Birol 建议发展核电的国家审慎选择合作伙伴、确保获得最佳技术并保持成本竞争力。
“你选择的核能合作伙伴国，你将与其相处近100年，因为一旦‘结婚’就无法‘离婚’。其次，该国需确保获得最好的技术来建设核工业。第三，成本应具有竞争力。”原文 (en)
“The country you are going to choose as your nuclear partner, you will live with this country almost 100 years because once you get ‘married’, you cannot ‘divorce’. “Secondly, the country needs to make sure that it gets the best technology to build the nuclear industry. And thirdly, cost should be competitive,” he said.
Birol称“35-by-35”电气化目标主要将通过交通领域削减石油需求，并会遭到希望石油需求不降的国家反对。
如果这一电气化目标得以实现或达成，主要影响将是降低石油需求，因为主要冲击在交通运输领域，这将是关键。有些国家出于自身利益不愿看到石油需求下降。地缘政治给能源蒙上了漫长而黑暗的阴影。原文 (en)
If this electrification target is met or agreed, the main implication will be reducing oil demand because the main implication will be on the transportation sector, and it will be a key. “There are countries who have some interest to not see the oil demand going down. Geopolitics has a long and dark shadow on energy.
Birol认为澳大利亚尽管出口化石燃料，仍适合主导气候谈判，并表示世界最好有至少五个这样的澳大利亚。
在应对气候变化方面，我会更放心的是，世界上不止一个而是至少有五个澳大利亚。原文 (en)
In fighting climate change, he says, “I would feel much better if there were not one, but at least five Australias in this world.”
Birol 称，未来五年可再生能源在全球发电量中的占比将从三分之一升至近一半。
未来五年，可再生能源预计将从占全球发电量的三分之一增长到接近一半。原文 (en)
Over the next five years, renewables are expected to grow from one-third to nearly half of global electricity generation
比罗尔表示，如今推动可再生能源扩张的主要是能源安全而非环境考虑，各国希望减少对进口燃料的依赖。
"此前，环境问题是推动可再生能源增长的政策重点，成本下降也使其在许多市场具备竞争力；但如今，推动可再生能源扩张的主要是能源安全，越来越多国家希望降低对进口燃料的依赖。"原文 (en)
"Previously, environmental concerns were the policy priority behind the growth of renewables, whose falling costs have made them a competitive option in many markets - but today, it's mainly energy security that is driving renewables' expansion as more and more countries seek to reduce their exposure to imported fuels," said IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol.
比罗尔称可再生能源正在全球扩散，占全球发电量的比重将从目前的三分之一在五年内升至接近一半。
"可再生能源增长故事的新篇章真正具有全球性，其部署已远远超出主要市场，扩展到世界每个角落。这使其成为全球电力行业的关键支柱。如今它们占全球发电量的三分之一；未来五年将接近一半。"原文 (en)
"The new chapter of the renewables growth story is a truly global one as their deployment spreads well beyond major markets into every corner of the world. This is making them a key pillar of the global power sector. Today, they account for a third of global electricity generation; in the next five years, they will be getting closer to half of it."