Tracking SDG7: The energy progress report 2023

This annual report tracks global progress toward Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7: Achieving affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. It serves as a guide for policymakers and the international community in advancing energy access, energy efficiency, renewable energy and international cooperation to achieve SDG 7. IRENA produces the report jointly with the SDG 7 co-custodian agencies: the International Energy Agency (IEA), the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD), the World Bank, and the World Health Organization (WHO). The preparatory process for the 2023 edition was chaired by the WHO.

In order to realise SDG 7 and related SDGs by …

Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium: Particle Scale Impacts on Deconstruction Energy of Pine Residues

The Feedstock-Conversion Interface Consortium (FCIC) develops first-principles-based knowledge and tools to understand, quantify, and mitigate the effects of feedstock and process variability  across the bioenergy value chain, from the field and forest through downstream conversion. The FCIC is a collaborative and coordinated effort involving researchers in many different disciplines. It is led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and includes researchers from nine national laboratories: Argonne National Laboratory, Idaho National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, National Energy Technology Laboratory, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and …

Material and Resource Requirements for the Energy Transition

In its latest report Material and Resource Requirements for the Energy Transition the ETC dives into the natural resources and materials needed to meet the needs of the transition. Large investments and strong policy support are needed to ensure that the supply of some key minerals grows quickly and sustainably over the next decade to meet rapidly growing demand.

There is no fundamental shortage of any of the raw materials to support a global transition to a net-zero economy: geological resources exceed the total projected cumulative demand from 2022-50 for all key materials, whether arising from the energy transition or …

World Energy Transitions Outlook 2023: 1.5°C Pathway

The scale of the global climate emergency has become ever more obvious in recent years, with record high temperatures and extreme weather events linked to climate change occurring around the globe.
IRENA’s 1.5°C Scenario, set out in the World Energy Transitions Outlook, presents a pathway to achieve the 1.5°C target by 2050, positioning electrification and efficiency as key transition drivers, enabled by renewable energy, clean hydrogen and sustainable biomass.…

The Future of California Consumer Energy Finance

This report focuses on strategies to reduce building energy use and greenhouse gas emissions, including both energy efficiency and electrification measures. The report also recognizes that investments in home electric vehicle charging will be important due to the state policy requiring that 100% of new vehicle sales are zero emissions by 2035.…

United States Energy & Employment Report 2023

The U.S. energy system is rapidly transforming, driven by policies that expand production, foster innovation, support domestic manufacturing,
and create high wage jobs across America, while substantially reducing emissions. Landmark investments from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provide critical funding to drive more rapid adoption of zero emissions products, incentivize expanded domestic manufacturing capacity, and facilitate the development of next-generation technologies through programs that emphasize equity and a just transition.

The pace of change in the energy sector makes tracking energy employment more important than ever, but it also increases its complexity. The diversity and …

Hydrogen Power Generation and the Significance of Efficiency

Clean ways to make and use Hydrogen for power generation will be critical to replace conventional methods of power production that use petroleum-based products.

The industry prevailing understanding is that hydrogen is essential to meet global decarbonization goals by 2025 across industries. The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) estimates that by 2050, clean hydrogen could meet 12 percent of energy consumption, and could abate seven gigatons of CO2 emissions annually. If these projections are true, both hydrogen production and hydrogen power plants are necessary to produce green renewable electricity while still maintaining a reliable grid.…

World Energy Investment 2023

This year’s edition of the World Energy Investment provides a full update on the investment picture in 2022 and an initial reading of the emerging picture for 2023.

The report provides a global benchmark for tracking capital flows in the energy sector and examines how investors are assessing risks and opportunities across all areas of fuel and electricity supply, critical minerals, efficiency, research and development and energy finance.

It focuses on some important features of the new investment landscape that are already visible, including the policies now in place that reinforce incentives for clean energy spending, the energy security lens …

How Federal Clean Energy Tax Credits Benefit Nebraska

Federal clean energy tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are transforming the United States economy, already generating nearly $250 billion in project announcements that could create more than 140,000 new jobs. Prior modeling by Energy Innovation showed IRA tax credits could increase U.S. GDP up to $200 billion and create up to 1.3 million jobs nationally by 2030.

Energy Innovation used the Energy Policy Simulator to study potential state-level benefits from the IRA on economic growth, jobs, and public health in the 48 contiguous states. This analysis focuses on clean electricity and clean vehicle tax credits, given their …

How Federal Clean Energy Tax Credits Benefit Montana

Federal clean energy tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are transforming the United States economy, already generating nearly $250 billion in project announcements that could create more than 140,000 new jobs. Prior modeling by Energy Innovation showed IRA tax credits could increase U.S. GDP up to $200 billion and create up to 1.3 million jobs nationally by 2030.

Energy Innovation used the Energy Policy Simulator to study potential state-level benefits from the IRA on economic growth, jobs, and public health in the 48 contiguous states. This analysis focuses on clean electricity and clean vehicle tax credits, given their …