Trend · rank 70 of 250

Electrification of heat & industry

Heating, cooling and industrial processes are moving from direct fuel use to electricity, which raises dependence on grid adequacy, changes seasonal demand and widens the consequences of a power failure.

Strategic InfrastructureEnergy, networks & climate resiliencepowerclean energymanufacturing

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Electrification of heat, transport & industry. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
70of 250
Sensitivity
8.3rank 136
Breadth
0of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
41.5rank 78
Eigenvector
1.6
Betweenness
41.7
Links
18trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
27.3

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
98
Over a year
+10%Steady
Over three years
−11%
Peak
14129 Dec 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.20
Coverage
19languages · 47 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (19 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English41%96+6%
German19%102+10%
Russian10%97+8%
French8%123+18%
Spanish5%103+42%
Italian3%118+10%
Chinese3%95−5%
Polish2%110+11%
Japanese2%88−9%
Dutch2%109+17%
Turkish1%135+54%
Persian1%98+35%
Swedish1%106+8%
Ukrainian1%107−29%
Korean1%100−11%
Portuguese1%69−36%
Arabic0%138+71%
Hebrew0%77−36%
Vietnamese0%189+90%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

New Zealand

Ireland

Canada

United Kingdom

Australia

United States

South Korea

Lithuania

Singapore

South Africa

Netherlands

Finland

100

53

43

41

39

29

18

14

11

10

9

6

The 12 highest of 47 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English103+13%+8%−18%
EuropeGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish103+12%+4%−18%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese115+36%+34%+10%
South AsiaGoogle in 3 countries138+63%+84%+15%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 5 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew118−5%+43%+39%
AfricaGoogle in 3 countries126+9%+41%+45%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese122+5%+59%+5%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian112+15%+7%+21%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle140+25%+125%+78%
AustraliaGoogle119+30%−4%+23%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese101+5%+3%−12%
CanadaGoogle104+48%−14%−31%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French124+0%+22%+3%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German106+19%+5%−8%
IndiaGoogle112+51%+36%−12%
IndonesiaGoogle220+100%+229%+299%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian105+38%+5%−12%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese81+25%−1%−50%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean81+28%+17%−27%
MexicoGoogle119−2%+52%+35%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian97+8%+8%−11%
Saudi ArabiaGoogle134+28%+108%+89%
South AfricaGoogle124+33%+17%+12%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish123−6%+47%+47%
United KingdomGoogle65−10%−44%−53%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English104+10%+14%−14%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
3 · ModerateHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
3 · ModerateCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
2 · LowA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
2 · LowA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
4 · HighDistributed powerEnergy, networks & climate resilience81
4 · HighFirm & black-start capacityEnergy, networks & climate resilience119
4 · HighRenewable generation expansionEnergy, networks & climate resilience128
4 · HighGrid expansion & demand flexibilityEnergy, networks & climate resilience131
4 · HighReliable energy access gapsEnergy, networks & climate resilience197
4 · HighAdvanced nuclear fissionTrade, industry & supply chains210
4 · HighElectric transport & charging networksEnergy, networks & climate resilience211
3 · ModerateTelecom network resilienceEnergy, networks & climate resilience35
3 · ModerateInfrastructure ageing & maintenance backlogEnergy, networks & climate resilience39
3 · ModerateBatteries & energy storageTrade, industry & supply chains42
3 · ModerateWater treatment & desalinationEnergy, networks & climate resilience89
3 · ModerateSolar manufacturing cost declineTrade, industry & supply chains107
3 · ModerateFossil fuel supply & refiningEnergy, networks & climate resilience112
3 · ModerateData-centre power & water demandEnergy, networks & climate resilience144
3 · ModerateConnected infrastructure operationEnergy, networks & climate resilience145
3 · ModerateHydrogen & low-carbon fuelsTrade, industry & supply chains212
3 · ModerateFusion energyTrade, industry & supply chains226
3 · ModerateEnhanced geothermalTrade, industry & supply chains232