Our Sources & References
Energy Transition Net relies on a curated set of authoritative, publicly available sources. Every article includes a References section citing the specific sources used in its preparation.
The directory below is organised by the role each source plays. We do not cite blogs, forums, social media, AI-generated content, or vendor marketing material as primary evidence.
International institutions
Used for: global energy outlooks, electricity demand, transition scenarios, renewable deployment, investment trends, and policy comparisons.
- International Energy Agency (IEA) — world energy outlooks, electricity, power generation, grid, energy security, investment, statistics, policy
- International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) — renewables, green hydrogen, transition pathways, renewable costs, storage, statistics
- World Bank — carbon pricing, energy finance, infrastructure, developing markets, energy policy
- UNFCCC — the Paris Agreement, Article 6, climate policy, carbon markets, national commitments
- IPCC — climate science, mitigation, adaptation, emissions, assessment reports
- OECD — energy policy, economics, carbon pricing, market analysis
Regulators, grid operators & market operators
Used for: electricity markets, transmission, distribution, ancillary services, market rules, interconnection, and reliability — the preferred sources whenever discussing a specific country or power market.
- FERC (United States) — electricity markets, transmission, grid regulation, market design
- ENTSO-E (Europe) — transmission, cross-border trading, system operation, grid data
- AEMO (Australia) — power system, renewables, grid operation, market data
- Energy Market Authority (Singapore) — electricity market, grid, energy policy, regional energy
- National Energy Administration (China) — power generation, renewables, grid, electricity policy
- State Grid Corporation of China — transmission, grid modernisation, UHV, renewable integration
Technical standards & carbon market organisations
Used for: emissions trading systems, carbon accounting, offsets, verification, hydrogen standards, technical definitions, and market mechanisms.
- ICAP — emissions trading systems, compliance markets, the global ETS status report
- Verra — the voluntary carbon market, offsets, verification, methodologies
- Gold Standard — carbon offsets, methodologies, project certification
- ICAO – CORSIA — aviation emissions and carbon offsets
- IEEE — power systems, grid, smart grid, digitalisation, standards
- CIGRE — transmission, high-voltage, grid engineering, system planning
Industry research & market intelligence
Used for: commercial analysis, investment trends, technology costs, and market outlooks. These complement — never replace — international institutions and regulators for factual claims.
- BloombergNEF — energy transition, renewables, hydrogen, battery storage, investment
- Wood Mackenzie — power markets, renewables, grid, commodities, market analysis
- Rystad Energy — energy markets, oil and gas, power, hydrogen, transition
- DNV Energy Systems — energy transition, grid, renewables, technical analysis
- Ember — global electricity, coal, renewables, power-sector data
- Energy Institute — world energy statistics, the annual Statistical Review, historical data
News & media (context only)
Media sources — Reuters, Bloomberg, the Financial Times, and established trade publications — are used for news and event context only. They are never the basis for a technical or numerical claim.
Vendor material
Vendor white papers and company announcements are used sparingly, and only when discussing that vendor’s own technology. They never form the primary basis for technical claims.
