International Energy Agency (IEA)

IEA Contributes to Renewables Global Status Report
13 May 2009
The IEA acted as one of the “lead topical researchers” for the newly released REN21 Renewables Global Status Report 2009 Update. 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: http://renewables.iea.org.
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Gadgets and Gigawatts: Policies for Energy Efficient Electronics
13 May 2009
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First Official IEA Visit to Poland
12 May 2009
On his first official visit to Poland since the country joined the IEA in September 2008, IEA Executive Director, Mr. Nobuo Tanaka, met with Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Mr. Waldemar Pawlak.

IEA Submission to US Senate on Creation of Oil Product Reserve
12 May 2009
The US Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing on 12 May about creating a product reserve in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The IEA – which was asked to participate – supports the creation of a product reserve, which could help to cope with the vulnerability to hurricanes in the US refining system. See IEA submission...

IEA visits US Department of Energy
7 May 2009
In Washington for meetings, the IEA met with DOE Secretary Steven Chu and Mr. David Sandalow, Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs. Discussions focused on climate change mitigation and energy security.

Mapping Global R&D Efforts
28-29 April 2009
IEA and the Expert Group on R&D convened a workshop to map global R&D efforts. Experts from governments and international organisations discussed current trends and national strategies to accelerate R&D in countries around the world. More information can be found at http://www.iea.org/about/experts.asp

Electricity Transmission:
Getting the Best Investments
Autumn 2009

IEA sees China as world’s leading market for cleaner coal-fired plants
Reporting about China’s efforts to build cleaner coal-fired power plants, the NYT refers to the new IEA publication Cleaner Coal in China which finds that after relying until recently on older technology, “China has since become the major world market for advance coal-fired power plants with high-specification emission control systems”. The newspaper quotes IEA China expert Jonathan Sinton as saying that the country’s improvements were starting to have an effect on climate models: “It’s definitely changing the baseline, and that’s being taken into account”.
New York Times, 11 May 2009

IEA Engaging Russia, China and India
Emphasising IEA efforts to reach out to major producer and consumer countries outside its membership, IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka said the Agency had invited Russia, China and India to attend its ministerial meeting scheduled in October. “We haven’t gotten any concrete answer yet, but they are participating in the preparatory process already,” he said. “This is certainly one very good step forward for enhanced engagement or co-operation.”
Platt’s Oilgram News, 28 April 2009

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