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"The pace of deployment of some clean energy technologies – such as solar PV
and electric vehicles – shows what can be achieved with sufficient ambition and
policy action, but faster change is urgently needed across most components of
the energy system to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, according to the IEA’s
latest evaluation of global progress.
Published today, the annual update of the IEA’s
Tracking Clean Energy
Progress online resource reveals remarkable gains in the past year. Electric
car sales reached a record high of more than 10 million in 2022, a nearly
tenfold increase in just five years. Renewable electricity capacity additions
rose to 340 gigawatts (GW), their largest ever deployment. As a result,
renewables now account for 30% of global electricity generation. Investment in
clean energy reached a record USD 1.6 trillion in 2022, an increase of almost
15% from 2021, demonstrating continued confidence in energy transitions even in
an uncertain economic climate.
The transition to clean energy is occurring at different speeds across regions
and sectors, however. For example, nearly 95% of global electric car sales in
2022 took place in China, the United States and Europe. Stronger international
cooperation is needed to spread progress on electric cars and other key
technologies to all regions, particularly emerging and developing economies.
Clean energy deployment is also occurring faster in some parts of the energy
system – such as electricity generation and passenger cars – where costs have
fallen and technologies are already relatively mature. Meanwhile, rapid
innovation is still needed to bring to market clean technologies for parts of
the energy system where emissions are harder to tackle, such as heavy industry
and long-distance transport. Positive steps on innovation have been made in the
past few years, but a further acceleration is needed to soon bring to market
more low-emissions technologies for these areas."
Via Future Crunch:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
