The World Energy Council (WEC) and Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) launched a report into the worldwide cost of developing and delivering electricity. The study, “World Energy Perspective: Cost of Energy Technologies”, is said to provide a comprehensive comparative study of the costs of producing electricity from a range of conventional and unconventional sources. These…

The World Energy Council’s latest energy efficiency study reports a general slowdown in energy efficiency improvements. The report, “World Energy Perspective: Energy Efficiency Policies”, is produced in collaboration with France’s energy and environment agency, ADEME. The report shows that more countries are now involved in energy efficiency policies, but also highlights numerous factors that have…

The global energy industry must play a greater role in the transition to sustainable energy systems if United Nations development goals are to be met, warns a report launched today by the World Energy Council (WEC). The potential for billions of people benefiting from sustainable energy systems in future decades hangs in the balance without…