World Energy Inside
May 2016
World Energy Council Members and DG Energy officials discuss energy transition challenges
Market Design Task Force present memorandum to European Commission
The World Energy Council’s member committee led European Market Design Task Force, recently met with the Director General of the European Commission, Dominique Ristori, to present highlights of a memorandum on energy market designs. The Task Force, chaired by Marco Margheri from the Council’s Italian member committee, previously carried out a survey among the Council’s European member committees to identify future market design uncertainties that are not addressed in the current EU agenda. Based on the outcomes of the survey, the Task Force prepared a memorandum that highlighted these uncertainties and presented it to the commission on 23 March.
World Energy Scenarios Update
World Energy Scenarios: Update
Following the series of regional workshops held throughout the world, the World Energy Scenarios work has finalised its consultative stage and is now entering a new major phase of its development work. Our project partner, Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), is currently running the second Scenario quantification while the Scenario Study group continues to improve the global Scenario narratives which still include Jazz, and Symphony from our previous scenarios work and a third emerging scenario.
Future Energy Leaders push for greater diversity
Future Energy Leaders push for greater diversity
The World Energy Council is pleased to welcome this year’s 35 new participants into its Future Energy Leaders (FEL) programme. The 100 energy leaders who are part of the FEL programme are highly motivated young professionals with a solid interest and proven track record in the energy sector with the potential to become a leader. Today they constitute an increasingly strong, promising and diverse group of young talents at the heart of the energy leaders’ community.
Greek vote of confidence for the energy sector
Greek vote of confidence for the energy sector
More than two hundred participants attended the first energy market international conference organised by the World Energy Council’s Greek Member Committee and the Hellenic Association for Energy Economics. Presidents, CEOs and other executives from major companies of the international and local energy market were among the guests at the conference, ‘Energy Market: Unlocking Greece’s’ potential’, in Athens. Representatives of international and European organisations were also there to give their perspective on current developments around the energy market.
The Paris Agreement an ambitious course
Paris agreement: an ambitious course
Members of the Conseil Français de l’Énergie recently gathered to hear the Chair of the Agency for Environment and Energy Management (ADEME) share his views on the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) two months after it was held, and analyse the results of the Paris Agreement. Bruno Léchevin reflected on its progress and successes to the French member committee of the World Energy Council at a ‘Décryptage’ breakfast meeting in Paris on 3 February, and hailed the agreement as an historic turning point in the UN negotiations on climate.
Japanese nuclear plants still standing after earthquake hits Kumamoto
Japanese nuclear plants still standing after earthquakes hit Kumamoto
The World Energy Council’s Japanese member committee had been consistently updating the Council’s network after the Fukushima events back in 2011 and is working towards building stronger resilience in the country, even more so in the context of the new earthquake that hit Kumamoto Prefecture in Kyushu, southern region of Japan on 14 April. Following the magnitude 6.5 earthquake, the World Energy Council Japan reports no damage was done to the five reactors of the two nuclear power stations in the region.
Colombia faces energy challenges
Estonia to host Symposium to celebrate 100 years of oil shale mining
In the context of a global energy transition where countries are looking at what is the best energy resources mix to balance their Energy Trilemma, Estonia will be hosting an International Symposium on Oil Shale. The symposium called “Oil Shale 100” will be held 20 – 23 September to connect resource holders, technology developers, researchers, government representatives and business leaders from across the world to celebrate a momentous anniversary in oil shale development – 100 years of oil shale mining in Estonia.
United States Energy Association 12th Annual State of Energy Industry Forum on January 21, 2016.
USEA holds its 12th Annual State of The Energy Industry Forum
The United States Energy Association (USEA) held our US member committee Annual State of the Energy Industry Forum, for the 12th year running. Designed to coincide with the U.S. State of the Union Address, and widely regarded as one of USEA’s leading events, the forum held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, brought together leading executives in the energy industry to exchange ideas and present information on major cross-cutting issues facing the energy industry in 2016.
World Energy Council to launch 2016 Trilemma report at CEM7
World Energy Council to launch 2016 Trilemma report at CEM7
As previously announced, the Council will be formally launching this year’s World Energy Trilemma report at the seventh Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) meeting next month in San Francisco on 1-2 June. The report will be introduced by Enerst Monitz, United States Secretary of Energy, to the close Ministerial meeting including China’s Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang; Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President for EU’s Energy Union; and India’s Minister of Power, Coal & New & Renewable Energy Piyush Goya.
Speakers announced for Congress passes the 200th milestone
There has been a real surge in the number of speakers confirmed for the World Energy Congress and we have now passed the 200 speaker milestone, with many recent confirmations being from government ministers including Chadima Weerakkody, Minister of Petroleum Resources Development, Government of Sri Lanka and Victor Vlad Grigorescu, Minister of Energy, Government of Romania. The last month has been a big one for the team organising the World Energy Congress. We officially launched the event programme in 10 countries including China, USA, UAE and Poland, and as a result,have seen a real increase in the number of people from industry and government registering to attend.
The Council and PR firm Grayling have secured a number of interviews with major national and international outlets such as CNBC and the BBC. Since launching the programme, journalists have increased their engagement with the Congress and we are expecting to have a strong showing from global media. Keep your eyes peeled on our social media channels over the next month. We are close to being able to announce a major international media partnership. We now have a LinkedIn group which has been set up to enable delegates to discuss the Congress and to see the latest news and updates. Just search LinkedIn for ‘World Energy Congress 2016’ to join.
