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Final episode in 3-part energy innovation miniseries explores the history of the air conditioner – and the efforts underway to improve cooling technologies as demand grows The IEA today released the final episode in a three-part podcast miniseries focused on energy innovations that have influenced our lives and economies. The new episode looks at the air conditioner. Invented at the turn of the 20th century to control humidity at a New York printing plant, the air conditioner has reshaped the societies that have had access to it. Today, more than…

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The IEA today released the second of a three-episode podcast miniseries focused on energy innovations that have influenced our lives and economies. The new episode looks at technological advances in drilling, from the first commercial oil well in 1859, which paved the way for the modern oil industry, to the development of offshore rigs, directional drilling, and hydraulic fracturing (or fracking), which have reshaped energy market dynamics in the 21st century. It also looks at how many of these same techniques have laid the basis for next-generation geothermal energy projects,…

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Industry, electric vehicles, air conditioning and data centres continue to spur robust increases in electricity use around the world Global electricity demand is set to grow at a faster pace this year than last – even as power systems worldwide contend with energy market turmoil and volatile prices, according to a new IEA report. While recent disruptions to global natural gas markets due to the war in the Middle East have pushed up electricity generation costs in many regions, strong underlying demand from industry, appliances, cooling, electric vehicles and data…

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Industry, electric vehicles, air conditioning and data centres continue to spur robust increases in electricity use around the world Global electricity demand is set to grow at a faster pace this year than last – even as power systems worldwide contend with energy market turmoil and volatile prices, according to a new IEA report. While recent disruptions to global natural gas markets due to the war in the Middle East have pushed up electricity generation costs in many regions, strong underlying demand from industry, appliances, cooling, electric vehicles and data…

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New IEA report finds one-third of the $2.2 billion pledged has already been disbursed, helping drive the pace of clean cooking provision in Africa toward record levels Nearly $740 million of the $2.2 billion pledged at the first IEA’s Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa has already been disbursed to projects across almost 30 African countries, according to a new IEA report, with financing, policy reforms and infrastructure investment helping accelerate access to clean cooking across the continent. The Clean Cooking in Africa 2026: Progress Report was released ahead of…

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