The 2023 update of Tracking Clean Energy Progress, available on the IEA website, tracks progress towards aligning the global energy system with a path to reaching net zero emissions by 2050. It does this by assessing over 50 different components, from sectors to technologies to infrastructure.
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In 2022, the world had about 1.2 terawatts (TW) of generating capacity from solar power, which in turn provided around 5% of global electricity generation. Energy strategists suggest that the
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The Department of Energy on Tuesday announced a scientific breakthrough in nuclear fusion at a national lab in California, marking a major step toward developing a new, sustainable form of energy that releases virtually no carbon dioxide or other types of air pollution.
1) Battery storage in the power sector was the fastest-growing commercial energy technology on the planet in 2023. Deployment doubled over the previous year''s figures, hitting nearly 42
Building on the latest energy, commodity and technology data – as well as recent energy, climate and industrial policy announcements – ETP-2023 explores critical questions around clean energy and technology supply chains.