Key Takeaways
- The clean energy transition and rise of electric vehicles could lead global demand for fossil fuels to peak before 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said.
- As new liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects come online in 2023, there also could be a glut of natural gas supply by 2025.
- The IEA's projections contrast with OPEC recently saying it believes additional investments are required to meet an increase in the demand for oil.
Globally, there could be 10 times more electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030 than there are today, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), which projected fossil fuel demand might peak by the end of this decade.
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However, the WEO predicts the current momentum toward renewables could decrease fossil fuels' share in the global energy supply to 73% by 2030, down from about 80%. The IEA anticipates demand for coal could taper off, especially in advanced economies, with oil and natural gas demand roughly constant till 2050. In two years, a surge in new 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, mostly in the U.S. and Qatar, could also create a supply glut🀅, easing price pressures.
The IEA noted that solar and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:electric vehicles are leading the transition. In 2020, one in every 25 cars sold was an EV, but that number has since climbed to 1 in 5. A record more than 500 gigawats (GW) of renewable generation capacity is set to be added this year, with more than $1 billion a day being spent on solar deployment, the IEA report said.