The Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), Fatih Birol, considers the current energy crisis linked to the war in the Middle East to be the most serious crisis the world has ever seen, adding, however, that it should accelerate the development of renewable energies, AFP reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interview published Tuesday in the French newspaper Le Figaro, Fatih Birol considered that \u201ethere are also reasons for optimism,\u201d because, in his opinion, \u201ethe architecture of the global energy system will change\u201d in the coming years, according to Agerpres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201e\u201dIt will take years. It will not be a solution to the current crisis, but the geopolitics of energy will be profoundly transformed,\u201e said Birol, who believes \u201dsome technologies will progress much faster than others.\u201e \"This is the case for renewable energies, for photovoltaic and wind energy, which are expanding very rapidly. There will be a rapid transition to renewable energies, in a few months.\"<\/em>\u201d the head of the IEA estimated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For this, the current crisis should also \u201erelaunch nuclear energy, including small modular reactors<\/em>\u201dwhile countries will be able to rely on additional capacity due to the extension of the lifespan of existing power plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, Fatih Birol declared himself \u201every pessimistic\u201d and emphasized that \u201ethe world has never experienced an energy supply disruption of this magnitude.\u201dThe current crisis is more serious than those of 1973, 1979, and 2022 combined.<\/em>\u201d this war blocks one of the arteries of the global economy. Not just oil and gas, but also fertilizers, petrochemicals, helium, and many other things,\u201e he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The world is about to enter \u201ea black April,\u201d Birol warned. \u201eMarch was very difficult, but April will be much worse,\u201d the official repeated, reiterating similar remarks from last week. \u201eIf the Strait of Hormuz remains closed throughout April, we will lose twice as much crude oil and refined products as in March,\u201d the IEA's chief executive warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In reaction to the attacks by Israel and the US, Iran has almost completely blocked traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately 20% of oil and natural gas normally pass, leading to a sharp increase in energy prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The International Energy Agency is the principal energy advisory body of the world's 29 most developed countries. The organization was established in response to the first oil shock of 1973-1974, to coordinate the release of oil from oil stocks.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Directorul general al Agen\u021biei Interna\u021bionale pentru Energie (AIE), Fatih Birol, consider\u0103 c\u0103 actuala criz\u0103 energetic\u0103 legat\u0103 de r\u0103zboiul din Orientul Mijlociu este cea mai grav\u0103 criz\u0103 pe care lumea a v\u0103zut-o vreodat\u0103, ad\u0103ug\u00e2nd \u00eens\u0103 c\u0103 aceasta ar trebui s\u0103 accelereze dezvoltarea energiilor regenerabile, transmite AFP. \u00centr-un interviu publicat, mar\u021bi, \u00een ziarul francez Le Figaro, Fatih<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5996,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-energie"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t