{"id":27946,"date":"2025-11-13T13:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sobolt.com\/?p=27946"},"modified":"2026-02-25T09:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:26:11","slug":"world-energy-outlook-25-too-little-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sobolt.com\/en\/world-energy-outlook-25-too-little-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"World Energy Outlook \u201925: too little impact?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The\u00a0World Energy Outlook 2025<\/a>\u00a0confirms what we experience daily in the Netherlands: many players are taking action, but we are not moving fast enough. In their report, the IEA shows that we are heading toward an increase in global electricity demand of about 40% by 2035 \u2014 the\u00a0\u201cage of electricity”<\/a>.<\/b><\/p>

Ambitions are high and efforts are growing, but execution is lagging. This while electrification in buildings, industry, mobility, and data centers already accounts for a large part of the additional energy demand. Every party \u2014 energy companies, municipalities, housing associations, banks \u2014 is taking steps. Often good ones. But the pace varies greatly, and without coherence we lose valuable time. What can be improved in the short and long term?<\/p>

1. Integrally serving vulnerable groups<\/b>
Many municipalities and partners are working hard on making homes more sustainable. But an honest look shows that the groups who need it most are often the least reached. Not due to lack of effort, but due to complex regulations, fragmented subsidies, and limited capacity. The question is no longer how to make pilot projects succeed. The question is how to support thousands of households per month in a way that remains feasible \u2014 especially in a world where energy prices, climate pressure, and electrification reinforce one another.<\/p>

2. The proven but underutilized potential of rooftops<\/b>
The Netherlands has enormous rooftop potential. Yet a large part remains unused due to fragmentation, shifting frameworks, and a lack of predictability. The\u00a0WEO-scenario\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0show that electricity will play a much larger role in all cases. There is no debate about\u00a0whether<\/i>\u00a0rooftops are part of the solution \u2014 they already are. The debate should be about how to integrate them faster and smarter into a national implementation strategy, clearly bringing into focus all six rooftop use options, from sedum to solar. If we keep waiting for perfect conditions, we\u2019ll fall behind the curve.<\/p>

3. The Hague can help by bringing stability<\/b>
Practice sends one clear signal: stable policy is lacking. Not ideas. Not ambition. The WEO highlights that the countries making the fastest progress do so thanks to consistent, predictable frameworks for investment and execution.<\/p>

What’s needed:<\/p>