Empeleni, ukwehla kwakubaluleke ngokwanele ukuba kube nomthelela olinganisekayo ekushayweni komhlaba wonke. Ukukhishwa okuhlobene namandla kukhuphuke ngo-1.1% ngo-2023, futhi ukushoda kwamandla kagesi kagesi kubalwa ngama-40% walokho kukhuphuka, ngokusho kwe-International Energy Agency. Phakathi kokuhlukahluka kwesimo sezulu unyaka nonyaka nokuguquka kwesimo sezulu, kungahle kube nezikhathi ezinzima phambili zamandla kagesi.