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WEC supports UN SE4ALL global tracking report
The World Energy Council’s formal support of the UN Secretary General’s Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) initiative reached a major milestone last week with the release of the Global Tracking Framework report at the Vienna Energy Forum, organised by UNIDO, and in London. The WEC is amongst the 15 agencies who compiled the report. The [...]
Posted on 6 June 2013
Interview: Vivien Foster on the UNSE4ALL global tracking report
The Global Tracking Framework report is set to help monitor progress towards the objectives of the UNSE4ALL initiative. The World Bank’s Vivien Foster, who oversaw the compilation of the report, tells us about the key findings and how the WEC’s continued support helps achieve the objectives. What’s the significance of Global Tracking Framework report? In [...]
Posted on 6 June 2013
USEA shares knowledge on small island power
The United States Energy Association (USEA), the WEC’s US member committee, recently exchanged their knowledge with Indonesian experts. From 13 to 20 April, nine senior managers from PT PLN Persero (PLN), the Indonesian electric utility, travelled to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu and Maui for meetings with Hawaiian Electric Company, Maui Electric Company, First Wind, [...]
Posted on 22 April 2013
Africa Energy Indaba gave resounding support for women in energy and skills development
- by Monique Tsang and Celine De Canha The role of women in energy and the need to boost energy skills received resounding support at the 5th Africa Energy Indaba, the World Energy Council’s annual African regional meeting, held during 18–21 February in Johannesburg. At the event the South African Minister of Energy, Ms Dipuo Peters, gave her commitment [...]
Posted on 11 March 2013
Christoph Frei meets with Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General
Dr Christoph Frei, the World Energy Council’s Secretary General, met with Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General, on Friday, 10 February at the United Nations headquarters in New York. At the meeting Christoph Frei presented a letter on behalf of WEC Members and Officers formally supporting the UN’s “International Year of Sustainable Energy for All”. He [...]
Posted on 12 February 2012
Interview: Dr Alessandro Clerici, Chair of the study taskforce for the WEC’s latest report on nuclear energy
Dr Alessandro Clerici, who led the study taskforce for the WEC’s latest report on nuclear energy, says there needs to be consensus on nuclear energy based on the lessons learnt post-Fukushima. The nuclear report finds that the Fukushima accident actually has had limited impact on the global nuclear outlook. What are the implications for nuclear [...]
Posted on 15 March 2012
World Energy Council and World Water Council join forces to encourage public policy to address the “water-energy nexus”
Marseille – The strong connexion between energy and water requires regular dialogue and the sharing of experiences and solutions. Now, their ever more interlinked future brings our two organisations together to tackle the world’s energy and water challenges. At the 6th World Water Forum held this week in Marseille, France, Pierre Gadonneix, Chairman of the [...]
Posted on 13 March 2012
World Energy Council report details the limited impact of Fukushima on the global nuclear outlook
Nuclear programmes continue worldwide, but international governance on nuclear safety still requires action London – One year after the nuclear accident at Fukushima Daiichi, the World Energy Council (WEC) will publish on Friday, 9 March, a study analysing the impact of the accident on national nuclear energy plans worldwide. The report, ‘World Energy Perspective: Nuclear Energy [...]
Posted on 8 March 2012
WEC speaks at Baltic Sea CCS conference
WEC was invited to speak at the Conference on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) in Warsaw, Poland, on 6–7 March. The conference, organised by the Baltic Sea Region Energy Cooperation (BASREC), a ministerial process under the umbrella of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, covered how joint regional solutions could lead to a rapid [...]
Posted on 7 March 2012
Interview: Dr Liberty Mhlanga, Chair of WEC Zimbabwe
Dr Liberty Mhlanga, Chair of WEC Zimbabwe, our newest member, talks about what being a part of the WEC network means for the country What does Zimbabwe hope to get out of being a member of WEC? WEC provides a platform for us at the Zimbabwean Energy Council to network with other energy players in a [...]
Posted on 1 March 2012
Urban innovation: how to finance a sustainable infrastructure
The Swiss Energy Council, WEC’s Swiss committee, was a supporting organisation for the 2nd Sustainable Infrastructure Financing Summit, held in Basel, Switzerland, on 21–22 February. This was the second time that the Swiss Energy Council has supported the summit, the last one held in 2010. The recent summit, with its substantial delegations from Asia, showed [...]
Posted on 1 March 2012
WEC Africa regional event builds energy future for the continent
Africa Energy Indaba 2012, held during 21–23 February in Johannesburg, South Africa, is Africa’s leading energy gathering which aims to facilitate interaction between energy leaders as they work towards a sustainable energy future for the continent. In her opening speech Dipuo Peters, South Africa’s Energy Minister, recognised the importance of the forum and thanked the [...]
Posted on 1 March 2012
World Energy Council survey reveals the issues likely to impact Africa’s energy agenda
African energy leaders see energy prices, energy poverty, and instability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to be the most important critical uncertainties in Africa’s energy sector, according to the newly released African survey of the World Energy Issues Monitor, published by the World Energy Council. The survey is the first ever [...]
Posted on 21 February 2012
World Energy Council welcomes its 21st African member
The World Energy Council (WEC) welcomes Zimbabwe as the latest member committee in Africa to join the world’s largest inclusive and impartial all-energy forum working towards a sustainable energy future. As the 21st African member country, Zimbabwe follows Chad and Bolivia, which joined the WEC at the end of 2011, and brings the WEC network [...]
Posted on 20 February 2012
Interview: Süreyya Yücel Özden, Chair of WEC Turkey
Süreyya Yücel Özden, Chair of WEC Turkey, talks to WEC Inside about the Turkish energy sector ahead of WELS Istanbul in April What is Turkey’s strategic role in the global energy sector? Turkey is located between Europe – one of the largest energy-consuming centres of the world – and the Caspian region – one of [...]
Posted on 15 February 2012