IEA World Energy Outlook Special Report finds that action in the energy sector could unleash an extra decade of growth Increasing access to modern forms of energy is crucial to unlocking faster economic and social development in sub‑Saharan Africa, according to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Africa Energy Outlook, a Special Report in the 2014…
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Switching US electricity generation from coal- to natural gas-fired power stations would not significantly lower greenhouse gas emissions, researchers have found, despite gas plants’ lower emissions per unit of electricity generated. That’s chiefly because the shift would delay the deployment and cost-competitiveness of renewable electricity technologies for making electricity. Abundant supplies of natural gas will…
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New research by the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) identifies major financial risks for investors in coal producers around the world, from the domino effect of slowing demand growth in China, where thermal coal demand could peak as early as 2016. New research by the Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) identifies major financial risks for investors in…
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