Category: Reports

Myanmar’s Rooftop Off-Grid Solar Market: Report

Myanmar’s Rooftop Off-Grid Solar Market: Report

Sep 24, 2026 | , , ,

Solar is now the most cost-effective electrification option for a growing share of Myanmar’s energy demand. Monthly average diesel prices rose by nearly 900 percent in nominal terms, from MMK 682 per liter in January 2021 to MMK 6,057 per liter in April 2026, industrial grid tariffs increased by 80 percent in February 2026, and the cost of energy from large commercial and industrial (C&I) solar-plus-battery systems is at US$0.205 per kWh, now cheaper than the industrial grid tariff of US$0.250 per kWh. The C&I segment is approaching commercial viability and is likely to continue growing largely on commercial terms.

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Oregon Energy Security Plan: Report

Oregon Energy Security Plan: Report

Sep 18, 2026 | , ,

The Oregon Energy Security Plan Report 2026 published by the Oregon Department of Energy presents an overview of the state’s energy infrastructure, quantifies the threats and hazards that could cause energy insecurity, and proposes measures that the state and its partners can implement to reduce risk. The energy sector — including electricity, liquid fuels, and natural gas — is vital to the health, well-being, safety, economy, and way of life for Oregonians. Nearly all commerce and critical activities in the state rely on power and liquid fuels to operate and function.

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Success Factors for Renewable Island Mini-Grids: Report

Success Factors for Renewable Island Mini-Grids: Report

Sep 18, 2026 | ,

Small islands continue to face profound energy-related vulnerabilities. Their electricity systems are typically isolated, diesel-dependent, and exposed to highly volatile international fuel markets. This dependency results in elevated electricity costs, recurring supply risks, and significant carbon emissions. At the same time, islands are disproportionately affected by climate impacts such as storms, sea-level rise, and saltwater intrusion, making the transition to resilient renewable electricity systems both an economic and environmental imperative.

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Energy Subsidies in the EU: Report

Energy Subsidies in the EU: Report

Sep 18, 2026 | , ,

Total energy subsidies in the EU in 2024 were worth EUR 340 billion, a slight decrease (-5%) compared to 2023 (EUR 360 billion) and significantly lower (-25%) than 2022, at the height of the crisis (EUR 457 billion). However, they remained considerably above the historical average (EUR 190 billion in 2015-2019). The share of non-targeted energy subsidies, benefiting the use of all energy carriers across all end-users in a cross-sectoral way, remained high at almost half of all energy subsidies (48%) and more than twice the historic average (21% in 2015-2019). 

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Employment Implications of Clean Energy in EU: Report

Employment Implications of Clean Energy in EU: Report

Sep 11, 2026 | , ,

EU is rapidly transforming its economy to achieve climate neutrality, guided by legally binding emissions targets. At the same time, it faces ongoing geopolitical uncertainties, including recent tensions in the Middle East. As such, it is necessary to accelerate the EU′s clean transition and further reduce its dependence on imported fossil fuels and vulnerability to energy price shocks. Europe′s transition to climate neutrality is reshaping its industrial and employment landscape, although clean energy technologies in the EU face structural challenges such as relatively high energy and labour costs, permitting and planning bottlenecks, and some limitations in access to critical raw materials.

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Building the US Electro-Industrial Economy: Report

Building the US Electro-Industrial Economy: Report

Sep 11, 2026 | , ,

States across the United States are competing to attract and retain the infrastructure, manufacturing, and energy assets required to support growing demand for electricity, advanced industry, and digital infrastructure. The global shift to an economy built on electricity and computerization represents a new economic development undertaking both for the United States as a whole and for individual states. These high-value industrial and infrastructure projects bring jobs, investment, and additional businesses, making them a worthwhile prize. But whereas most of these projects are commercially viable in the long term, some struggle to obtain private financing because they face permitting, market, infrastructure, or first-of-a-kind deployment risks.

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Global Mid-Year Electricity Update: Report 

Global Mid-Year Electricity Update: Report 

Aug 21, 2026 | ,

Global power demand is on track to rise faster in 2026 and 2027 than in 2025, even as the Middle East crisis temporarily increases electricity generation costs and as emergency energy conservation measures are implemented in some regions. Major economies have so far adapted to the loss of liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies from the Strait of Hormuz while meeting rising power demand. A stronger-than-expected El Niño event in 2026 could increase global electricity demand further by raising cooling needs in many regions. Electricity generation from renewables is set to overtake coal-fired output in 2026, widening their share in the global electricity supply mix.

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US State-Level Energy Transition: Report

US State-Level Energy Transition: Report

Aug 21, 2026 | , ,

While policy changes have slowed the US energy transition, progress continues in several areas, with solar and batteries proving particularly resilient. According to the inaugural US energy transition leaderboard used in the analysis, Washington, Arizona, California, Illinois, and Oregon are leading the way to a low-carbon future. Republican states occupy 13 out of the top 20 positions, suggesting that economics is a far bigger driving force overall than politics. The clean energy transition is helping to improve grid reliability and temper price volatility, especially during extreme weather events.

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Evolution of Energy Communities in EU: Report

Evolution of Energy Communities in EU: Report

Aug 21, 2026 | , ,

The European energy transition is marked by the rapid spread of renewable energy sources, electrification of end uses, decentralisation of generation and increasing system stress driven by climate change. These transformations expose the limits of traditional, centralised electricity system architectures and require new organisational and governance models capable of coordinating distributed resources while preserving reliability, efficiency and social legitimacy. Scientific literature and recent European policy frameworks converge on the role of energy communities (ECs) as a key socioeconomic and technical innovation to address these challenges.

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Solar Supports European Grid Amid Extreme Heat: Report

Solar Supports European Grid Amid Extreme Heat: Report

Aug 14, 2026 | , ,

During June and July 2026, successive heatwaves pushed temperatures above 40°C in many parts of Europe, driving up electricity demand as air conditioning use soared, while disrupting nuclear, gas, coal and hydropower generation. The boost in solar output helped stabilise grids as other power sources struggled but this was accompanied with high prices and supply scarcity most pronounced in the evenings. As extreme heat becomes more common, governments and regulators will need to make greater use of proven solutions, including battery storage and demand response.

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Carbon Pricing in Transport Sector for Central Asia: Report 

Carbon Pricing in Transport Sector for Central Asia: Report 

Aug 14, 2026 | , ,

Transport emissions in all CAREC countries are growing significantly faster than overall GHG emissions, showing the importance of introducing effective measures to curb these emissions. The report highlights how the main measures identified by CAREC countries to reduce GHG transport emissions relate to electric mobility, low-carbon fuels, expansion and improvement of public transport services, nonmotorized transport, efficiency improvements in the transport sector, and shifting road to rail and road to shipping for both freight and passenger transport.

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Norway Critical Minerals Review: Report

Norway Critical Minerals Review: Report

Aug 7, 2026 | , ,

The analysis covers Norway’s end-to-end approach, encompassing exploration, extraction, refining, recycling and downstream integration into advanced industries. The report identifies several areas of strength in Norway’s approach. These include its substantial geological potential, its advanced innovation and recycling sectors, and its active participation in European policy frameworks. The report concludes that Norway stands at a strategic crossroads. Decisive policy action, targeted investment in innovation, and enhanced stakeholder collaboration will be critical for Norway to secure its position as a leader in sustainable critical minerals supply.

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State of Fossil Fuels in Chile: Report

State of Fossil Fuels in Chile: Report

Aug 7, 2026 | , ,

The report presents a snapshot of the current landscape to support Chile’s transition toward energy security and sovereignty by shifting away from fossil fuels. Renewable energy has not replaced fossil fuels; it has grown alongside them. Despite having an electricity system that is more than 60 per cent renewable, Chile consumed 29 per cent more energy from fossil fuels in 2024 than it did in 2000. The energy system is not defossilising; it is redistributing its dependence across different fossil fuel sources. Today, Chile has neither a fossil fuel phase out strategy nor a reduction plan in its dependence on fossil fuels; instead, fossil fuel use has shifted across sectors.

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US Interconnection Status: Report

US Interconnection Status: Report

Jul 30, 2026 | , ,

The report finds that all seven grid operators have made progress over the past 18 months by adopting cluster studies, strengthening project readiness requirements, introducing automation and implementing reforms under FERC Order No. 2023 (Order 2023), which applies to all regions except Electric Reliability Council of Texas. Southwest Power Pool and the California Independent System Operator showed the strongest progress, while the Midcontinent Independent System Operator made incomplete progress. ERCOT made incremental progress, whereas PJM Interconnection, ISO-New England and the New York Independent System Operator made expected progress. The report notes that gating policies are improving queue quality by advancing more viable projects, although their overall effectiveness remains uncertain.

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Hybridisation Potential of Hydro Plants in EU: Report

Hybridisation Potential of Hydro Plants in EU: Report

Jul 30, 2026 | , ,

The report assesses the hybridisation potential of hydropower plants in seven EU countries, which together account for 93 GW of the bloc’s 131 GW of hydropower capacity. It examines how much wind and solar can be added behind the meter of existing hydro assets, bypassing grid constraints, without affecting dispatch behaviour of existing plants or impacting sites near protected areas. 25 GW of wind and solar can be added to existing hydropower plants across seven EU countries, taking into account environmental constraints. Through hybridisation, Austria, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Portugal, Romania and Spain could integrate 18% of the new renewables anticipated by 2030.

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China Power Market Outlook: Report

China Power Market Outlook: Report

Jul 30, 2026 | , ,

Provincial power spot markets now cover nearly all provinces, with spot prices emerging as the pricing anchor for medium- to long-term power and retail markets. Mechanism pricing has been implemented nationwide, with notable disparities emerging in regional implementation plans, bidding outcomes, and settlement expenses across different regions. Capacity pricing is expanding to include more types of generation-side entities, with compensation depending on peak-serving capability. Stand-alone energy storage economics improve as capacity pricing rolls out, while market-based TOU pricing reshapes industrial and commercial storage operations.

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Building Malaysia’s Clean Power System: Report

Building Malaysia’s Clean Power System: Report

Jul 22, 2026 | , ,

Malaysia has established strong foundations for an orderly and gradual transition away from coal power, underpinned by a commitment not to build new coal power generation and a final transition date of 2044. Its policy and regulatory framework, along with its long-term goal to reach a 70% share of renewables by 2050, provide a strong basis for the country to capitalize on its natural assets and develop cheaper and more sustainable electricity generation alternatives. This transition offers profound benefits for Malaysians, including lower-cost renewable energy, less pollution and reduced exposure to fuel import costs and volatility. However, it is not without challenges. A renewables led system will need to be stabilized with additional baseload or “firm” power as coal gradually exits.

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UK Clean Flexibility Roadmap: Report

UK Clean Flexibility Roadmap: Report

Jul 22, 2026 | , ,

The report is a comprehensive and actionable plan for how to achieve the flexibility required to deliver clean power by 2030 and net zero by 2050. This roadmap shifts focus from the delivery of important but intermediate milestones to the longer-term outcomes envisioned for consumers and the wider electricity system. The report includes some of the following commitments: The government will rapidly assess the feasibility of consumers accessing government support for low carbon technologies to do so using a flexible tariff, with the option for the consumer to opt out. The government will take primary legislative powers when parliamentary time allows to enable removal of final consumption levies for demand turn up, supporting the use of consumer-led flexibility in addressing network constraints and boosting the commercial case for bidirectional electric vehicle chargers and domestic batteries.

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Decarbonising US Power Sector: Report

Decarbonising US Power Sector: Report

Jul 22, 2026 | , ,

The report assesses how much the current policy environment preserves the benefits of the prior policy environment, situates those modeled results within the real-world forces shaping delivery, and draws out what the findings imply for future policy priorities and public spending. The report further uses Energy Innovation’s Energy Policy Simulator to compare two modeled scenarios of the US power sector: a current scenario defined by the OBBBA without the Biden-era Environmental Protection Agency regulations and a prior trajectory defined by the IRA with those regulations intact. The analysis focuses on the 2025-2035 window, when the gap between the scenarios grows fastest and today’s policy decisions can most directly shape the outcome. 

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Unlocking Circular Economy in Europe: Report 

Unlocking Circular Economy in Europe: Report 

Jul 17, 2026 | , ,

The circular economy is expected to play a key role in strengthening Europe′s competitiveness while also helping to ensure that its environmental objectives are achieved. Applying circular economy principles could boost EU gross domestic product (GDP) by 0.5% by 2030. At the same time, the European remanufacturing market alone could grow from EUR 31 billion to EUR 100 billion by 2030. The transition is also projected to generate around 700,000 new green jobs, particularly in the repair, remanufacturing and recycling sectors; the Clean Industrial Deal estimates 500,000 new jobs in the remanufacturing sector. The report gives authoritative information on the scale of financing needed for this transition and the necessary conditions for efficient implementation and effective change.

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