Solar has become the leading source of new electricity generation, supported by battery storage that is beginning to provide system flexibility at scale, says the latest Global Electricity Review from Ember.
Global power demand is set to grow by more than 3.5% per year on average over the rest of this decade, with electricity generation from renewables, natural gas and nuclear all expanding to keep pace, according to a new International Energy Agency (IEA) report.
Grandweld Shipyards, a leading Dubai-based fully integrated shipyard serving the maritime and offshore industries, demonstrated its commitment to sustainability in 2025, achieving a reduction of 920 tonnes of CO₂ emissions and saving 374 tonnes of standard coal.
Seventy energy experts convened at the IEA headquarters in Paris for the 7th Joint IEA-IEF-Opec Symposium, discussing global natural gas and coal market developments. Participants included representatives from the energy sector, international institutions, governments, and academia, focusing on future market evolutions.
Security, scale and pragmatism took centre stage on the third day of India Energy Week 2026, as policymakers and industry leaders outlined a data-driven, realistic roadmap for the energy transition of the world’s fastest-growing major energy market, said the event organisers.
