Innovation
A critical driver of clean energy transitions
Through research, investments and collaboration, a wide variety of energy fields are being reshaped by technology improvements, reducing costs, increasing efficiencies and boosting deployment. Effective policies are needed to support the best ideas from lab to market.
Key findings
Spending on energy R&D by national governments and the European Union, 2014-2019
OpenMost Government energy R&D spending in 2019 was directed to low-carbon energy technologies
Featured analysis
Statistics report
Energy Technology RD&D Budgets 2020
Tracking trends in spending on research, development and demonstration
Report
Tracking Clean Energy Innovation
A framework for using indicators to inform policy
Technology report
Today in the Lab – Tomorrow in Energy?
Highlighting research projects under development in the Technology Collaboration Programmes
Flagship report
World Energy Investment 2020
The energy industry that emerges from the Covid-19 crisis will be significantly different from the one that came before
Analysis
Commentary
Is cooling the future of heating?
Fuel report
Energy Efficiency 2020
Commentary
What the past decade can tell us about the future of coal
Report
Tracking Clean Energy Innovation
A framework for using indicators to inform policy
Technology report
Today in the Lab – Tomorrow in Energy?
Highlighting research projects under development in the Technology Collaboration Programmes
Article
Assessing public attitudes to nuclear fusion energy
Part of Today in the Lab - Tomorrow in Energy?
Article
Environmental monitoring of offshore carbon capture and storage
Part of Today in the Lab - Tomorrow in Energy?
Article
Measuring energy efficiency progress in heavy duty vehicles
Part of Today in the Lab - Tomorrow in Energy?
Our work on innovation
The energy sector has a long history of disruptive innovation leading to sweeping changes in energy markets, mobility and society at large. Governments are increasingly looking to guide and accelerate the development of technologies for energy transitions and competitive advantage in a changing energy system. The IEA works with policy and decision makers around the world to track public and private research, development and demonstration (RD&D), share good policy practice and promote multilateral collaboration.