New approaches are required for the management and financing of energy infrastructures as companies and governments seek to meet the challenges of increased extreme weather risks. New thinking is needed says the latest report from the World Energy Council, ‘The road to resilience – managing and financing extreme weather risks’.
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The World Energy Council – Germany published a comprehensive study on the benefits of closer cooperation between the electricity markets. The study on the basis of large datasets of different network operators shows that a significant benefit comes through in-depth energy economic integration. In particular, it is important to strengthen […]
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World Energy Resources Report 2015: Charting the Upsurge in Hydropower Development is a critical and expansive review of the current state and trends within the hydropower sector, examining the sectors development from technological, economic and socio-political perspectives. The report highlights the key opportunities for further growth in the sector, along […]
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The energy sector is facing increasing pressures from climate change. All segments of the industry will be affected by the changing global climate and the policy responses to it. So says a briefing published jointly by the World Energy Council (WEC), the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL), […]
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The Global Electricity Initiative (GEI) is a partnership between three of the world’s largest energy and sustainability networks: the World Energy Council (WEC), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (GSEP). The main objective of this initiative is to encourage action and cooperation […]
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Policy coordination is a sine qua non for effective integration of European electricity markets. Only by optimizing energy market coordination between Germany and the Netherlands benefits of several billion euros can be generated.
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Energy efficient technologies can be found in all parts of the energy conversion chain: from exploration and production of primary energy resources, to power generation and oil refineries to electricity grids, to the final use in industry, buildings and transportation. But it is not only the technical potential which is […]
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The 2013 report presents and evaluates energy efficiency policies and trends in 85 countries, representing more than 90% of global consumption. The report helps to find answers to the following questions: What is the importance of energy efficiency measures? What are the priorities? What are the trends? What are the […]
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The World Energy Council (WEC) and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) have partnered to conduct a comprehensive comparative study of the costs of electricity production from a wide range of conventional and non-conventional resources.
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A study on behalf of the World Energy Council’s German Member Committee.
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