WORLD ENERGY FOCUS: read our August issue

Urban population reaches 66% by 2050 whilst electric vehicles are no longer the expensive badge of an eco-warrior: how will future cities deal with energy and transport innovation? What is the impact on the energy sector? The interview with Simonelli, CEO Baker Hughes, shows how oil & gas adapts to this leaner environment and our global news highlight record-breaking clean investment, new nuclear and more!

Panama’s Energy Secretary to host launch of new national member committee

As Panama announces plans to build its own LNG terminal, the World Energy Council formally voted in the country on 14 July, as its latest national member committee. The member committee will be officially launched on 22 August in Panama City and will bring together Panama’s Energy Secretary, Victor Urrutia, who is hosting the event […]

Executive Assembly in Lisbon – Register now!

Only 2 months to go until the Council’s 2017 Executive Assembly week including the World Energy Leaders’, the Future Energy Leaders’ and Energy Trilemma Summits kicks off in Lisbon. The sessions bring together Ministers, CEO, energy leaders and international experts from the business, finance and academia world.

Bringing energy to rural areas

Access to reliable and sustainable energy is a pillar of prosperity and development. The Empowering Energy workshop, will explore the challenges of bringing energy to rural areas & how renewables can help to overcome them. The session is held on the 13 September as part of the Mexico International Energy Conference (DEMEX), also featuring the Council's Leaders' Summit.

Mexican Government and World Energy Council to host World Energy Leaders’ Summit in September

In a ceremony held during the 8th Clean Energy Ministerial meeting in Beijing, Christoph Frei, Secretary General of the World Energy Council and Leonardo Beltrán Rodríguez, Deputy Secretary for Planning and Energy Transition of Mexico, today (6 June) signed an agreement to host a World Energy Leaders’ Summit in Mexico City on September 12 – […]

     

Voices from the World Energy Council Network

Multiple pathways to Clean Energy: Canada’s Western Provinces

To advance the dialogue on the emerging energy-related opportunities and issues related to the transformation to clean energy, the Energy Council of Canada, the World Energy Council’s Canadian member committee, together with its member organisations from the public and private sectors across the region, held a conference on the theme Multiple Pathways to Clean Energy […]

Training for South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy Integration

Despite the tremendous benefits of regional cooperation, the region lags significantly behind most, if not all, regions of the world in energy trade and regional integration. Limited cross-border transmission interconnections and cross-border trading transactions are taking place only between India and Bhutan, India and Bangladesh and to a lesser extent between India and Nepal. Following […]

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There is no direct membership in the World Energy Council; rather, members join through their own national Member Committee, each of which represents the country’s energy interests and which includes industry and government, energy experts, research institutions and other energy-related organisations and individuals. More information

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A RETROSPECTIVE OF THE 2016 WORLD ENERGY CONGRESS

The 23rd World Energy Congress was held from 9 - 13 October 2016 in Istanbul, Turkey under the theme: "Embracing new frontiers". The Congress convened some 266 world class speakers from around the world, including over 60 government Ministers and Heads of State. In total, some 5000 delegates gathered in Istanbul from over 150 countries to an engaging week of sessions exploring the Grand Transition of the energy sector.

For more information and pictures click here or visit the 2016 Congress website.

Looking ahead, the next 24th World Energy Congress will take place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 7 – 14 September 2019.

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