World Energy Outlook 2019
The World Energy Outlook series is a leading source of strategic insight on the future of energy and energy-related emissions, providing detailed scenarios that map out the consequences of different energy policy and investment choices.
This year's edition updates the outlooks for all fuels, technologies and regions, based on the latest market data, policy initiatives and cost trends.
In addition, the 2019 report tackles some key questions in depth:
- What do the shale revolution, the rise of liquefied natural gas, the falling costs of renewables and the spread of digital technologies mean for tomorrow's energy supply?
- How can the world get on a pathway to meet global climate targets and other sustainable energy goals?
- What are the energy choices that will shape Africa's future, and how might the rise of the African consumer affect global trends?
- How large a role could offshore wind play in the transformation of the energy sector?
- Could the world's gas grids one day deliver low-carbon energy?
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Access to electricity and reliable power
Today, 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa (one-out-of-two people) do not have access to electricity, according to our latest country-by-country assessment. A number of countries make important headway in the Stated Policies Scenario, with South Africa, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda and Senegal reaching full access by 2030. This allows around 20 million people to gain access every year. Yet progress is uneven: 530 million people (one-out-of-three people) remain without electricity in 2030. Annual gains in access would need to triple to reach universal access by 2030.
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