World Energy Inside
March 2016
Christoph Frei presents new report
Insights, lessons and solutions Asia-Pacific Energy Leaders’ Summit
The Hon John Key, Prime Minister of New Zealand, opened the inaugural Energy Leaders’ summit organised by BusinessNZ Energy Council, New Zealand’s World Energy Council member committee, which brought together 200 energy leaders from across the world.
At the event, the findings of the latest Council report, ‘The road to resilience – managing the risks of the energy-water-food nexus’ were presented. The report makes five recommendations to combat the global effects of a predicted 40% shortfall of available water which will affect 98% of global electric power generation globally.
WEC card detail
Worldwide roll-out of new visual identity
Following extensive consultation with World Energy Council member committees and with the approval of the Communications and Strategy Committee, the roll-out of the new visual identity started this month.
The new logo design represents the essence of the Council’s mission – to provide the premier energy forum for thought leaders worldwide and, recognise the networks’ depth of knowledge, to produce content that informs their decisions and actions.
APEC welcomes Council
Council joins APEC Working Group
Following support from member committees, the World Energy Council has been formally invited to join the Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation (APEC) Energy Working Group (EWG).
As a guest to this key regional economic forum comprised of 21 member economies, the Council looks forward to fully contributing to the work of the APEC EWG. Initially, we are providing input to APEC’s work on resilience and supporting the broader initiatives of the Energy Working Group and other aspects of the APEC agenda.
Colombia faces energy challenges
Dispelling myths and facing renewable energy challenges
Over 400 high level representatives from government, business and academia attended a Colombian member committee event ‘Myths and Challenges of Renewable Energies’ which was opened by the Colombian Energy Vice-Minister in Bogotá.
The aim of the meeting was to dispel the myths that have been built up around non-conventional renewable energy in Colombia. José Antonio Vargas Lleras Vice-President LAC World Energy Council said: “Colombia has great renewables potential, but it needs the right policies and regulatory signals to fully develop this potential.”
Showcase at the Clean Energy Ministerial Trilemma Launch
The Council will be presenting its 2016 World Energy Trilemma report to the forthcoming Clean Energy Ministerial meeting to be held in San Francisco 1-2 June. Leveraging on five years of Energy Trilemma Indices and conversations with senior leaders from the energy sector the report will present examples / case studies of progress on each dimension of the Energy Trilemma. At the Clean Energy Ministerial there will be a Technology Showcase open to organisations that are leaders in clean energy deployment including members of the World Energy Council community. Deadline for applications is 31 March.
Congress Ambassador Programme Launch
As the 2016 World Energy Congress in Istanbul in October draws ever closer, we are excited to have formally launched our ‘Ambassador Programme’. For this we will be working with some of the highest profile speakers – already we have 165 confirmed high level speakers from government, industry and academia who will be addressing the Congress. Watch out for profiles, articles and broadcast interviews over the coming few months which will provide insight into the ‘mustn’t miss’ World Energy Congress. Additionally, we have seen our sponsorship sales really drive forward with Saudi Aramco signing as major exhibitors and a number of other household names in the pipeline. The exhibitors, sponsors, media partners and peakers all go to show why this is the premier event for the energy industry – we hope to see all of our readers there.
