IEA report – "Tracking Clean Energy Progress 2013

Citation

(2013), "IEA report – "Tracking Clean Energy Progress 2013", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 24 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2013.08324eaa.014

IEA report – "Tracking Clean Energy Progress 2013"

Article Type: Features From: Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, Volume 24, Issue 5.

This is the International Energy Agency's (IEA) third comprehensive tracking of progress in clean energy technology which aims to serve as a reality check for policy makers. The review examines the latest developments in key clean energy technologies and asks questions such as:

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   To what extent are clean energy technologies being used?

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   What is being done to foster necessary markets?

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   How are individual technologies performing and developing?

Each technology and sector is tracked against interim 2020 targets in the IEA 2012 Energy Technology Perspectives 2°C scenario, which lays out pathways to a sustainable energy system in 2050. Key messages that emerge in the report, include: that progress has not been fast enough, large market failures are preventing clean energy solutions from being taken up, and considerable energy-efficiency potential remains untapped. The report also introduces a new IEA index which tracks the carbon intensity of energy supply since 1970, and further reinforces the need for more concerted effort. Details can be seen at: www.iea.org/publications/TCEP_web.pdf?dm_i=UP41F147,7TKVE4,4U8XM,1