Publications
For over 80 years WEC has produced highly regarded studies and publications to guide policymakers and industry leaders to deliver a more sustainable energy system. WEC publications are seen as essential tools by governments, industry, investors, NGOs and academia looking for impartial fact sand analysis to inform their decision making processes.
World Energy Issues Monitor 2013
What keeps energy leaders awake at night? This is a central question in a context of high uncertainty where energy is again on the top of the global political agenda. Even with improvements in energy efficiency, we expect global energy demand to double by 2050. The 2013 World Energy Issues Monitor is the latest of [...]
Published in February 2013
World Energy Trilemma 2012: Time to get real – the case for sustainable energy policy
To assist policymakers and the energy industry with pressing forward sustainable energy systems, the World Energy Council, in collaboration with global management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, publishes the report World Energy Trilemma 2012: Time to get real – the case for sustainable energy policy. The 2012 report is the start of a two-part series of reports [...]
Published in December 2012
World Energy Perspective: Smart grids – best practice fundamentals for a modern energy system
The transition towards a low-carbon economy will change both the way power is produced and the way it is consumed. Smart grids are an essential element to facilitate this transformation and for achieving energy security, affordable energy and climate change mitigation—the three elements of the “energy trilemma”. To help facilitate the deployment of smart grids, [...]
Published in October 2012
World Energy Insight 2012
The World Energy Insight 2012 is the official publication of the World Energy Council. It includes interviews, articles and case studies from a distinguished panel of World Energy Council Officers, CEOs, government ministers, academics and opinion formers from all areas of the energy sector and provides perspectives from around the globe. Government, industry and NGO’s [...]
Published in April 2012
World Energy Perspective: Nuclear Energy One Year After Fukushima
The events on 11 March 2011 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which resulted from the devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami, was initially expected to have wide ranging consequences on the global energy mix as governments and companies seek to address the challenges of providing a sustainable supply of energy for all. As part [...]
Published in March 2012