Climate and Electricity Annual 2011: Data and Analyses

The IEA Climate and Electricity Annual 2011 provides an authoritative resource on progress to date in this area, with statistics related to CO2 and the electricity sector across ten regions of the world. It also presents topical analyses on meeting the challenge of rapidly curbing CO2 emissions from electricity, from both a policy and technology perspective.



Electricity use is growing worldwide, providing a range of energy services: lighting, heating and cooling, specific industrial uses, entertainment, information technologies, and mobility. Because its generation remains largely based on fossil fuels, electricity is also the largest and the fastest-growing source of energy-related CO2 emissions, the primary cause of human-induced climate change. Forecasts from the IEA and others show that "decarbonising" electricity and enhancing end-use efficiency can make major contributions to the fight against climate change.

Global and regional trends on electricity supply and demand indicate the magnitude of the decarbonisation challenge ahead. As climate concerns become an essential component of energy policy-making, the generation and use of electricity will be subject to increasingly strong policy actions by governments to reduce their associated CO2 emissions. Despite these actions, and despite very rapid growth in renewable energy generation, significant technology and policy challenges remain if this unprecedented essential transition is to be achieved.

Table of contents
Climate and Electricity Annual 2011: Data and Analyses
Analyses
Electricity market design for decarbonisation - C. Hood
Funding energy efficiency: earmarked environmental taxes versus system public benefit charges? - G. Heffner and L. Ryan
Early retirement of coal-fired generation in the transition to low-carbon electricity systems - C. Guivarch and C. Hood
Renewable energy policy and climate policy interactions - C. Philibert
Integrating electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles into the electric grid: long-term projections of electricity demand and CO2 emissions - L. Fulton and T. Trigg
Carbon capture in the power sector: from promise to practice - J. Lipponen and M. Finkenrath
Carbon leakage in the European Union’s power sector - K. Inoue
CO2 and fuel switching in the power sector: how econometrics can help policy making - A. Antonyuk and B. Magné
Data
World
OECD North America
OECD Pacific
Europe
Africa
Latin America
Middle East
Former Soviet Union
Asia (excluding China and India)
China
India
Geographical definitions