Sentences with phrase «global energy mix»

Ample supplies, robust emerging markets and uncertainty about nuclear power all point to a prominent role for gas in global energy mix; prospect that natural gas, after decades of volatility and political tensions related to limited supplies, is entering a «golden age.»

So declared Jules Kortenhorst, CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a Colorado - based green - energy think tank, in a panel on «The Global Energy Mix» at the Globe 2014 conference on March 28 in Vancouver.

Plotting a path for biofuel, the International Energy Agency's new «Technology Roadmap: Delivering Sustainable Bioenergy» provides the technology milestones and policy actions needed to unlock the potential of bioenergy in line with a long - term low - carbon and sustainable global energy mix.

Remaining in the global deal to combat climate change will give U.S. negotiators a chance to advocate for coal in the future of the global energy mix, coal companies like Cloud Peak Energy (cld) and Peabody Energy (btuuq) told White House officials over the past few weeks, according to executives and a U.S. official familiar with the discussions.

This commits all parties to ensure delivery of electricity to everyone around the world, a doubling of renewable energy in the global energy mix and a doubling of energy efficiency — all by 2030.

A new report from the Paris - based International Energy Agency projects that gas's share of the global energy mix will surpass coal's in the next two decades

«Coal's share of the global energy mix continues to grow each year, and if no changes are made to current policies, coal will catch oil within a decade,» said Maria van der Hoeven, IEA's executive director.

Coal's share of the global energy mix continues to rise, and by 2017 coal will come close to surpassing oil as the world's top energy source, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said today as it released its annual Medium - Term Coal Market Report (MCMR).

That's the question posed — and largely answered with a «yes» — in a new report from the International Energy Agency on the place of natural gas in the global energy mix for decades to come.

But outside of the negotiation room, the U.N. succeeded mightily in building an action - oriented coalition around the triple objectives of universal access to energy, doubling renewable energy in the global energy mix, and doubling energy efficiency — all by 2030.

Coal's share of the global energy mix continues to grow each year, and if no changes are made to current policies, coal will catch oil within a decade.»

My view is that nuclear, particularly new generations of plants, has to be part of the global energy mix, but don't count on its deployment at a scale and pace relevant to global warming being any easier than that for solar or wind or the like.

Aug. 13, 8:20 a.m. Updated The vast remaining deposits of coal in the world guarantee that this fossil fuel will remain a big part of the global energy mix for decades to come.

REN21 contributed to the Policy Brief # 3: Substantially increase the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.

It tracks progress toward universal access to modern energy, doubling the rate of energy efficiency improvements and doubling the share of renewable energy consumption in the global energy mix.

The third edition of the GTF provides an evidence - based look at progress at the regional, country, and international level toward ensuring universal access to modern energy services, doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix, and doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency.

The first SEforALL Global Tracking Framework was released in 2013 and identified indicators that track progress toward the SEforALL objectives of universal access to modern energy, doubling the rate of energy efficiency improvements and doubling the share of renewable energy consumption in the global energy mix.

Maria van der Hoeven, the IEA's executive director, said: «Coal's share of the global energy mix continues to grow each year, and if no changes are made to current policies, coal will catch oil within a decade.»

It focuses on how to move further, faster in the coming five years towards the delivery of SEforALL's three, 2030 objectives: ensure universal access to modern energy services; double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency; and double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.

Speaking on the opening day of the conference being held this week in Sochi, Russia, Rising said nuclear energy had a vital role to play in the global energy mix, providing a strong foundation of reliable and low - carbon generation to help support more variable clean energy generation options.

All told, renewables» contribution to the global energy mix in 2040 is expected to be about 15 percent — not much more than today.

Coal's share in the global energy mix is forecast to decline from 27 % in 2016 to 26 % in 2022 on sluggish demand growth relative to other fuels.

This transformation of the global energy mix described in WEO - 2016 means that risks to energy security also evolve.

Renewable energy accounts for only 18 percent of the global energy mix.

As efficiency cuts demand and renewables scale up, fossil fuels» share of the global energy mix falls from 82 % in 2014 to 35 % in 2060 under the 2C scenario, with coal use falling by 72 %, oil by 45 % and natural gas by 26 % compared with 2014.

It presents detailed country - level and global data that outline the scale of the challenges ahead as countries try to meet the three objectives of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative: providing universal access to modern energy, doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix, and doubling the rate of improvement in energy efficiency — all by 2030.

• Another 20 high - impact countries account for 80 percent of energy consumption and will need to lead the way on doubling the share of renewables to 36 percent of the global energy mix and doubling improvement in energy efficiency.

«Unprecedented challenge» for fossil fuels as low LCOE for solar and wind power, allied to tumbling storage costs, sees renewables claim larger share of bulk and dispatchable generation while adding vital flexibility to global energy mix.

Sustainable Energy for All, a global coalition of governments, the private sector, civil society, and international organizations, aims to achieve this while also doubling the amount of renewable energy in the global energy mix from its current share of 18 percent to 36 percent by 2030.

To meet the SEforALL objective to double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix requires the share of renewables to rise from 18.3 percent of Total Final Energy Consumption (TFEC) in 2014 to 36 percent by 2030.

This target should be reworked as «half the share of carbon based energy in the global energy mix by 2030».

The conference took place in Brussels and covered three main themes: the opening session «Coal and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions», followed by a panel discussion on «Creating new pathways to drive deployment of technologies to reduce GHG emissions» and finally the afternoon technology session focusing on «Coal in the global energy mix — pathways to reducing GHG emissions».

Launched in September 2011 by UN Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon, SE4All has three main objectives by 2030: to ensure universal access to modern energy services, to double the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency, and to double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix.

They provide energy leaders with an open, transparent, and inclusive framework to think about a very uncertain future, and thus assist in the shaping of the choices they make, in this instance when it comes to the role of natural gas in our global energy mix.

«An increased share of natural gas in the global energy mix alone will not put the world on a carbon emissions path consistent with an average global temperature rise of no more than 2 [degrees Celsius],» the report states.

Oil, natural gas, coal, and non-fossil fuels each contribute about 25 percent to the global energy mix in that year.

Having increased ninefold in total capacity since the start of the twenty - first century, wind power is quickly solidifying its position as an important part of the global energy mix.

The World Coal Association (WCA) has welcomed the International Energy Agency's (IEA) recognition that coal will continue to play a vital role in the global energy mix.

Some argue that coal will persist as an important part of the global energy mix because it is abundant, easy to extract, and currently cheap.

Solar powered electricity is becoming a meaningful part of the global energy mix because its carbon - free profile and widely distributed delivery model make it increasingly good economic sense.

«If, for example, new supply sources outpace demand, or if the global energy mix changes drastically in response to global climate change initiatives, then the benefits from oilsands investments may be considerably less.»

A spokesman for the Department for Energy and Climate Change said: We believe renewables have a strong future as part of the UK and global energy mix in the fight against climate change.

This third edition of the report, a multi-agency effort led by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and the World Bank, provides an update of how the world has been moving towards the three SE4All objectives: universal access to electricity and clean cooking, doubling the global rate of improvement in energy efficiency, and doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030

WWF's report, produced with researchers at Dutch organizations Ecofys and the Office for Metropolitan Architecture, says the share of oil, coal, gas and nuclear in the global energy mix could be cut down to 5 % by 2050, and energy saving measures can cut total demand by 15 % from 2005 levels, starting from an assumed baseline of 520EJ / a.

«IRENA's research estimates that doubling the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix by 2030 — enough to meet global climate and development targets — would result in more than 24 million jobs worldwide.»