as such a burden on the Indian economy and Indian consumers," said IEA chief Fatih Birol.
Birol says clean energy is growing very strongly, but the oil and gas markets are still volatile
There’s a large opportunity in this space to build from India for the world, says the co-founder of venture capital major Accel India and Board member at ACT.
For the first time, the worldwide demand for every type of fossil fuel will peak in the near future.
With scientists calling for a concerted global effort to reduce global warming, blockchain technology is slated to play an important role in helping businesses reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Brent crude futures gained $1.29, or 1.3%, to $98.69 a barrel by 1348 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose $1.45, or 1.6%, to $93.38.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) predicted that from April, three million barrels per day of Russian oil output could be shut in that’s about a third of the total.
There’s no end in sight for the price spike as supply struggles to keep up with demand.
"Over time, steadily rising volumes from Middle East OPEC+ and the U.S. along with a slowdown in demand growth is expected to fend off an acute supply deficit amid a worsening Russian supply disruption," the IEA said in its monthly oil report.
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The need for more energy conservation has snowballed. The war in Ukraine is forcing Europe to curb dependence on Russian energy. The post-pandemic economic recovery is creating power shortages in China. The rapid shift to renewables, extreme weather events and sky-high fuel prices are stretching grids from Texas to Pakistan.
All of the IEA’s 31 members -- which includes the U.S., Japan and Germany -- outlined individual polices and plans to immediately reduce their intake following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Executive Director Fatih Birol said.
Front-month Brent crude futures were up about 66 cents, or 0.67 percent, to $98.68 a barrel at 1222 GMT , while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude was up 84 cents, or 0.86 percent, to $95.86 a barrel.
The IEA lowered its forecast for world oil demand for the second to fourth quarters of 2022 by 1.3 million bpd noting rising commodity prices and sanctions on Russia "are expected to appreciably depress global economic growth" and impact inflation.
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