energy demand

In Spain 10th February 2026

Electricity demand in Spain rises 3% in 2025 compared to 2.3% in 2024

Alphavalue/ Divacons | Electricity demand in Spain grew by ‘just over 3%’ in 2025, consolidating the upward trend after the 2.3% rebound in 2024, according to projections by the International Energy Agency (IEA). This acceleration will continue with an average annual increase of ‘just under 2%’ between 2026 and 2030, a rate that the agency describes as ‘well above’ the meagre average of 0.4% recorded over the last decade. The…

World economy 8th December 2018

Carbon Emissions Will Reach 37 Bn Tonnes In 2018, A Record High

P.Canadell, /C.Le Quéré /G. Peters/ Robbie Andrew/ Rob Jackson via The Conversation | Strong energy demand is behind the rise in emissions growth, which is outpacing the speed at which decarbonisation of the energy system is taking place. Total energy consumption around the world increased by one sixth over the past decade, the result of a growing global middle class and the need to provide electricity to hundreds of millions of people living in poverty.

World economy 15th July 2018

Carbon Capture: A Bold Solution or Pipe Dream?

Craig Moran | Could a new carbon-capture technology really provide a viable approach to reversing the effects of climate change? That’s the ambitious claim of British Columbia-based tech company, Carbon Engineering, in a peer-reviewed paper that posits a methodology for capturing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere before combining it with hydrogen to create a carbon-neutral fuel.

World economy 3rd May 2012

Thursday’s graphs: Spanish energy consumption shows recovery

Energy consumption in Spain during the past four weeks brought gas demand back to positive figures and stopped further falls in electricity. Red Eléctrica and Enagás released electricity and gas demand data in April and analysts in the financial City of Madrid welcomed the better-than expected news. Electricity demand was slightly on the recovery path with a -0.9 percent and a -1.8 percent annually accumulated decrease. As for electricity generated…