IEA - Global energy investments set to recover in 2021 but remain far from a net-zero pathway

Global investment in energy is set to rebound by nearly 10% in 2021 to USD 1.9 trillion, reversing most of last year's drop caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, but spending on clean energy transitions needs to accelerate much more rapidly to meet climate goals, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.

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IEA - The world’s first comprehensive energy roadmap to net zero by 2050  

Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector is the world's first comprehensive study to layout a cost-effective transition to a net-zero energy system while ensuring stable and affordable energy supplies, providing universal energy access, and enabling robust economic growth. Building on the IEA's unrivalled energy modelling tools and expertise, the Roadmap sets out more than 400 milestones to guide us on this global journey. "Our Roadmap shows the priority actions that are needed today to ensure the opportunity of net-zero emissions by 2050 – narrow but still achievable – is not lost.

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IRENA Launches Global Atlas 4.0

Recently unveiled, the IRENA Global Atlas 4.0 now incorporates more than 1000 revised renewable energy resource maps, complemented by key information such as the availability of transmission networks, population density and protected areas.

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Mission Innovation launches a decade of clean energy innovation to accelerate achieving the Paris Agreement Goals 

23 governments responsible for over 90% of global public investment in clean energy innovation commit to greater action to make clean energy affordable, attractive and accessible to all this decade.

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The EU DSO Entity: On 8 June 2021, the long-awaited official launch of the EU DSO Entity took place. The launch of the Entity is a remarkable achievement for the four electricity DSO Associations (CEDEC, E.DSO, Eurelectric and GEODE) that have been working intensively in the past couple of years towards its creation. It has been challenging since there are around 2500 DSOs in Europe with different sizes, missions, models, and issues. Despite these challenges, today the Entity represents a tremendous success and a historic step forward for the whole electric power distribution system industry.

Learn how 3 grid operators have modernised their WAN communications to help transform their grid operations. The panel explains why WANs based on IP/MPLS and optical technology have been critical to their digitalisation journey. Read here.

Towards zero-emission road transport partnership – 2Zero is now officially launched: https://www.2zeroemission.eu/