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CEO View: Planning Through a Crisis

Society’s response to the ongoing crisis can provide a source of realistic hope – supporting our community-wide reflection and new cooperation on ‘how to’ build societal resilience through energy transition if we pull together as a worldwide community of energy systems designers, builders and pathfinders.

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Online Hydrogen Forum

The World Energy Council is continuing to promote its pragmatic 'how-to' stance in developing a new hydrogen economy and, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), recently co-hosted an online forum focussed on implications for regulatory enablers and technical standards.

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CEO View: Energy Heroes

Behind every healthcare system is an energy system – and a crew of engineers and system operators who are working hard to keep the lights on, homes warm and refrigerators cold.

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World Energy Issues Monitor 2020: Decoding new signals of change

Based on the 11th annual survey and analysis of over 3,000 survey responses from energy leaders in 104 countries, the World Energy Council has identified major trends and agenda items which are relevant to new energy and energy-related developments in regionally diverse systems.

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JOIN: Hydrogen Global

This initiative encourages the serious consideration of clean molecules as a complement to electrification. Join the movement.

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READ: New Insights Brief on energy storage

"Energy storage is a gamechanger and this innovation brief highlights the need for different storage pathways to enable better lives and a healthy planet." - Angela Wilkinson, Secretary General & CEO of the World Energy Council

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Deep Dive: Hydrogen

Hydrogen is a promising decarbonisation solution that has found a recently renewed potential across the globe. Explore the full breadth of the Council's work on hydrogen, from insight to impact, with this comprehensive overview.

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Working towards successful Energy transition

The World Energy Council actively contributes the insights needed by energy leaders to make effective strategic, policy and business decisions about the energy transition. We provide reliable data, useful tools and impartial comment.

Our interactive Energy Transition Toolkit includes five comprehensive tools that can be used together or separately. They have been proven to drive effective change and bring us closer to achieving a successful energy transition.

"These tools are invaluable because they’re flexible, scalable and adaptable. They give weight to our thinking and allow us to develop strategies so that we can work on the practical solutions needed to tackle energy transition."

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Tools for successful Energy Transition

World Energy Issues Monitor

annual reality check of 2,000+ energy leaders worldwide focusing on the challenges of energy transition

Energy Trilemma Index

better policy through balancing energy security, equity and environmental sustainability

World Energy Scenarios

strategic foresight tool that explores pathways to improve preparation for the energy transition

Dynamic Resilience Framework

a framework for emerging and systemic risk management, including new challenges like weather hazards and cyber-security

Innovation Insights

to help members navigate the shifting innovation landscape

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Published on 26 Feb 2020

Issues Monitor

Issues Monitor 2020: Decoding New Signals of Change

The World Energy Issues Monitor is published annually, providing unique insight into what keeps policymakers, CEOs and leading experts awake at night, globally, regionally and nationally.

Published on 23 Jan 2020

Innovation

Innovation Insights Brief - Five Steps to Energy Storage

Affordable storage systems are a critical missing link between intermittent renewable power and a 24/7 reliability net-zero carbon scenario. Beyond solving this salient challenge...

Published on 14 Oct 2019

Issues Monitor

Europe

Issues Monitor | 2019: The World’s Energy Agenda & Its Evolution

This report focuses on the issues facing the energy transition in Europe, using data collected by surveying over 40 managers from the European Distribution System Operators (E.DSO) and...

Published on 11 Sep 2019

Energy Trilemma

Global

World Energy Trilemma Index | 2019

The World Energy Council’s definition of energy sustainability is based on three core dimensions: Energy Security, Energy Equity, and Environmental Sustainability of Energy Systems. Balancing these...

Published on 11 Sep 2019

Energy Scenarios

Europe

World Energy Scenarios | 2019: European Regional Perspectives

This report explores three plausible pathways to 2040 for a European region in Modern Jazz, Unfinished Symphony and Hard Rock futures.

Published on 10 Sep 2019

Dynamic Resilience

Global

Cyber challenges to the energy transition

The energy sector is experiencing a transformation, new synergies are being realised through linking operational, information technology, and communication systems: the sector’s digital footprint...