Il World Energy Focus, nuovo mensile online della WEC's community, una e-publication gratuita per essere sempre aggiornato sugli sviluppi del settore energetico. Il World Energy Focus contiene news, interviste esclusive e uno spazio dedicato agli eventi promossi dai singoli Comitati Nazionali.
Exxon Mobile analytical view on our world of energy. Best to see this with the eyes understanding this may be, if we are not able to change our ways and "the way it works" - in our energy sector and economies.
report prepared by scientific community, and related to the non-fossil fuel proliferation treaty - prepared by a group of Nobel Laureates and relevant science community
Report was released 10th June, and ahead of the G7 Leadership meeting.
This year's SITE Energy Day was devoted to discussing the consequences of oil price fluctuations for markets and actors of the economy. The half-day conference engaged policy-oriented scholars and experts from the business community to discuss the impact of oil price fluctuations on macro fundamentals, international trade, strategies of oil cartels, strategic risk management, and opportunities for change in energy systems.
Luca De Lorenzo, Senior Researcher at Stockholm Environment Institute, gave a presentation "Low oil prices and the new climate economy: constraint or opportunity?"
For more information and research analysis please visit: www.hhs.se/site
After multiple discussions around the world, this is an emerging view on the future of energy that is being shared for further comment and feedback. Events in London, Dubai, Shanghai, Delhi and New York have explored key drivers of change. Other events elsewhere have added in additional perspectives.
Exxon Mobile analytical view on our world of energy. Best to see this with the eyes understanding this may be, if we are not able to change our ways and "the way it works" - in our energy sector and economies.
report prepared by scientific community, and related to the non-fossil fuel proliferation treaty - prepared by a group of Nobel Laureates and relevant science community
Report was released 10th June, and ahead of the G7 Leadership meeting.
This year's SITE Energy Day was devoted to discussing the consequences of oil price fluctuations for markets and actors of the economy. The half-day conference engaged policy-oriented scholars and experts from the business community to discuss the impact of oil price fluctuations on macro fundamentals, international trade, strategies of oil cartels, strategic risk management, and opportunities for change in energy systems.
Luca De Lorenzo, Senior Researcher at Stockholm Environment Institute, gave a presentation "Low oil prices and the new climate economy: constraint or opportunity?"
For more information and research analysis please visit: www.hhs.se/site
After multiple discussions around the world, this is an emerging view on the future of energy that is being shared for further comment and feedback. Events in London, Dubai, Shanghai, Delhi and New York have explored key drivers of change. Other events elsewhere have added in additional perspectives.
Il World Energy Focus, nuovo mensile online della WEC's community, una e-publication gratuita per essere sempre aggiornato sugli sviluppi del settore energetico. Il World Energy Focus contiene news, interviste esclusive e uno spazio dedicato agli eventi promossi dai singoli Comitati Nazionali.
New base 15 march 2021 energy news issue 1415 by khaled al awadi2-compressedKhaled Al Awadi
NewBase 15 March 2021 Energy News issue - 1415 by Khaled Al Awadi2.pdf
NewBase 15 March 2021 Energy News issue - 1415 by Khaled Al Awadi2.pdf
NewBase 15 March 2021 Energy News issue - 1415 by Khaled Al Awadi2.pdf
Oracle Report Reveals the Need for an Energy Revolution to meet 2050 Vision of a Low Carbon Economy. The Research, conducted by The Future Laboratory and involving a global panel of experts, highlights the electricity issues that must be addressed and the trends that will combine to make the smart grid and smart energy a reality.
The Energy Outlook sets out a base case which outlines the 'most likely' path for global energy markets until 2035, based on assumptions and judgments about future changes in policy, technology and the economy. The Outlook also develops alternative cases to explore key uncertainties
Progress Towards Implementation and Achievement of Sustainable Development Go...ENVIRONMENTALALERTEA1
The Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
are commitments made by
190 world leaders to help
in addressing extreme
poverty, fight inequality &
injustice, and fix climate
change.
They replaced the 8
millennium development
goals after 15 years of
their implementation.
This webinar focused on where we are today and how we could achieve key energy-related sustainable developments goals on climate change; air quality and universal access to modern energy.
IRENA REthinking Energy: Renewable Energy and Climate ChangeSaidh KESSACI
Doubling the share of renewables by 2030 could deliver around half of the emissions reductions needed and, in combination with energy efficiency, keep the rise in average global temperatures within 2 degrees Celsius
Diana Kool discusses the potential impact of climate change on the global economy and financial markets, focusing on energy sources and the growth of renewable forms
Il World Energy Focus, nuovo mensile online della WEC's community, una e-publication gratuita per essere sempre aggiornato sugli sviluppi del settore energetico. Il World Energy Focus contiene news, interviste esclusive e uno spazio dedicato agli eventi promossi dai singoli Comitati Nazionali.
New base 15 march 2021 energy news issue 1415 by khaled al awadi2-compressedKhaled Al Awadi
NewBase 15 March 2021 Energy News issue - 1415 by Khaled Al Awadi2.pdf
NewBase 15 March 2021 Energy News issue - 1415 by Khaled Al Awadi2.pdf
NewBase 15 March 2021 Energy News issue - 1415 by Khaled Al Awadi2.pdf
Oracle Report Reveals the Need for an Energy Revolution to meet 2050 Vision of a Low Carbon Economy. The Research, conducted by The Future Laboratory and involving a global panel of experts, highlights the electricity issues that must be addressed and the trends that will combine to make the smart grid and smart energy a reality.
The Energy Outlook sets out a base case which outlines the 'most likely' path for global energy markets until 2035, based on assumptions and judgments about future changes in policy, technology and the economy. The Outlook also develops alternative cases to explore key uncertainties
Progress Towards Implementation and Achievement of Sustainable Development Go...ENVIRONMENTALALERTEA1
The Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs)
are commitments made by
190 world leaders to help
in addressing extreme
poverty, fight inequality &
injustice, and fix climate
change.
They replaced the 8
millennium development
goals after 15 years of
their implementation.
This webinar focused on where we are today and how we could achieve key energy-related sustainable developments goals on climate change; air quality and universal access to modern energy.
IRENA REthinking Energy: Renewable Energy and Climate ChangeSaidh KESSACI
Doubling the share of renewables by 2030 could deliver around half of the emissions reductions needed and, in combination with energy efficiency, keep the rise in average global temperatures within 2 degrees Celsius
Diana Kool discusses the potential impact of climate change on the global economy and financial markets, focusing on energy sources and the growth of renewable forms
Annual report issued by the International Energy Agency. This newest report examines the critical role of price for crude oil in "rebalancing" supply and demand. The authors note the process of rebalancing (getting to higher prices) is rarely a smooth adjustment. Indeed! In the central scenario of this year's report, a tightening oil balance leads to a price around $80 per barrel by 2020--just five short years away.
Executive Summary for the IEA's annual World Energy Outlook, the 2016 edition. The Outlook predicts natural gas use will continue to rise, while coal will continue to fall. "We see clear winners for the next 25 years, natural gas, but especially wind and solar, replacing the champion of the previous 25 years, coal," said Fatih Birol, IEA's executive director.
Implications of the global transition to non fossil energySampe Purba
the ability of transitional from fossil to non fossil energy is unique across the countries. Hence, sympathetic cooperation among states and consideration of the existing facilities should be taken in to account
2013 – 2014 Strategy and Sustainability Highlights ReportSchneider Electric
Since sustainable development is an integral part of Schneider Electric’s strategy, our Group is publishing a combined Business and Sustainable Development document (Key figures, interviews with stakeholders, actions in favor of new behaviors, …).
United Nations General Assembly Global stocktaking marking the completion of ...Christina Parmionova
The goal of the global stocktaking is to review progress achieved at the end of the UN
Decade of Sustainable Energy for All, 2014-2024, and to raise ambition and accelerate
action towards attaining SDG 7 by catalysing innovative solutions, investments and multistakeholder partnerships.
In this context, key questions to be addressed include:
• How can ambitions be further increased and implementation be further accelerated?
• How can multi-stakeholder partnerships be scaled up?
• What will be the appropriate institutional arrangements for continuing to advance
international cooperation on energy beyond the UN Decade of Sustainable Energy
for All?
Etude PwC Low Carbon Economy Index (oct. 2015)PwC France
L'année 2014 a marqué un tournant en matière de réduction des émissions de carbone dans les économies du G20. C’est ce que révèle le cabinet d’audit et de conseil PwC dans la 7ème édition de son étude annuelle « Low carbon Economy index », qui modélise l'intensité carbone des grandes économies – à savoir les émissions des gaz à effet de serre liées à la consommation d'énergie par million de dollars de PIB. En effet, l'intensité carbone a chuté de 2,7% en 2014, soit sa plus forte baisse depuis 2000.
La France fait office d’exemple : elle a réduit son intensité carbone de plus de 9% en 2014, ce qui représente la 2ème plus forte réduction des pays du G20, juste derrière le Royaume-Uni (- 10,9%).
This presentation explores how climate change alters the pursuit of economic development: the transformation of poor economies and their people into prosperous ones.
This is hardly the first attempt to reconcile the climate agenda with that of economic development. The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are significant for defining a dual agenda where development targets for people and planet sit alongside each other in a unifying framework.1 Much commentary focuses on the compatibility of the two agendas. A radical and specious view pits progress on climate change and economic development as strict substitutes and calls for no less than the unravelling of economic development to save the planet.2 Cooler heads point instead to their complementarity: the critical role of economic development in supporting adaptation and the recognition that investments in the green transition will propel economies rather than sacrifice living standards.3
In contrast, this essay takes as its starting point that the goals and salience of economic development are immutable. The question posed here is how the quest for economic development changes in a world gripped by a changing climate. The essay argues that climate change will force three major changes: a reappraisal of the causes of and prospects for development, the rebirth of the economics of transition, and a reformulation of the problem development is trying to solve. In a final section, it asks what these changes could mean for international security and for the community of national and global actors who set policy and strategy in this field.
Progressive companies around the world are developing products and services that will revolutionise industries and deliver transformative change for society and our planet. These solutions are driving new business growth while significantly reducing emissions towards a low-carbon, sustainable future for all.
Accelerating and scaling up implementation across sectors and borders, however, will require a higher level of collaboration than we have ever seen before, between business, government, and NGOs. The Business for the Environment (B4E) COP17 Dialogue aims to facilitate this, bringing stakeholders together to forge new partnerships and take real action on climate change. Leading the way and powering ahead for a clean industrial revolution.
WWF: Policy Expectations for COP 19 WarsawWWF ITALIA
Oggi possiamo salvare il clima e conquistare un futuro di benessere per noi e i nostri figli. Bruciare i combustibili fossili per procurarsi energia e calore ha portato la concentrazione di CO2 in atmosfera ai livelli di 3 milioni di anni fa. Dobbiamo riconquistare l'energia, puntare sulle fonti rinnovabili e l’efficienza energetica. Occorre investire le risorse pubbliche e private nel nostro futuro. E invece i nostri soldi continuano a finanziare il passato fossile. E' ora di cambiare noi, non il clima." Mariagrazia Midulla, Responsabile Clima ed Energia
http://www.wwf.it/riprenditilenergia.cfm
Il World Energy Focus, nuovo mensile online della WEC's community, una e-publication gratuita per essere sempre aggiornato sugli sviluppi del settore energetico. Il World Energy Focus contiene news, interviste esclusive e uno spazio dedicato agli eventi promossi dai singoli Comitati Nazionali.
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
World Energy Leaders' Summit - World Energy Week - Milan 2018WEC Italia
Announced first participants to the 2018 World Energy Leaders'Summit | October 11, 2018 #worldenergyweek Milan 2018 | Stay tuned for updates on September!
https://goo.gl/9HSUyg @WECouncil @WECFELs
Italian Energy Day - World Energy Week - Milan, 2018WEC Italia
Announced first confirmed Speakers for the Italian Energy Day | October 11, 2018 Milan #worldenergyweek! Stay tuned for updates on September! https://goo.gl/vwkYTc @WECouncil @WECFELs
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
REGISTRATION FOR THE WORLD ENERGY WEEK MILAN 2018 ARE NOW OPEN! Visit the site and be the first to register! Discover the main discussion topics: Innovation, new technologies, resilience, innovative mobility and energy access: https://goo.gl/xhMTDU
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
L'edizione annuale del World Energy Focus è online e può essere scaricata gratuitamente dal sito del World Energy Council! Suddivisa in cinque sezioni:
EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS & INTERVIEWS
POLICY & REGULATION INNOVATION
DIGITAL INNOVATION
TECHNOLOGY & DECARBONISATION INNOVATION
BUSINESS MODELS INNOVATION
La pubblicazione raccoglie interviste a CEO, Ministri, esperti del settore energia e articoli e contributi di membri del World Energy Council.
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
Il World Energy Inside è una pubblicazione mensile del World Energy Council (WEC) contenente interviste a rappresentanti del WEC e dei Comitati Nazionali, overview e aggiornamenti sulle attività recenti e future del WEC in tutto il mondo e, approfondimenti sulle ultime news in ambito energetico.
Il World Energy Focus, nuovo mensile online della WEC's community, una e-publication gratuita per essere sempre aggiornato sugli sviluppi del settore energetico. Il World Energy Focus contiene news, interviste esclusive e uno spazio dedicato agli eventi promossi dai singoli Comitati Nazionali.
Quality defects in TMT Bars, Possible causes and Potential Solutions.PrashantGoswami42
Maintaining high-quality standards in the production of TMT bars is crucial for ensuring structural integrity in construction. Addressing common defects through careful monitoring, standardized processes, and advanced technology can significantly improve the quality of TMT bars. Continuous training and adherence to quality control measures will also play a pivotal role in minimizing these defects.
Welcome to WIPAC Monthly the magazine brought to you by the LinkedIn Group Water Industry Process Automation & Control.
In this month's edition, along with this month's industry news to celebrate the 13 years since the group was created we have articles including
A case study of the used of Advanced Process Control at the Wastewater Treatment works at Lleida in Spain
A look back on an article on smart wastewater networks in order to see how the industry has measured up in the interim around the adoption of Digital Transformation in the Water Industry.
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Saudi Arabia stands as a titan in the global energy landscape, renowned for its abundant oil and gas resources. It's the largest exporter of petroleum and holds some of the world's most significant reserves. Let's delve into the top 10 oil and gas projects shaping Saudi Arabia's energy future in 2024.
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Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
Key Features
Indigenized remote control interface card suitable for MAFI system CCR equipment. Compatible for IDM8000 CCR. Backplane mounted serial and TCP/Ethernet communication module for CCR remote access. IDM 8000 CCR remote control on serial and TCP protocol.
• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system
• Copatiable with IDM8000 CCR
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
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• Remote control: Parallel or serial interface.
• Compatible with MAFI CCR system.
• Compatible with IDM8000 CCR.
• Compatible with Backplane mount serial communication.
• Compatible with commercial and Defence aviation CCR system.
• Remote control system for accessing CCR and allied system over serial or TCP.
• Indigenized local Support/presence in India.
• Easy in configuration using DIP switches.
Vaccine management system project report documentation..pdfKamal Acharya
The Division of Vaccine and Immunization is facing increasing difficulty monitoring vaccines and other commodities distribution once they have been distributed from the national stores. With the introduction of new vaccines, more challenges have been anticipated with this additions posing serious threat to the already over strained vaccine supply chain system in Kenya.
COLLEGE BUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROJECT REPORT.pdfKamal Acharya
The College Bus Management system is completely developed by Visual Basic .NET Version. The application is connect with most secured database language MS SQL Server. The application is develop by using best combination of front-end and back-end languages. The application is totally design like flat user interface. This flat user interface is more attractive user interface in 2017. The application is gives more important to the system functionality. The application is to manage the student’s details, driver’s details, bus details, bus route details, bus fees details and more. The application has only one unit for admin. The admin can manage the entire application. The admin can login into the application by using username and password of the admin. The application is develop for big and small colleges. It is more user friendly for non-computer person. Even they can easily learn how to manage the application within hours. The application is more secure by the admin. The system will give an effective output for the VB.Net and SQL Server given as input to the system. The compiled java program given as input to the system, after scanning the program will generate different reports. The application generates the report for users. The admin can view and download the report of the data. The application deliver the excel format reports. Because, excel formatted reports is very easy to understand the income and expense of the college bus. This application is mainly develop for windows operating system users. In 2017, 73% of people enterprises are using windows operating system. So the application will easily install for all the windows operating system users. The application-developed size is very low. The application consumes very low space in disk. Therefore, the user can allocate very minimum local disk space for this application.
Water scarcity is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two type of water scarcity. One is physical. The other is economic water scarcity.
Automobile Management System Project Report.pdfKamal Acharya
The proposed project is developed to manage the automobile in the automobile dealer company. The main module in this project is login, automobile management, customer management, sales, complaints and reports. The first module is the login. The automobile showroom owner should login to the project for usage. The username and password are verified and if it is correct, next form opens. If the username and password are not correct, it shows the error message.
When a customer search for a automobile, if the automobile is available, they will be taken to a page that shows the details of the automobile including automobile name, automobile ID, quantity, price etc. “Automobile Management System” is useful for maintaining automobiles, customers effectively and hence helps for establishing good relation between customer and automobile organization. It contains various customized modules for effectively maintaining automobiles and stock information accurately and safely.
When the automobile is sold to the customer, stock will be reduced automatically. When a new purchase is made, stock will be increased automatically. While selecting automobiles for sale, the proposed software will automatically check for total number of available stock of that particular item, if the total stock of that particular item is less than 5, software will notify the user to purchase the particular item.
Also when the user tries to sale items which are not in stock, the system will prompt the user that the stock is not enough. Customers of this system can search for a automobile; can purchase a automobile easily by selecting fast. On the other hand the stock of automobiles can be maintained perfectly by the automobile shop manager overcoming the drawbacks of existing system.
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1. MAY 2017
BACK IN BLOOM
Japan flourishes after Fukushima
INTERVIEW
Tellurian’s Charif Souki
on the future forLNG
THE RISE OF SOLAR
But challenges ahead
forthis renewable
TIGHT OIL
Coming back
from the brink
TRACKINGTARGETS
More to be done
to meet the 2030
SEforALL goals
WORLD ENERGYFOCUSMONTHLY INSIGHTS FROM THE COUNCIL’S GLOBAL LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY
2. WORLDENERGYFOCUSMONTHLY INSIGHTS FROM THE COUNCIL’S GLOBAL LEADERSHIP COMMUNITY
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#33 | MAY 2017 | 1
WORLD ENERGY FOCUS
Former Executive Secretary of the
United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Chris-
tiana Figueres, has identified the year
2020 as a game changing opportunity
to turn the tide on the impacts of
carbon emissions.
Speaking at the recent launch of the
Mission 2020 campaign, Figueres said:
“This is a call for collective intentionali-
ty to make sure that we do not pass the
2020 milestone as being the moment
at which we truly bend the curve and
show the world that we have begun to
reduce emissions.”
Drawing on findings from a newly
published report—‘2020: The Climate
Turning Point’—the campaign will
highlight why the 2020 turning point
is necessary, and importantly how it
can be realistically achieved. The new
report summarises the most up to date
scientific basis for urgent action to
reduce carbon emissions and provides
a roadmap of action to 2020. It shows
how renewable energy is progressing in
replacing fossil fuels as new sources of
electricity around the world with more
needing to be done on transportation,
targeting 25% of vehicles on the road
to be electrical by 2020.
GDP decoupling
Figueres noted that while the goal is
challenging, progress is being made.
“… we are on our way,” she said. “For
the last three years, we have been at
flat emissions globally, while we have
continued to increase GDP by at least
2-3% a year.”
This was echoed by Fatih Birol, Ex-
ecutive Director of the International
Energy Agency. Commenting on the
campaign, he said: “Three years of flat
emissions in a growing economy is a
cause for optimism, even if it is too
soon to say emissions have peaked. An
early peak of emissions around 2020
is critical, and as the IEA has shown
in our recent analysis, it is well within
reach with existing technology and
proven policies.”
Figueres highlighted, however, that
time is running out and there is little
room to manoeuvre. “The science
shows the world can only emit a further
800 Gt of CO2 before reaching the
point at which irreversible climate
change will be reached. At the current
rate of about 40 Gt/year, we only
have 20 years at the current level of
emissions,” she noted. This is why the
science says we need to bend the
curve by 2020 so that we can achieve a
decarbonised economy by 2050.”
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern also
stressed the urgency of the need
for action, noting that if the Paris
target of holding global temperature
increase to well below 2°C is to be met,
there “must be an acceleration in the
transition” to low-carbon growth and
development.
A new campaign launched by ex-UN climate chief Christiana
Figueres says businesses, investors and policymakers must
start bending the curve on climate change by 2020.
Inside this issue
ENERGY IN FOCUS
COUNTRY FOCUS
Japan is recovering from
Fukushima, but energy
mix diversification will be
key to its future domestic
energy supply 7
EVENTS8
Mission 2020 calls for energy leaders to
make urgent changes in order to meet
emissions targets. A global tracking
framework reveals which
countries outperform
others, and tight oil in the
US fights back 2-3
FEATURE
Solar power has huge
potential for growth—but
there are still challenges
to overcome 4
INTERVIEW
Tellurian CEO Charif
Souki gives his forecast
for liquefied natural
gas markets—and says
oversupply won’t last 6
Mission 2020calls for
“bending of curve”
Call to action: Christiana Figueres
40 Gt/year:
current rate of global emissions
NEWS IN BRIEF
WIND POWERED OIL RECOVERY
CONCEPT MOVES CLOSER
The WIN WIN (WINd powered Water
INjection) project has completed its first
phase and determined that wind power
could be used to power offshore water
injection. The project is now moving
into its second phase. It consists of four
partners: DNV GL, ExxonMobil, ENI
Norge and the Norwegian Research
Council. The next phase will also help to
develop the economic feasibility of wind
and other renewables in complex envi-
ronments with demanding functional
requirements.
ARAB COUNTRIES SIGN MOU ON
JOINT ELECTRICITY MARKET
Fourteen Arab countries have signed
a memorandum of understanding to
establish a joint Arab electricity market.
Speaking at the signing, Saudi Minister of
Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources
Khalid al-Falih stressed the importance
of enhancing the Arab joint action on
electrical energy. He added that the
electricity linkage project with Egypt
would support the joint Arab power
market, which he hoped would be linked
in the future with European and African
power networks.
INDIA, UK AGREE ON ENERGY
COOPERATION
India and the UK have agreed on priority
areas for further collaboration in the
energy sector. Under the India-UK ‘Energy
for Growth’ dialogue, work will focus on:
innovation in smart technology to improve
performance and reduce losses in India’s
power sector; financing for clean energy;
decentralised energy scale up and sustain-
ability; and support for states in renewable
energy planning and deployment.
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80% of global
energy consumption
is in the heat and
transport sectors
Some countries are doing more than
their fair share when it comes to meet-
ing sustainable energy goals, however
global progress has been slower than
required, according to a new report.
The Global Tracking Framework
2017—Progress Towards Sustainable
Energy, produced by the Sustainable
Energy for All (SEForALL) Knowledge
hub, in partnership with the World
Bank and other agencies including the
World Energy Council, shows that at
the current rate of progress, only 91%
of the world will have electricity access
in 2030, while only 72% will have access
to clean cooking facilities.
Meanwhile, the share of renewables
uptake is only expected to be 21% by
that time, while improvements in en-
ergy intensity are also expected to fall
short of the 2030 goal.
The SEforALL objectives of universal
access to modern energy, doubling the
rate of energy efficiency, as well as the
global share of renewable energy by
2030, have been put in place because
the organisation believes that energy is
the cornerstone of economic growth.
With access to modern, reliable and
affordable energy, a child can study
at night, small businesses can thrive,
women can walk home under the safe-
ty of working streetlights and hospitals
can function efficiently and save lives.
The report concludes that not only
do governments need to make bolder
policy commitments in order to reach
the 2030 goals, but more investment
and willingness to embrace new tech-
nologies is also needed.
Electricity
In 2014, access to electricity globally
increased by just 0.3%, up only slightly
from 85.0% in 2012, representing a
slowdown from previous years. World-
wide, about three times the population
of the United States still lived without
electricity in that time. Africa has
been particularly slow to bring access
to electricity to its population at the
same rate as the population has grown,
but there are notable exceptions.Progress on meeting goals
for energy access, renewable
energy and energy efficiency
fell short of what is needed to
meet 2030 targets
Tracking progress towards
sustainable energy
Countries like Kenya, Malawi, Sudan,
Uganda, Zambia and Rwanda increased
their electrification by 2 to 4 percent-
age points annually in the 2012–2014
period.
Cooking
In 2014, access to clean fuels and tech-
nologies for cooking climbed to 57.4%,
up slightly from 56.5% in 2012. Most of
the 3.04 bn people who lived without
access to clean cooking fuels were
in Asia, and to a lesser extent Africa,
where it does not appear to be a policy
priority. Only a small handful of coun-
tries are showing encouraging progress
on access to clean cooking, most nota-
bly Indonesia, Peru and Vietnam.
Energy efficiency
Progress in energy efficiency accel-
erated between 2012–2014, leading
to energy savings equivalent to the
entire energy consumption of both
Brazil and Pakistan in 2014. Countries
like China, Mexico, Nigeria and the
Russian Federation led the way, with
significant improvements in industry
and transport.
Renewables
The share of renewable energy in the
world’s total final energy consumption
increased slightly from 17.9% in 2012 to
18.3% in 2014. New power generation
technologies such as wind and solar are
growing rapidly, but from a very small
base. How rapidly the world’s 20 largest
energy consumers meet demand with
modern renewables is key, as is increas-
ing reliance on renewables in the heat
and transport sectors, which make up
80% of global energy consumption.
Global energy access: some countries
are outperforming others
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After a two-year downturn, America’s
tight oil business is mounting a strong
comeback. The shale producers that
have come through the other side of
the downturn—and many did not—have
pushed their costs lower by as much
as 40% and learned how to squeeze
more crude out of each well they drill.
The result has been crashing breakeven
The Permian basin will lead a US production recovery in 2017
prices across the sector, with huge
swathes of tight oil basins that needed
$80-a-barrel-plus oil prices a couple
of years ago now able to make money
with oil in the $50s.
Much of the cost reduction has
come from simply leaning on suppliers
to slash their fees. Suppliers who were
desperate to hold on to what little
business they could get agreed, but
this is proving unsustainable as business
picks up, demand for services and
crews tightens the market and service
companies start charging more again.
Most operators are building a 10–15%
increase in service costs into their 2017
models.
They’ve also embraced technologies
such as automation and data analytics
that are delivering sustainable cost
reductions. The great legacy of the
downturn could be that shale produc-
ers simply got better at what they do.
Producers have started drilling longer
lateral wells, of 10,000 feet-plus, and
pumping more sand and proppant
through more frack stages. The amount
of oil recovered from each well rose
by around 25% in 2016, according to
consultancy Rystad Energy, and there
is no sign yet of that slowing.
Rebound
The 18 largest US-focused independ-
ents are on track to lift investment by
58% compared to last year, to $36.5bn,
according to Raymond James—an
investment bank. It is a strong rebound,
though still only around half 2014’s
spending levels.
A return to production growth will
follow—the Energy Information Ad-
ministration (EIA) now sees Lower-48
output, driven by shale, rising from
6.54m barrels a day at the end of 2016
to 7.25m b/d at the end of this year.
It equates to around 60% of Opec’s
agreed 1.16m b/d in supply cuts.
The recovery is so far mostly a Per-
mian story. The play, which spans a vast
area of western Texas and southeast
New Mexico, has come roaring back to
life after going through a rough patch
when prices crashed in 2015. The rig
count has almost trebled, from 133
in May last year to 319 at the start of
April. Around half of all oil rigs working
in the US are now in the Permian.
What is setting the Permian apart
is its huge resource base and contin-
ued improvements in well economics,
thanks to a combination of more
productive wells and falling costs. It is
allowing producers to continue lifting
output at much lower prices than previ-
ously thought possible.
In 2016, when prices dipped below
$30/b, Permian producers still man-
aged to add 253,000 b/d of supply,
bringing production at the end of the
year to 2.09m b/d. Data for the early
months of 2017 is still coming in, but
EIA estimates point to production
growth picking up steam on higher
activity levels.
Over the past year, more than $20bn
in deals have been done in the Permi-
an. The flurry of acquisitions has sent
land prices soaring. Recent deals have
valued the play at more than $40,000
an acre, prompting talk of a “Permian
bubble.” The Permian is increasingly
becoming a stomping ground for the
supermajors, including Chevron, Exxon
Mobil Apache, which are supplanting
the pioneering independents that
proved the basin’s potential.
Challenges remain, such as finding
manpower and equipment, as well as
supplies of water and sand, and more
pipeline infrastructure is needed.
But these operational challenges
have been overcome in the past, and in
all likelihood the Permian bull run is just
getting going.
Rising from
the ashes
Over the past year,
more than $20bn
in deals have been
done in the Permian
Rising: Tight oil production
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While photovoltaic (PV) solar power
only generated about 1% of the total
electricity produced globally in 2015, it
represented about 20% of new capaci-
ty additions. Growth has been impres-
sive and looks likely to continue. The
International Solar Alliance has set a
target of at least 3000 gigawatts (GW),
or three terawatts (TW) of additional
solar power capacity by 2030, up from
the current installed capacity of around
300 GW.
Yet some experts believe even the
most optimistic projections have un-
der-estimated the actual deployment
of PV over the last decade, and say the
annual potential of solar energy far ex-
ceeds the world’s energy consumption.
In mid-April, scientists from the
US Department of Energy’s National
Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL),
their counterparts from similar insti-
tutes in Japan and Germany, along with
academic and industry researchers, as-
sessed the recent trajectory of PV and
outlined a potential worldwide pathway
to produce a significant portion of the
world’s electricity from solar power. In
a new science paper—Terawatt-Scale
Photovoltaics: Trajectories and Chal-
lenges, published by the Global Alliance
of Solar Energy Research Institutes
(GA-SRI) —they said 5-10 TW of PV
capacity by 2030 is realistic.
Solar threats
While solar has a bright future, there
are several threats to its develop-
ment and a number of challenges to
overcome if it is ever to reach its full
deployment potential.
Bright forecast
ahead for solar
energy?
Solar costs continue to fall, recently hitting less than 3
cents/kWh in some parts of the world. But the scaling back
of incentives and constraints of the existing electricity
infrastructure could hinder future expansion.
Solar: Growth is impressive
Institutional funding from
development banks such
as the IMF and World Bank
has been around for a long
time but will become more
important as governments
pull back, as will multi-lateral
agencies and private finance
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The World Energy Council launched
its World Energy Resource (WER) study
last year. Stating some findings in the
specific report on solar, it noted that
government incentives for the sector
are being gradually scaled back in ma-
ture markets, and that there is a need
for a new electricity market design and
novel methods of project financing in
the absence of government support.
Zulandi Van der Westhuizen, Director
of Scenarios Resources at the World
Energy Council, says that the impact
of reduced government incentives was
most evident in markets in Europe and
some states in the US.
“The scaling back started sever-
al years ago in countries like Spain,
Italy, the UK and Germany, with some
reducing incentives and others cutting
subsidies and government spending,”
she says.
While this is a positive signal, since it
shows that solar is capable of standing
on its own feet, at the same time it
discourages investment. According
to REN21, a group of government and
industry organisations that tracks the
industry, investment in renewable
energy (wind and solar) in Europe fell
from $120.7 bn in 2011 to $57.5 billion
in 2014.
“There was about a 65% reduction
in government incentives paid to UK
householders,” notes Van der West-
huizen. “But the most harmful thing
was the short timeframe between the
announcement of the cuts and the
implementation. This created market
instability and sent a negative signal [to
investors], especially since the nature
of energy investment is long term.”
Markets will consequently have to
look for methods of financing that are
not government-led. In mature coun-
tries, market-based models become
more significant. In developing coun-
tries and rural households, things like
consumer finance, leasing and energy
service companies are needed.
“Institutional funding from develop-
ment banks such as the IMF and World
Bank has been around for a long time
but will become more important as
governments pull back, as will multi-lat-
eral agencies and private finance,” adds
Van der Westhuizen. “But stable policy
is needed to lower investment risk.”
Infrastructure needed
WER Solar 2016 also stated that exist-
ing electricity infrastructure, particu-
larly in countries with young markets,
could further hinder the expansion of
solar capacity.
Existing grid infrastructures have
neither the capacity nor flexibility to
handle the growing influx of variable
renewables such a wind and solar.
Germany is a prime example, where
heavy energy consuming industries in
the south risk shortages since there is
insufficient network capacity to trans-
mit wind power from the north.
“Firstly, the grid cannot accom-
modate additional capacity or loads
coming from 10 or 20 different sites at
the same time, and secondly, it cannot
handle the instability,” explained Van
der Westhuizen.
This means that in most cases, the
grid has to be assessed with a view to
increasing capacity and to make sure
there is back-up support from sources
such as gas-fired generation or pumped
hydro. Notably, the drive toward great-
er market integration across countries
in Europe will help to promote the
sharing of renewable power generation
by using grids more effectively.
As markets move into a new area
of energy bidding, ancillary services,
transmission system access and con-
gestion management, the operation
of regional interconnectors becomes
crucial.
Reducing grid constraints, says Van
der Westhuizen, will also enable more
equitable allocation of investment
between generation, networks and
demand resources.
There has, however, been intense
debate over who should be responsible
for grid upgrades and expansion. Van
der Westhuizen stresses that a way has
to be found to enhance the relationship
between various system operators.
“With all new technologies, the regu-
latory framework lags behind and is a
hindrance,” she says.
Future outlook
The challenges that threaten the ex-
pansion of solar will mean that predict-
ing where it will be in the next decade
or so will be difficult. Certainly, growth
will vary from region to region.
“The more mature markets—where
subsidies and incentives are being cut
and grids are constrained—will still
grow but more slowly,” says Van der
Westhuizen. “In developing coun-
tries, we might see more utility-scale
and bigger projects. Public and new
buildings will definitely be growth
sectors. Also a lot of big companies are
going off-grid, so the market can’t do
anything else but grow.”
With many of these off-grid solutions
being linked to storage, the rate of so-
lar deployment will also depend on the
development of battery storage.
The major opportunities will be in
Africa, China, India, parts of Latin
America and of course the Middle
East. Regarding the Middle East,
Van der Westhuizen says: “They have
everything that’s needed, and now they
also have the appetite for it.”
The technology that is expected to
see most growth will continue to be
PV, as opposed to concentrated solar
power (CSP).
“PV will see the biggest growth,
simply because it is available in so many
applications,” says Van der Westhuizen.
“CSP is starting to come back, slowly
but surely. The problem is, it needs
more land space and is therefore more
expensive. But the advantage is, its util-
ity scale and, with molten salt storage,
has much higher efficiencies.”
Last year was a record for renewable
capacity increases. The most recent
data from the International Renewa-
PV will see the
biggest growth,
simply because
it is available
in so many
applications
ble Energy Agency (Irena) shows that
Asia saw the highest growth in solar
capacity, reaching 139 GW (+50 GW).
Almost half of all new solar capacity
was installed in China in 2016 (+34
GW). Other countries with significant
expansion included: US (+11 GW); Japan
(+8 GW) and India (+4 GW). Capacity
in Europe expanded by 5 GW to reach
104 GW, with most increases in Germa-
ny and the UK.
No doubt solar will continue to see
many more years of record growth as
costs continue to fall. A project in Abu
Dhabi recently bid a record low price
of 2.42 cents/kWh for solar electricity.
But how much lower they can go is
hard to predict.
“Costs have fallen significantly over
the last couple of years, mainly due to
economies of scale, cheaper mate-
rials, etc. Obviously there’s a limit to
how much those types of costs can
reduce,” says Van der Westhuizen.
“What we have to do now is to look at
the balance of the costs—the structural
system, electrical system and the ‘soft
costs’ of system development. These
include things like the cost of acquiring
customers, permits, labour installation,
etc. This is where costs can be cut
going forward.
“There is still room for significant
reduction in costs but I don’t think it
will be quite as exponential as the last
4-5 years.”
The World Energy Resources report
24th edition covers more than 180
countries and includes 13 individual
resources from fossil fuels to renewables
and cross cutting technologies with data
and analysis.
65%reduction in government
incentives for UK householders
for solar installation in 2015
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Liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyers may
be enjoying abundant supply and cheap
prices now but by the middle of the
next decade the situation could look
very different, the chief executive of
Tellurian Investments says.
Charif Souki, the former head of US
LNG exporter Cheniere Energy who
is now running Tellurian Investments,
says the dearth of new projects means
the global market will be soon be short
100m tonnes per year of capacity
needed to meet demand. It’s the basis
of his bullish take on the market.
“I’m reasonably certain that all the
excess gas will have been absorbed by
the end of the decade and we’ll be in
another price crisis and all the buyers
will be complaining,” Souki says.
To some of the world’s largest LNG
buyers, this may seem laughable.
This year global liquefaction capacity
is expected to reach 408m tonnes,
says Energy Aspects, a consultancy—a
70m-tonne increase from 2015. But
LNG imports will be just 261.2m tonnes,
a rise of just 15m from 2015.
Much of this new capacity will come
from Australia, which could overtake
Qatar’s 77m tonnes a year of supply to
become the world’s largest exporter.
A few years behind will come the US.
Inevitably, LNG prices have been under
pressure.
LNG landed in Japan, for example,
will sell for about $5.50 per million
British thermal units this year, reckons
Energy Aspects, before dropping to
around $4.20/m Btu in 2018. Just two
years ago, an exporter could expect to
sell a cargo in Asia for almost $16/m Btu.
But Souki says it’s exactly these low
prices which are mopping up excess
supply. “These very low prices are
stimulating demand,” Souki says. But
countries could still find themselves
without enough gas when they need it
in the winter.
A longer-term problem that persis-
tently low LNG prices are creating is
a lack of investment in infrastructure,
Souki says.
“If you don’t provide an incentive and
a method (for LNG producers) then
the infrastructure doesn’t get built,”
Souki says. “All of the producing and
selling of gas close by has been done.
Now we’re left with producing gas and
moving it along very long distances
either for very expensive pipelines or
for liquefaction facilities which are very
expensive. There has to be a signal for
The future of LNG
The gas market may be oversupplied now, but in just a few
years it could be very different, head of Tellurian Invest-
ments tells World Energy Focus
that to happen and that signal is price.”
But the cure for low prices, say pro-
ducers, is low prices. The weak market
now has pushed capital investment in
costly new projects off a precipice.
That means one thing, says hopeful
exporters—an inevitable supply dearth
that will force prices higher.
That, say LNG boosters, is exactly
where the opportunity is. LNG buyers
think the fundamentals are in their
favour—and are glad to see the back
of contract terms that used to favour
exporters, like decades-long contracts
pegged to oil prices. Producers need
to be more flexible now that power lies
with a new breed of importer, they say.
And that’s not going to happen, says
Tellurian’s Souki, who thinks US gas
will sell for $3/m Btu for the next two
decades.
Souki told the Gastech conference
in Tokyo in April that he would consider
offering LNG from Tellurian’s proposed
Driftwood project on a five-year fixed
price deal at around $7-8/m Btu. The
first train from the project, pending
approval, is scheduled to come online
in 2022.
Once operational in 2025, the five-
train project would have capacity to
export 26m t/y of LNG from a terminal
on the Calcasieu River, south of Lake
Charles in Louisiana.
By then, the dust might have settled
on today’s collision between buyers and
sellers. And Souki’s optimistic that the
glut will soon pass.
Very low prices are
stimulating demand
408m tonnes
what global liquefaction capacity
of LNG will reach this year
Bullish: Charif Souki, chairman of Tellurian Investments
8. COUNTRY FOCUS
Six years on from the Great East Japan
Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear ac-
cident in Japan, the impact is still being
felt in the energy sector.
Of the 42 nuclear reactors in the
island nation, 12 have passed safety
reviews and three of those are already
back in operation, at a total capacity
of 2,670MW, while the other nine are
being prepared to go back online. How-
ever, three out of nine units that were
approved will need more time before
they can go online.
But two obstacles remain. Once the
government has signed them off, the
nuclear reactors must still get approv-
al from local authorities—and public
opposition remains strong. A recent
nationwide survey found almost 60%
of the public are still against nuclear
power.
Following a lawsuit from local
residents, two reactors in Takahama
were brought offline just after they had
restarted in February 2016. But, in May
2017 the High Court in Osaka over-
turned the ruling to shut them down.
Such opposition presents a chal-
lenge for a nation which has no oil and
gas pipelines from neighbouring coun-
tries and no natural resources, and
which has a self-sufficiency of primary
energy of just 6%.
Teruaki Masumoto, chair of Japan’s
World Energy Council, says: “More
effort is needed to seek people’s better
understanding of not only risks, but
also the importance and benefits of en-
ergy, especially nuclear energy. After
all, nuclear is an invaluable technology
that can create bulky energy without
carbon emissions. Of course, safety has
to be secured under new regulations.”
Most of the public favour renewa-
bles over nuclear, and a feed-in-tariff
system which was introduced in 2012
caused a rapid penetration of renewa-
bles such as mega-solar PVs.
The policy hasn’t been a universal
success however. In some areas, the
total capacity of renewables connect-
ed to the grid has become larger than
the minimum demand during the day,
making it difficult to balance supply and
demand.
Japan is the world’s largest LNG
importer, relying on the fuel for almost
100% of its natural gas supply from
more than 15 countries, another conse-
quence of Fukushima—LNG accounted
for 30% of Japan’s electricity genera-
tion in 2010, but that share increased to
42% in 2015. Share of coal is also more
than 30%. Diversification of energy
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Energy diversification is
essential forJapan
Public resistance to nuclear power is a hurdle to
overcome forJapan to meet its energy targets
sources is essential for Japan.
Masumoto expects energy imports
to fall in the next decade, even as ship-
ments from the US increase. If the six
out of nine remaining nuclear reactors
which have passed safety reviews come
back online as planned, at a total capac-
ity of 9130 MW, that will reduce Japan’s
LNG demand by about 8.6 million
tonnes per year (upper value assuming
one-to-one replacement from LNG to
nuclear), he says.
While global supply and demand of
LNG is increasing, it is not only the
changing picture in Japan that will influ-
ence southeast Asian LNG prices in the
decade to come. How China’s economy
fares will also have a big influence.
While countries such as China con-
tinue to demand enormous quantities
of fuel, Japan’s consumption is actually
slowing down. It has decreased by 14%
in the past decade, with electricity
demand down by 10%, a trend which
is expected to continue. In part, this
has also been a result of Fukushima,
as efforts to save energy have been
made in the industrial, commercial and
household sectors.
A policy known as the Top Runner
Programme has seen appliances, cars,
other goods and buildings subjected
to energy efficiency improvements,
and highly efficient goods are now
deployed widely. An increase in rooftop
solar panels has also contributed.
In addition, the residential power
market has been opened up, with
370 companies now competing for
customers. Nevertheless, only 5.4% of
customers have switched to another
provider, mainly in urban settings such
as Tokyo, and it is thought the move
will have little effect on the overall
demand.
As Japan looks towards the future,
meeting goals set out in the govern-
ment’s energy mix strategy which was
announced in July 2015 will be critical.
That mix in 2030 should be 22–24%
renewables, 20–22% nuclear, 27% LNG,
26% coal and 3% oil, respectively.
“To achieve this goal, nuclear is a
must. And it is vital for us to utilise
what we learned from Fukushima
accident for future nuclear safety.”
Masumoto says.
“It is vital for
us to utilise
what we
learned from
Fukushima
accident for
future nuclear
safety”
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Takahama nuclear reactors three and four
credit:KansaiEPCO
9. EVENTS
6th European Energy Forum: What
business model for energy in Europe?
22 - 23 May 2017
Paris, France
Digitalisation, the development of variable
renewables, new consumers, the emergence
of a new governance, the rise of environmen-
tal issues and the debate between centralised
vs decentralised energy, together with a
proliferation of innovation and smart technol-
ogies: these are the shakers and drivers of our
energy transition. How are new technologies,
behaviours and policies going to shape new
business models in Europe?
Key Speakers include Jean-Marie Dauger, Co-
Chair of the World Energy Council; Olivier Ap-
pert, Chair of the Conseil Français de l’Énergie
and more energy experts from all over Europe.
Organised by the Conseil Français de l’Énergie,
the event will be held both in French and
English.
For more information, visit the website:
http://www.wec-france.org/forumEurop-
een2017.php
And register https://www.inscription-facile.
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Contact: forum-paris@wec-france.org
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Electricity Storage: Accelerating
the transition towards smart grids
30 May 2017
Pereira, Colombia
Technological developments in the storage
of electricity are booming in response to the
rising need to synchronise the supply and
demand of energy. The increasing share of in-
termittent renewable sources for integration
in our electricity systems means that storage
is the next key challenge in securing reliable
energy systems. Storage systems can be of a
mechanical, electrochemical, electrostatic /
magnetic and chemical nature. With storage
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costs expected to lower by 70% by 2030, new
technologies such as hydropower by pumping,
CAES (Compressed Air Energy Storage),
LAES (Liquid Air Energy Storage), flywheels
, SNG (Synthetic Natural Gas) hydrogen or
batteries are offering opportunities for more
efficient smart energy grid systems. Experts
from ABB, Schneider Electric, Siemens,
University of Pereira and the World Energy
Council Colombia will explore such opportuni-
ties in a unique event to be held at the Pereira
University, Colombia.
For more information and registration, visit:
http://almacenamientoenergia.energycolom-
bia.org/index.php
Energy and Geostrategy 2017
Madrid, Spain
11 May 2017
World Energy Council Spain will present the
2017 issue of the “Energy and Geostrategy”
report series, published together with the
Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies for the
fourth time now. Speakers will cover topics
such as the Geopolitics of the Renewables,
the relationship between Iran and Saudi
Arabia, the geostrategic implications of the
new US administration energy policy as well
as energy geopolitics in the Mediterranean
and Latin America. These subjects will be
examined in a panel discussion formed by
authors and the publication coordinator.
The event is co-organised with the Spanish
Ministry of Defense and it is aimed at par-
ticipants from the public and private sector
as well as academia. Registration is possible
until 10 May. The 2016 edition is available for
download here.
Contact: Jalal Chakkour -
jchakkour@repsol.com
Website: http://www.enerclub.es/extfron-
tenerclub/img/File/indexed/cecme/Site/Site-
Eng/22_geoestrategia.htm
2017 Executive Assembly
16 - 19 October 2017, Lisbon, Portugal
The Executive Assembly is the World Energy Council’s annual general gathering
of the global energy leaders’ network. It convenes over 1000 energy leaders,
from industry, governments, academia and others for ongoing dialogue on the
challenges and opportunities facing the energy sector. Hosted by Portugal, the
week-long event will allow for high level, exclusive CEO and Ministerial discussions,
peer-to-peer interaction and sharing of best practice.