Development of Renewable and sustainability energy landscape has been quite dynamic in past years and world is now well oriented and in transition towards the journey of a green, more livable future. This dynamism is most likely intensifying in 2025 with the implementation and potential amendments in green energy sector along with regulations and significant geopolitical developments around the globe.
Governments, companies, investors, and asset holders and even end users are now more agile and show significant relevance to adequately respond to these trends, while navigating the energy transition, greater scrutiny of value chains, and some political pushbacks.
This transition towards most advanced renewable and sustainable resources will require even more sophistication and careful consideration of the stakeholders.
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Developments in United States
Like the EU and other international jurisdictions and emerging economies, United Sates and many other progressive states are expected to go green. California is pushing hard for implementing laws in support of climate change, plastic recycling and energy transition with several other states looking to follow these initiatives.
Additionally, many US entities also operate in a global context and they will require to navigate US federal and state trends against the backdrop of potential reputational or operational risks associated with diverging from global green energy trends.
Developments in European Union
The EU changing dynamics consider a meaningful affiliation of its member states with the Paris Agreement and similar other resolutions passed in collaboration with United Nations. These regulations set the tone for subsequent push towards more advanced, dynamic and cost effective solutions for renewable energy in 2025 and beyond.
The focus for 2025 was established by comments from Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission that the EU is seeking to strike a balance between maintaining sustainability standards and ensuring economic competitiveness.
Although there seems a meaningful uncertainty as to whether this transition towards green energy will be more substantive in 2025, the European Commission’s actions programs in its first 100 days would show the potential for regulatory changes and positive longer-term implications.
Enhanced Supply Chains of Critical Minerals
World countries will need to continue to reevaluate their supply chains to enhance resilience, reduce risk, and ensure compliance with evolving standards with a comprehensive understanding of value chain dynamics, including the environmental and social impacts of sourcing and production.
In particular, critical minerals are essential for the global economy, for renewable energy but while their sources are limited, there will be more intense supply chain challenges in future. The demand for critical minerals is likely to increase due to legal requirements or corporate commitments to reduce carbon emissions.
“Environmental Pollution” the Most Highlighted Topic of the Future
Growing public awareness, higher energy costs and market trends will make traditional environmental topics, such as pollution control, carbon emissions, waste management and energy crisis more prominent.
Governments and corporate organization are focusing on these issues, driven by a growing public awareness which have considerable impact on human health and ecosystem. It is therefore expected that both sectors will proactively address these traditional environmental topics, not only to ensure compliance with stricter environmental regulations, but also to meet community expectations.This may result in more investments in cleaner technologies, research and development processes, enhancing waste management practices, and adopting sustainable materials and processes.
Focus on "Net Zero" and Transition Plans
The refocus on net zero commitments and transition plans continues to intensify because all UN member states strive to meet ambitious climate goals. Mandatory resolutions and certain reporting requirements are increasingly compelling member states to reassess and critically evaluate their net zero commitments and climate-related targets.
In this context, governments and corporates are likely to evaluate their net zero commitments to ensure genuine progress and to maintain credibility and trust with investors, communities, and regulatory bodies. This will also result in disclosure of detailed, more clear plans outlining how they intend to achieve net zero targets.
The Role of Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence (AI) technologies are likely to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of data management, enabling entities to better understand and address their environmental and social impacts and performance. The new AI technologies, tools and products have grown in number and complexity in recent years, which is a trend that is expected to continue in 2025 in Agriculture, waste management and research and development sectors.
Developing Biodiversity and Marine-Life Safety
Green Energy, Nature and Sustainable energy are the emerging key focus areas keeping in view the importance of preserving natural ecosystems, develop biodiversity and their role in long-term sustainability. Plastic pollution in particular has greatly affected the lands and waters throughout the world due to persistent nature of plastic and its toxicity.
The leakage of plastics into the ocean and its subsequent impact on marine life can never be reversed unless a strong and more resilient action plans are not implemented.
United Nations member states have shown a multilateralism in the fight against plastic pollution in 2024 and is likely to become legally binding agreement in 2025.Readers can have a detailed study where we have addressed plastic pollution in our blog.
Topping Energy Storage Facilities
Amongst all of the emerging technologies, energy storage has made great strides and is expected to be more dynamic and cost effective in future. The cost of a lithium battery has dropped more than 80 to 90% in last few years. More technological advancements are required as the concerns have been raised already on use of conventional battery materials which have their own environmental impacts. Development of more safer, cost effective and high performance energy storage sources is the upcoming challenge.
Positivism towards Nuclear Energy
In last few years the community attitudes have changed significantly and nuclear energy is now considered to be an integral part of the energy transition. As the technological advancements in artificial intelligence make the nuclear energy production safer and workable, smaller modular reactors and fusion present advanced options in future.
More Investments in Research and Development
Investments in research and development are now required to improve technical parameters and efficiencies, drive costs down, innovate current technologies and invent more advanced technologies.
The most advanced solar technology of Thermophotovoltaics, Artificial Super Intelligence, advanced Electric Vehicles Evs, offshore wind turbines, Enhanced Geothermal Energy development, nuclear energy production and carbon management solutions are going to be a diverse mix of technology to achieve the goal of green earth.
We have our detailed research studies on Thermophotovoltaics, Role of Artificial Intelligence in Agricultural Sector and Geothermal Energy in our different blogs here.
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