On March 11th, the IEA announced the release of 400 million barrels of oil to address disruptions in oil markets stemming from the war in the Middle East as EiD reported last week. The IEA followed up this week by publishing a report highlighting “options to ease oil price pressures on consumers”. When the IEA … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, March 22-23, 2026
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New OECD analysis: The great dispersion in energy productivity between firms
New OECD research finds that some firms use 20 times more energy than their peers producing the same output. Reducing the gap could cut industrial energy use by more than half using technologies that already exist. This blog post by Antoine Dechezlepretre and Josh De Lyon on the OECD website explores why these gaps exist … Continue reading New OECD analysis: The great dispersion in energy productivity between firms
Energy in Demand News, March 15-16, 2026
The 32 member countries of the International Energy Agency agreed this week to make 400 million barrels of oil from their emergency reserves available to the market to address disruptions in oil markets stemming from the war in the Middle East. IEA members hold emergency stockpiles of over 1.2 billion barrels, with a further 600 million barrels … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, March 15-16, 2026
New report shows importance of digital retrofits for healthcare sector
An article on the Voltimum website discusses a new report by Schneider Electric on improving the energy efficiency in the healthcare sector. Voltimum is a digital platform and community that provides electrical professionals with industry news, product information, training, and tools for the electrical sector. Hospitals can cut energy use, carbon and costs fastest … Continue reading New report shows importance of digital retrofits for healthcare sector
Britain’s energy transition: From warm front to cold homes: the cost of scrapping energy efficiency programmes
With no current programmes in place to address the issue of fuel poverty, it seems that the government is looking to claim progress by manipulating figures rather than taking effective action, says Andrew Warren, chair of the British Energy Efficiency Federation in a column in the March issue of Energy in Buildings & Industry. … Continue reading Britain’s energy transition: From warm front to cold homes: the cost of scrapping energy efficiency programmes
Aviation could still cut its climate impact dramatically, simply by using planes more efficiently
In an article on The Conversation website, Milan Klöwer, NERC Independent Research Fellow, University of Oxford discusses how to lower aviation emissions by eliminating business class. Scrapping business class could halve aviation emissions – new study Air travel is famously one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise, and the number of air passengers keeps … Continue reading Aviation could still cut its climate impact dramatically, simply by using planes more efficiently
European Commission announces comprehensive support package for energy efficiency financing
The Directorate-General for Energy of the European Commission published the following press release on March 10th. The Commission reaffirms its commitment to boost energy efficiency financing The Commission unveiled today a comprehensive support package for energy efficiency financing aimed at rolling out innovative solutions for financing and technical support for energy efficiency and building … Continue reading European Commission announces comprehensive support package for energy efficiency financing
The climate policies that actually work: evidence from 1,700 global measures
In an article on The Conversation website, Xavier Fernández-i-Marín, 'Ramon-y-Cajal' Fellow, Universitat de Barcelona; Christoph Knill, Full Professor of Empirical Theories of Politics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; Markus Hinterleitner, Assistant Professor of Public Administration and Political Institutions, Université de Lausanne; and Yves Steinebach, Professor, University of Oslo analyse which climate policies have had the … Continue reading The climate policies that actually work: evidence from 1,700 global measures
Energy in Demand News, March 8-9, 2026
The war in the Middle East could end up having a devastating impact on our global energy system. Daniel Yergin, the well-known energy analyst who is author of the 1991 ‘The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money and Power’ asks in the Financial Times this week whether the nightmare scenario for global energy is … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, March 8-9, 2026
The traditional role of buildings as energy consumers is changing amid rising supply disruptions, surging demand, and more volatile pricing
Guy Grainger, Global Head, Sustainability Services, JLL writes on the World Economic Forum website about the important role that buildings can play in meeting our energy security concerns. How buildings can start solving energy security as power demands surge The traditional role of buildings as energy consumers is changing amid rising supply disruptions, surging … Continue reading The traditional role of buildings as energy consumers is changing amid rising supply disruptions, surging demand, and more volatile pricing
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