Global Energy Outlook

The Global Energy Outlook (GEO) provides a unique “apples-to-apples” comparison of global energy projections by leading international organizations and corporations. It provides insight into the range of potential futures for energy at global, regional, and national levels, with projections varying due to distinct assumptions regarding energy technologies and public policies. The GEO includes projections and historical data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, bp, Equinor, ExxonMobil, the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Institute for Energy Economics Japan (IEEJ), the International Renewable Energy Agency, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Shell, TotalEnergies, and the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Read the 2026 GEO report or read the press release.

Our 2026 Global Energy Outlook is accompanied by an interactive data tool, which allows users to visualize, compare, and download harmonized data from each projection:

The Global Energy Outlook data tool allows users to explore harmonized data and projections from the world’s leading energy organizations. You can compare across or within outlooks using the following tools:

Measurement: Select which metric you want to visualize, such as primary energy consumption, CO₂ emissions, electricity generation, and more.

Data series: Select how you’d like to compare the data. Select “outlooks and scenarios” to see projections from each organization on your topic of interest. Select “Regions,” “Sectors,” or “Fuels” to compare across regions, sectors, or fuels within your chosen outlook.

Filters: Find the data you’re looking for by filtering between different outlooks, regions, fuel types, and sectors. Note that these options will change depending on your chosen Data Series.

For additional documentation on the web tool, including definitions and details for measurements, sectoral groupings, fuels definitions, and regional groupings, please see:

Previous Global Energy Outlook reports are listed below.

Prior reports:

• Global Energy Outlook 2023: Sowing the Seeds of an Energy Transition
• Global Energy Outlook 2022: Turning Points and Tension in the Energy Transition
• Global Energy Outlook 2021: Pathways from Paris
• Global Energy Outlook 2020: Energy Transition or Energy Addition?
• Global Energy Outlook 2019: The Next Generation of Energy
• Global Energy Outlook 2015
• The Global Energy Outlook (2013)
• Newell, RG, and Iler, S. “The Global Energy Outlook.” In Energy & Security: Towards a New Foreign Policy Strategy, edited by J. Kalicky and D. Goldwyn. Washington, DC: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. (Chapter)

Reports for IEF Annual Symposium on Energy Outlooks

RFF President and CEO Richard Newell has partnered with the International Energy Forum (IEF) to prepare intercomparison reports in support of the IEF’s annual Symposium on Energy Outlooks. To view these reports, please visit the page below.

If you have comments or suggestions for the GEO team, get in touch by contacting our researchers.