Category: Energy efficiency technologies
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Energy shortcut by the IEA
By Marta Koblanska. November 26, 2025, 12:30 Poland’s time, Photo: electricity, Pixabay According to a recent IEA report, energy efficiency in industrial performance accounted for over 50 percent of resilience to price fluctuations in 2025, which are expected to rise. These fluctuations/variability mainly result from gas price volatility, which has increased by 40 percent in…
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IEA cuts renewables’ growth forecast for the US by 50 percent. What does this mean for others?
By Marta Koblanska, 14 October 2025, 19:00 Poland’s, Photo: Solar elipse, thanks to wynpnt, Pixabay What factors are hindering the growth of renewable energy sources, and what drives their adoption? The IEA emphasizes the importance of flexibility in this context. Energy sources may be more or less efficient. That means a different caloric value of…
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Who will pay more and who will pay less for oil in 2025?
Photo: Oil facility, eyeonicimages, Pixabay As China’s refineries’ product demand may reach its limits in 2025, the oil price for those in other locations can surge despite the foreseen global fuel surplus. Why? According to the International Energy Agency’s forecast for 2025, global oil demand is to increase to an average of one million barrels per…
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Are wind farms causing harm to cognitive functioning? Balancing between health and clean energy
Wind turbine, Photo: Viniane6276, Pixabay Wind farms are a substantial source of clean energy needed for green transformation. Is the noise they produce harmful for people and nature or not? Clean energy from various renewables may decrease dependence on fossil fuels as a major energy course. There are several ways to get the so-called green…
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Are power users critical for grid resilience? The perception of the security of supply is changing.
Photo: Bharat Siddam, Pixabay Cyberattacks on grids may disrupt power supply as nowadays computers are steering the volumes. Are we willing to have a transforming station at home? Power grids are a kind of skeleton or nervous system of the country. There are grids with higher and lower frequencies that are subordinated to the volumes…