Tag: IEA

New podcast episode examines the surge in energy jobs

Stuart Mitchell

  The latest episode of the IEA’s Everything Energy podcast surveys the global landscape for energy jobs, looking at the biggest engines for growth across the sector and the challenges that could undermine future momentum. Now available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, the episode features insights from Elspeth Hathaway and Rebecca Ruff, two authors of the World Energy Employment 2025 report. They discuss the demographics of the energy sector, what has been driving the strong increase in global energy employment, and how to tackle growing skills shortages, which could complicate efforts by countries to meet…

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New podcast episode explores the state of play for hydrogen

Stuart Mitchell

The latest episode of the IEA’s Everything Energy podcast examines key developments in the global hydrogen sector today, drawing on the latest data to assess how current trends measure up against government and industry ambitions. Now available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, the episode features insights from Energy Technology Analyst José Bermudez, the lead author of the IEA’s annual Global Hydrogen Review. He discusses what has driven enthusiasm about hydrogen across the energy sector, the challenges that have arisen in recent years, and how production could evolve to 2030. The IEA’s Everything Energy podcast offers…

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IEA to host Mission Innovation Secretariat in step to enhance international energy technology cooperation

Stuart Mitchell

Mission Innovation’s 24 member governments from around the world approve basing the secretariat at IEA headquarters, cementing collaboration between the organisations The International Energy Agency will host the Mission Innovation Secretariat, a global government initiative that works to catalyse action and investment in research, development and demonstration of advanced energy technologies. The decision for the Mission Innovation Secretariat to join several other global initiatives at the Paris headquarters of the IEA, the world’s energy authority, has been approved by the member governments of both organisations. Mission Innovation was launched in…

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New podcast episode explores how to deliver electricity access to 600 million people across Africa

Stuart Mitchell

The latest episode of the IEA’s Everything Energy podcast examines the strategies and investments needed to expand electricity access to the 600 million people in Africa who still live without it. Now available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, the episode features insights from Emma Gordon and Adam Ward, energy investment analysts and lead authors of a recent IEA report on this topic. They discuss new modelling that shows how to deliver universal electricity access across Africa in the next 10 years, along with the financial tools to make this milestone a reality. The IEA’s Everything…

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New podcast episode explores solar power’s future growth

Stuart Mitchell

A new episode of the IEA podcast Everything Energy delves into what the World Energy Outlook 2025 says about future of solar power, which is projected to grow rapidly in the coming decades in all the scenarios mapped out in the report. Now available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, the episode features insights from Brent Wanner, Head of the IEA’s Power Supply Unit, and Anthony Vautrin, an energy modeller specialising in demand. They discuss the trends that have underpinned solar’s rapid ascent, its potential to meet rising electricity demand around the world, and some of…

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