The year 2022 saw power systems facing challenges in multiple regions due to extreme weather events such as heatwaves, droughts, and winter storms, resulting in power outages and low hydropower output. This has highlighted the urgent need to increase the flexibility of the power system and enhance the security of electricity supply to better cope with weather-related contingencies.
Additionally, the surge in fossil fuel prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine compounded the supply situation, leading to a fuel switching wave to coal for power generation. However, global coal-fired generation is forecast to plateau in 2023-2025, with renewable power generation set to increase more than all other sources combined, making up over one-third of the global generation mix by 2025.
Nuclear output is expected to grow by 3.6% per year on average, mainly due to the increase in Asia Pacific, plus French generation returning to normal. As a result, low-carbon generation sources – renewables and nuclear together – are expected to meet on average more than 90% of the additional electricity demand over the next three years, unless developments in the global economy and weather events change the trends in electricity demand and fossil-fired generation.
Read the full Electricity Market Report from the IEA here: Electricity Market Report 2023 – Analysis – IEA
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