The most significant US energy policy update in a decade, the energy Policy Modernization Act 2016, will be introduced into the new Congress in January 2017. With provisions for accelerated permitting for oil and gas drilling, construction of export LNG terminals, as well as energy efficiency standards and grid-integration of renewables, the outlook for US energy security is bright, according to Barry Worthington, Executive Director of the US Energy Association (USEA). He predicts that business, not policy, will be the major driver of decarbonisation.

ll World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.

The World Energy Perspective ENERGY EFFICIENCY: A STRAIGHT PATH TOWARDS ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY is the 8th report in the series of triennial reports produced by the Council together with ADEME and it is the most comprehensive global publication in the area of energy efficiency policies. Drawing on the experiences and lessons from the research conducted in more than 95 countries around the world, the report presents and evaluates different approaches to energy efficiency policies adopted in these countries and helps identify policies which work well and those which do not.

The 21st century can be an African century – but only if energy access is enabled for the more than 620 million people living without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Decentralized energy is a faster and cheaper route than grid extension, according to Paul Smith Lomas and Aaron Leopold from international development charity Practical Action. A bottom-up approach to energy planning, including training, mapping and a tiered approach to energy access – instead of counting to the numbers of connections and megawatts available – can help ensure that Africa achieves universal energy access by 2030.

ll World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.

The energy landscape has changed with most countries achieving a more diversified energy mix as well as a growth in community ownerships and an evolution of micro grids. The new World Energy Resources report launched at the 23rd World Energy Congress on 12 October reveals that the unexpectedly high growth in the renewable energies market, in terms of investment, new capacity and high growth rates in developing countries, is a key factor in this notable shift. It has contributed to falling prices and the increased decoupling of economic growth and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

2016 Energy Trilemma Index ranking shows global energy sector shifting priorities towards more balanced energy mix. Denmark, Switzerland and Sweden achieve AAA score and lead the 125 countries’ index ranking; 9 out of top 10 countries are from Europe showing that EU cooperation on long term policy for energy and climate to 2020 contributes to regional Trilemma success; During 23rd World Energy Congress, energy ministers and officials from Turkey, UAE, Algeria, South Korea, Ecuador, Nigeria, Switzerland, Portugal, Germany and more will debate how to best achieve AAA score to secure sustainable energy

Successo dell’Italia e di Milano nella candidatura per l’organizzazione dell’Assemblea mondiale del World Energy Council 2018, evento annuale che raggruppa circa 100 paesi e le principali compagnie energetiche internazionali in quattro giorni di lavori.

Scenarios are plausible and challenging alternative futures. In producing the World Energy Scenarios, the World Energy Council collaborated with Accenture Strategy and the Paul Scherrer Institute to explore likely futures for the Grand Transition – a world of lower population growth, radical new technologies, greater environmental challenges, and a shift in economic and geopolitical power – looking to 2060. The World Energy Scenarios report presents three exploratory scenarios – Modern Jazz, Unfinished Symphony, and Hard Rock – that provide users with a common language for thinking and talking about current events.

The critical role that the energy sector plays in the functioning of a modern economy makes it a highly attractive target for an increasing number of cyber-attacks. Addressing this recent phenomenon, a new report: ” The road to resilience: managing and financing cyber risks”, published by the World Energy Council in collaboration with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Marsh & McLennan Companies, was launched on 29 September, ahead of the World Energy Congress in Istanbul.

The report ‘The road to resilience: managing and financing cyber risks’, published by the Council in collaboration with Swiss Re Corporate Solutions and Marsh & McLennan companies, was launched at the Energy Day in Berlin, Germany, on 29 September. The report investigates how cyber risks can be managed taking into account the changing nature of the energy industry and energy infrastructure. ‘The road to resilience: managing cyber risks’ is the third in a series of reports that addresses the need for more investment and system change to increase resilience towards emerging risks, besides cyber threats, also including extreme weather and the energy-water-food nexus.

ll World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.

In the light of the growing importance of renewables and especially Variable Renewable Energy Sources (VRES) all over the world, policymakers and the industry need to address emerging issues to ensure continued growth of variable renewables and their successful integration in electricity systems. Renewable Energy Sources (RES) offer many benefits such as CO2 emissions mitigation, fossil fuels import requirement reduction and new jobs creation, just to name a few. At the same time, the recent expansion of variable renewables-based generation (wind and solar PV) also poses certain challenges, both technical and economic and they require short and long-term solutions. The report identifies these challenges and offers solutions drawing on the experience of the industry operators from around the world based on 32 country case studies covering five continents.

The integrated report “Financing resilient energy infrastructure” synthesises the findings on managing risks related to extreme weather events, cyber and the energy water food nexus. It was launched on September 13, 2016 at the International Forum of the Americas in Toronto, Canada.

The World Energy Perspective on Non-tariff Measures is the second report in a series looking at how an open global trade and investment regime concerning energy and environmental goods and services can foster the transition to a low-carbon economy. Building on the previous report on tariff barriers to environmental goods, this paper highlights twelve significant non-tariff measures (NTMs) directly affecting the energy industry and investments in this sector. The World Energy Council has identified that these barriers can greatly impact a country’s trilemma performance – the triple challenge of achieving secure, affordable and environmentally sustainable energy systems.

“I don’t think the Climate Paris Agreement will change things hugely”, says Francesco Venturini, the head of Enel Green Power, one of the largest (if not the largest) gree energy producers in the world. According to Venturini, the Paris Climate Agreement the business case for renewables primarily rests on their low fixed costs, scalability and speed to the market. He increasingly sees companies from other sectors moving into energy space. “Until recently I could not have imagined that I would have meetings with people in the automotive industry once a week.”

ll World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.

“Since the World Energy Congress in Daegu, Korea, in 2013, the Korean people have developped a deep interest in reducing greenhouse gas emissions” says Hwan – Eik Cho, President and CEO of KEPCO ( Korea Electric Power Corp). ” And KEPCO has been assigned a leadership role in realising this ambition”. In an exclusive interview with World Energy Focus , Cho explains how his company is living up to the climate challenge. ” “We are focusing on energy storage systems and energy efficiency and see great prospects for electric vehicles.” In its overseas activities, the Korean electricity giant, with $52 billion revenues in 2015 and a presence in 21 countries, wants to invest more in renewables and nuclear.

ll World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.