4 September 2008
IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka travelled to Brussels for the launch of "IEA Energy Policies Review: The European Union 2008". The report is the first IEA review of EU energy policies. EC Commissioner Andris Piebalgs joined Mr. Tanaka for the press conference. Mr. Tanaka also met with EU President José Manuel Barroso before the release of the report. All are pictured in the attached photo.
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4 September 2008
Combined heat and power is an attractive energy supply efficiency measure. However, it has proven difficult to integrate into greenhouse gas emissions schemes. Read here to learn about the IEA's recommendations for policy makers in its new report. Read information paper...

3 September 2008
Updated IEA Statement on Hurricane Gustav
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2 September 2008
IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka attended the ONS Conference in Stavanger, Norway, from 26-27 August where he gave a keynote speech on “Energy for One World: Meeting the Twin Challenges of Energy Security and Climate Change”. He also participated in a panel discussion together with Helge Lund, President and CEO, StatoilHydro, Yuri Komarov, CEO, Shtokman Development, Andrew Gould, Chair and CEO, Schlumberger Limited, and Jean-Francois Cirelli, Vice Chair and President, GDF Suez, France. In addition, Mr Tanaka met with the Norwegian Minister of Energy and Petroleum and the State Secretary for Energy and Petroleum.
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1 September 2008
IEA Statement on Hurricane Gustav click here

27 August 2008
The IEA recently launched a new project to identify opportunities for capturing and using methane, a potent greenhouse gas. The first report in this series, "Turning a Liability into an Asset," takes a look at potential for landfill methane utilisation in India, and finds strong possibility for cost-effective emissions reductions. Click here to download the report.


Long-Term Technology Perspectives in the End-Use Sector
Berlin, 16 October 2008

Revolutionizing the Transport Sector
1 October 2008

18 September 2008
Natural Gas Market Review 2008 - Optimising investments and ensuring security in a high-priced environment






29 September 2008
Deploying Renewables: Principles for Effective Policies


Reuters, 26 August 2008
With regards to the soaring oil prices IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka calls on OPEC to leave its output unchanged when they meet on September 9. Even with prices down after the record high of USD 147 a barrel in July the current prices “are still too high and harmful to global economy, especially emerging markets”. Considering the current situation with a drop in demand in the United States and many European countries, Mr. Tanaka said, “it is very important to maintain the output level” in order to bring prices down further.

Der Spiegel, 11 August 2008
The German magazine ran an interview with IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka on the current and future situation of the oil market, quoting him as warning of a possible supply crunch if investment does not come on stream. Even though the situation will ease in the next one to two years, Mr. Tanaka said, “after that, the situation could become tense again”. Global net decline rates for mature fields are estimated to rise to about 5% per year. “This means that we would need over 3.5 mb/d of new production each year only to maintain the current world production level,” he added.

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