Throughout 2024, Enerdata worked closely with its partners and clients to navigate the complex landscape of the energy transition. Focusing on data-driven insights and strategic guidance, Enerdata facilitated informed decision-making and supported the development of sustainable energy strategies for a better future.
Some of our innovative projects:
We supported several government bodies, at various geographic scales, in developing long-term scenarios to assess their climate actions: evaluation of energy-climate trajectories 2030-2050 for the European Commission, Natural Resources Canada's Net-Zero target, three carbon-neutrality scenarios for the Principality of Monaco, scenarios for carbon neutrality by 2050 for the Brittany Region of France, and the appraisal of global climate mitigation for the UK government.
As Global decarbonisation accelerates, Energy-Climate (E-C) Scenarios can guide risk mitigation and align investments toward sustainable goals. Using our renowned models and expertise, Enerdata provided science-based projections and insights regarding climate-related challenges faced by our financial sector clients throughout 2024.
Sectoral deep dives (e.g.: road transportation or residential buildings), aligned with global energy and climate objectives, are essential to provide valuable and directly usable data and insights. For example, drawing on our expertise, we evaluated several global E-C scenarios to assess how Energy Performance Certificates for buildings across several European countries might evolve, considering latest energy and climate policies but also clean technologies developments such as heat pumps, insulation and rooftop solar PV installations. Read more
We partnered with the NGO ClimateWorks foundation on several studies regarding clean technologies' development, and their implementation in the energy landscape: Green Hydrogen – resulting in a report release, and the use of renewables.
Our major events:
26th World Energy Congress in Rotterdam
In April, we were at the 26th World Energy Congress in Rotterdam. During the event, our analyst co-presented the results of two quantified scenarios, developed for the World Energy Council.
Global Energy Data & Trends 2024
In June, we organised in Paris the presentation of our “Global Energy Data & Trends 2024” in the premises of Institut Louis Bachelier. This year, we have brought together experts from various backgrounds around 4 workshops to explore trends and breakthrough issues:
- Global Energy Trends – analysis of the global energy market
- Sustainable finance – from intention to action
- Scenarios to 2050 – perspectives on energy and climate
- Governance of scarcity – energy and planetary resources
For each workshop, leading figures in their fields led and enriched the discussions with their unique perspectives.
The richness of the exchanges was particularly provided thanks to a diverse and committed audience:
- More than 70 participants, with various profiles, having nourished the lines of thought proposed by our speakers.
- More than 40 companies and organisations, who shared their expertise in the energy field.
Our top-3 publications
Are we on track to hit the 2030 goals for renewables and energy efficiency?
This year this report focuses on the COP28 pledge to evaluate if the trends are aligned with the tripling of renewable capacity and doubling the energy efficiency by 2030, and to assess its impact in a long-term decarbonisation pathway.
Are Power Generation Companies’ actions aligned with the Paris Agreement?
The largest power generation companies (GenCos) globally have a significant impact on climate change, accounting for 36% of CO2 emissions in 2023. However, GenCos are committed to diversify energy sources, with the share of renewables projected to reach up to 90% by 2050, under the stringent climate policies maintained by our scenario EnerGreen. Strategies promoting climate action, and their implementation, are essential levers for achieving the targets set by the Paris Agreement.
Energy Sufficiency: the Missing Piece of the European Energy Puzzle?
In Europe, policies and frameworks promoting energy efficiency have been in place since the oil shocks of the 1970s and play a vital role in strengthening Europe’s decarbonisation roadmap. However, these efforts are predominantly focused on technological solutions, placing less emphasis on energy sufficiency as a lever to reduce the energy demand.
During the energy crisis, European sufficiency recommendations were largely short-term and focused on individual behaviours, whereas a broader approach involving societal shifts and new infrastructure is essential. Even under stringent climate policies, reducing final energy demand requires a balanced combination of sufficiency and efficiency improvements.
This analysis provides valuable insights to better understand the full scope of sufficiency measures and how they can help materialise this concept.
Our top-3 webinars
Replays available on our Youtube channel
Decarbonisation Pathway: the Renewables (R)evolution: Growth trajectories and milestones for renewable energies. Watch the replay
Amazing Ammonia: from fertilisers’ production to new energy uses. Read more
Guiding Future Building Investments: CSRD, risk mitigation, and energy-climate scenarios.Watch the replay
New steps for our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme
Investment in our offices
This year, we opened an office in Paris, in the Palais Brongniart. We invested in our Grenoble offices too to create a more pleasant environment for our employees, improving their comfort and reducing the environmental impact of this refurbishment. After several months of work, our staff is now enjoying the new Grenoble office space. Read more.
EcoVadis Silver Medal
EcoVadis assesses company performance across four themes: environment, labour and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. This year, EcoVadis tightened its criteria, placing us in the top 15% of companies and still awarding us the Silver Medal.
Carbon footprint
We have committed to achieving net-zero emissions by 2045. We have improved the scope of our carbon footprint assessment, with a slight decrease calculated over the 2023/2024 fiscal year – 1.82 tCO2/FTE, thanks to the durability and recycling of our IT equipment and a stringent travel policy. The evaluation considers scopes 1, 2 and 3 (covering buildings, travel – including commuting -, consumables and IT equipment).