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Our ad hoc World Energy Perspectives reports and studies are based on the expert insights from our network of leaders and practitioners and provide a bottom up assessment of key issues and technologies impacting the energy sector.

Interconnectivity: Benefits and Challenges

In this report the role of interconnectivity in the development of energy systems is examined with the associated socio-economic, environmental, financial and regulatory aspects that must be taken into account for successful interconnection projects. One of the major factors affecting world development is energy. Final energy use has increased globally by nearly 20 percent in [...]

Published in September 2011

Roadmap towards a Competitive European Energy Market

With the financial crisis evolving into a severe, global economic recession, there have been growing doubts over whether energy markets can continue to operate efficiently under present conditions or whether the shift to non-market mechanisms would be a better choice. This question remains an ongoing source of debate in the recently liberalised electricity sector. Textbook [...]

Published in October 2010

Energy and Urban Innovation 2010

This report outlines the energy-related challenges that cities, particularly large and ‘mega-cities’, will face during the coming decades. It analyses the technical and policy actions that must be taken to meet these challenges and the role the energy industry and business can play in designing and implementing efficient solutions. The report is the result of [...]

Published in September 2010