Among these the World Energy Outlook stands out as the most important futuristic energy study and analysis. Unconventional gas: In addition to an update on the opportunities and challenges that face the development of unconventional gas globally, the analysis focuses on the prospects for unconventional gas in China and how this might affect China’s energy outlook as well as regional and global balances.There are increasing numbers of annual and periodical energy studies that look into future energy demand and sustainability issues. Renewables and energy efficiency: In the run-up to COP21, the Outlook provided a report on the competitive position of fast-growing renewable energy technologies in different markets, how this evolves and what implications this might have for policy the analysis also tracks for the first time the coverage of energy use by efficiency policies around the world and the ways in which product design, recycling and reuse (“material efficiency”) can contribute to energy savings. With new impetus behind efforts to upgrade the country’s energy supply, this comprehensive, in-depth analysis assesses the multiple challenges and opportunities facing India as it develops the resources and infrastructure to meet rapidly rising energy demand. India’s energy outlook: How India’s energy sector develops over the coming decades will have profound implications both for the country’s own prospects and for the global energy system as a whole. This analysis examines the implications for markets, policies, investment, the fuel mix and emissions if oil prices stay lower for longer. A lower oil price future? The decline in oil prices and changed market conditions have prompted a broad debate over how and when the oil market will re-balance.

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