What countries in the world are the largest energy producers by fuel? What trends are regions following in their energy consumption patterns? Who are the top-ten electricity importers and exporters? The IEA has just released the 2010 edition of its Key World Energy Statistics, a handy, pocket-sized booklet that addresses these and many other questions on energy facts and figures. The booklet shows graphs and tables of global data up to 2008, and when available up to 2009, for energy production, trade, transformation and consumption, CO2 emissions from fuel combustion and energy prices. The Key World Energy Statistics booklet also offers a large selection of energy indicators for over 130 countries in the world. Free download…

IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka travelled to Oslo for the Norwegian launch of Energy Technology Perspectives 2010 (ETP 2010). The event was hosted by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and Statkraft. Minister Riis-Johansen provided opening remarks emphasising the importance of energy efficiency, renewables and CCS in Norway’s climate change and energy technology strategy.
Mr Tanaka is pictured here with Terje Riis-Johansen (Minister of Petroleum) and Christian Rynning-Tønnesen (CEO of Statkraft).

IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka presented Energy Technology Perspectives (ETP) 2010 at the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) in Tokyo. The event was attended by over 100 experts, government representatives and other participants. The audience welcomed the new IEA publication as valuable input to Japan’s New Growth Strategy which focuses on various low carbon technologies as source of future growth. (see Mr. Tanaka’s presentation in Japanese). Mr. Tanaka also attended the APEC Growth Strategy High- Level Round Table meeting held in Beppu, Japan on 7-8 August, chaired by Mr. Naoshima, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and Mr. Arai, Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy. The aim of the Round Table is to advance the formulation of the APEC Growth Strategy – an initiative agreed on last year by APEC leaders who committed to put in place in 2010 a "comprehensive long-term growth strategy for the Asia-Pacific region." Mr. Tanaka contributed to the discussion of Sustainable Growth by delivering a presentation on the ETP Blue Map scenario, energy intensity improvements in APEC countries and possible policy actions, including the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies, standard setting to facilitate market transformation and RD&D (see presentation and Round Table statement).

Geothermal power production could increase up to more than 1 000 terawatt hours (TWh) by 2050, according to the IEA. A new IEA paper, “Geothermal Essentials”, sketches out basic facts and prospects for geothermal energy - energy generated in the Earth’s core. It also shows how geothermal can be used for generating electricity and providing direct heat for numerous applications.
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Mr. Tanaka is pictured here with Turkey's Energy Minister Taner Yildiz.

IEA calculations based on preliminary data show that China has now overtaken the United States to become the world's largest energy user. China's rise to the top ranking was faster than expected as it was much less affected by the global financial crisis than the United States.

For those who have been following energy consumption trends closely, this does not come as a surprise. What is more important is the phenomenal growth in demand that has taken place in China over the last decade; also prospects for future growth still remain incredibly strong. Since 2000, China’s energy demand has doubled, yet on a per capita basis it is still only around one-third of the OECD average. Prospects for further growth are very strong considering the country’s low per-capita consumption level and the fact that China is the most populous nation on the planet, with more than 1.3 billion people.

China’s demand today would be even higher still if the government had not made such progress in reducing the energy intensity (the energy input per dollar of output) of its economy. It has also very quickly become one of the world’s leaders in renewable energy, particularly wind power and solar energy, and paved the way for a big expansion of nuclear power.

The worldwide implications of these new trends will be assessed in the upcoming World Energy Outlook 2010 to be released on 9 November 2010.

See graph entitled Total primary energy demand and per-capita primary energy demand in China and the United States, 1990-2009

IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka addressed Ministers from 22 major economies at the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) meeting in Washington, DC. Mr. Tanaka, who followed US Energy Secretary Stephen Chu, emphasised the importance of accelerating deployment of clean energy technologies which can enhance energy security, cut greenhouse gas emissions, spur economic growth and fight energy poverty around the world. Mr Tanaka, pictured here beside Dr Steven Chu, US Secretary of Energy and Chris Huhne, UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, presented findings from IEA work on clean energy technology scenarios in addition to results from three IEA background papers prepared for the CEM that focused on the need to cut subsidies in electricity markets, assessed effective means of market transformation to deploy new energy technologies and analysed the gap in energy technology R&D funding requirements.

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Despite the financial crisis, in 2009 existing renewable capacity continued to grow at rates close to those in previous years, with grid-connected solar photovoltaic power growing at 53% and wind power at 32%, REN21 – a global policy network backed by the IEA – reports (REN21 Renewables 2010 Global Status Report). The IEA provided updates on the latest renewables policy and market developments in OECD countries for the report, drawing on policy and statistical information in the IEA Renewables Policies and Measures database, which covers over 80 OECD and non-OECD countries: http://renewables.iea.org. For more information, see the attached press release.

The Korea launch of the Energy Technology Perspectives (ETP) 2010 publication was held in Seoul with IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka. The event was hosted by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) and Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP) and attended by over 200 experts from industry, government and academia. Korea has ambitious plans for low carbon green growth and welcomed the ETP 2010 publication as valuable input their energy technology planning. Mr. Tanaka is pictured here with Mr Young Hak Kim (Vice Minister of MKE) and Dr Joon-Hyun Lee (president of KETEP).
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IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka travelled to Beijing for the China launch of the Energy Technology Perspectives (ETP) 2010 publication. The launch was hosted by the Energy Research Institute (ERI) and presided by Han Wenke, Director General of ERI. ZHOU Xi’an, Director General of the General Affairs Department of the National Energy Administration provided opening remarks congratulating the IEA on this comprehensive study. While in Beijing, Mr Tanaka also met with the Governor of the People’s Bank of China, ZHOU Xiaochuan. Mr. Tanaka is pictured here with Zhou Xianochuan.
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IEA Deputy Executive Director Richard H. Jones presented findings from the new IEA publication, Energy Technology Perspectives 2010 (ETP 2010), to more than 200 people in Santiago, Chile on July 12. After a presentation about Chile' s energy policy by Energy Minister Ricardo Raineri, Ambassador Jones spoke about IEA scenarios to 2050. Ambassador Jones then travelled to Brazil where he presented the ETP 2010 in Rio de Janeiro at CEPEL (the Brazilian Electric Energy Research Center). The presentation was followed by a question and answer session. The questions focused on the transport sector, hydropower, biofuels and nuclear energy. Amb. Jones is ppictured here with Chilean Energy Minister Ricardo Raineri and Vice Minister Ximena Bronfman.

IEA Deputy Executive Director Richard H. Jones presented the new IEA publication, Energy Technology Perspectives (ETP) in Mexico City in the Secretaria de Energia (SENER). In a bilateral meeting, Mexican Energy Secretary Kessel and Amb. Jones discussed the results of ETP and its implications for Mexico in more detail. (Photo shows Amb. Jones and Secretary Kessel.) Mexico was the first stop of Amb. Jones' tour in Latin America to discuss the results of the book with IEA partner countries.
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IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka participated in a breakfast debate on the new IEA report, Energy Technology Perspectives 2010, in Paris. The event was hosted by the French Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea (MEEDDM). Discussing the implications of the report, especially in regard to Europe, were Pierre-Marie Abadie (Director of Energy at MEEDDM), Olivier Appert (President of Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP) and Alliance National de Coordination de la Recherche pour L’Energie (ANCRE)), Jerome Perrin (Renault), and Bo Diczfalusy (Director of Sustainable Energy Policy and Technology, IEA). The debate was moderated by Richard Lavargne, advisor to the Director General for Energy and Climate at MEEDDM and discussed the role of new technologies in transforming the French and European energy system. Mr. Tanaka is pictured here with the panellists.
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On 8 July, a preparatory meeting for the October 2010 Partnership Meeting on Energy and Sustainability (‘Partnership Meeting’) took place in Jakarta, hosted by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia. Representatives of nine IEA member countries and nine non-member ‘partner’ countries participated. The discussion was based on a background paper and questions for discussion, circulated by the IEA Secretariat in advance. Participants generally welcomed the approach and concepts presented in the background paper but also emphasised the need to ensure the Partnership Meeting adds value, focuses on issues where the IEA can make distinctive contribution and where IEA cooperation is making or can make a difference. They agreed that comprehensive energy security should be at the heart of the agenda in October; energy sustainability is a key topic.

IEA Deputy Executive Director Richard H. Jones, Head of Industry and Markets division David Fyfe and Head of Energy Diversification division Ian Cronshaw presented the recent IEA publication, Medium-Term Oil and Natural Gas Markets 2010, at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington. DC. Mr. Guy Caruso of CSIS (and previously of the IEA) introduced the discussion. Approximately 100 people attended the presentation, including representatives from industry, government and think tanks. The presentation was followed by a smaller roundtable discussion in order to elaborate further critical questions about oil and gas markets. See also photo 1, photo 2, photo 3, photo 4.
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IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka was in Berlin for the German launch of Energy Technology Perspectives (ETP) 2010. During an event hosted by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Mr. Tanaka highlighted the challenges and opportunities facing Europe in achieving a low-carbon and more secure energy future to 2050. Mr. Tanaka is pictured here with German State Secretary Jochen Homann who welcomed the IEA report as ‘timely’.
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IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka travelled to London to present the results of the new publication Energy Technology Perspectives (ETP) 2010 to UK government officials as well as representatives from business, finance and academia. He also made a presentation about the implications of ETP scenarios at a dinner at Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College, London. Mr. Tanaka is pictured here with UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne.
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The IEA has just launched a new edition of Energy Technology Perspectives (ETP). The study presents updated scenarios from the present to 2050 that show which new technologies will be most important in key sectors and in different regions of the world for achieving the goal of halving global CO2 emissions by 2050. Presenting ETP 2010 in Washington DC, IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said “after sowing the seeds for such a revolution in our last edition in 2008 by demonstrating that greater reliance on low-carbon technologies can transform the way we produce and use energy, ETP 2010 now highlights the first ‘green shoots’ of what could become such a fundamental change.” But he emphasised that current developments are still fragmented and fragile, and the rate of progress is still far too low to prevent dangerous increases in global temperatures.
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IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka paid a visit to US Congressman Edward Markey to present the latest findings of the new IEA publication, Energy Technology Perspectives 2010. The report, which presents scenarios for achieving a low-carbon energy system by 2050, features a section that focuses on different regions of the world, including the United States. Mr. Tanaka is pictured here with Congressman Markey, who is sponsoring climate legislation in the US Congress.