World Energy Council

{{Short description|Think tank}} {{Infobox organization | image = | caption = | logo = World Energy Council logo 2016.svg | map = Membership WorldEnergyCouncil.png | predecessor = | successor = | formation = {{Start date and years ago|1924|07|11|df=y}} | extinction =  | type = Charity | status = Foundation | purpose = Energy issues | headquarters = London, United Kingdom | coordinates =  | language =  | leader_title = Chair | leader_name = Michael Howard | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | leader_name3 = | leader_title3 = | leader_title4 = | leader_name4 = | key_people = | main_organ = World Energy Congress | parent_organization =  | affiliations = WEC Foundation<br />WEC Services Limited | budget = | remarks = | name = World Energy Council | image_size = | image_border = | map_size =  | map_alt =  | map_caption =  | map2 = | abbreviation = | location = | region_served = Global | num_members = Member Committees in 92 countries + 2 direct members | general_secretary = Angela Wilkinson | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | website = {{url|www.worldenergy.org}} | former_name = '''World Power Conference'''<br />'''World Energy Conference''' }} The '''World Energy Council''' is a global forum for thought-leadership and tangible engagement with headquarters in London. Its mission is 'To promote the sustainable supply and use of energy for the greatest benefit of all people'.

The idea for the foundation of the Council came from Daniel Nicol Dunlop in the 1920s. He wanted to gather experts from all around the world to discuss current and future energy issues. He organised in 1923 first national committees, which organised the first '''''World Power Conference''''' (WPC) in 1924. 1,700 experts from 40 countries met in London to discuss energy issues. The meeting was a success and the participants decided on 11 July 1924 to establish a permanent organisation named ''World Power Conference''. Dunlop was elected as its first Secretary General.<ref name=History>{{cite book|last1=Wright|first1=Rebecca|last2=Shin|first2=Hiroki|last3=Trentmann|first3=Frank|title=From World Power Conference to World Energy Council: 90 Years of Energy Cooperation, 1923 - 2013|url=http://www.worldenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/A-Brief-History-of-the-World-Energy-Council.pdf|access-date=30 August 2017|year=2013|publisher=World Energy Council|isbn=978-0-946121-31-1|page=13|archive-date=5 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305013306/http://www.worldenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/A-Brief-History-of-the-World-Energy-Council.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1968 the name was changed to World Energy Conference, and in 1989 it became the World Energy Council.<ref>Wright, Rebecca; Shin, Hiroki; Trentmann, Frank (2013). From World Power Conference to World Energy Council: 90 Years of Energy Cooperation, 1923 - 2013 (PDF). World Energy Council. p. 8. {{ISBN|978 0 946121 31 1}}. Retrieved 24 July 2018.</ref><ref name="TAMING THE YUGOSLAV SPACE">{{Cite book |author= Christian Heitmann |title=TAMING THE YUGOSLAV SPACE: Continuities and Discontinuities in Coping with the Infrastructural Challenges of the 20th Century |chapter=The Electrification of Yugoslavia 1919-1952: Ideas, Plans, Realities |editor1=Danijel Kežić |editor2=Vladimir Petrović |editor3=Edvin Pezo |location= Belgrade & Regensburg |year=2023 |publisher=Institute of Contemporary History Belgrade & Leibniz-Institute for East and Southeast European Studies |doi=10.29362/2023.2794.hei.67-88 |language=English |pages=67-88}}</ref>

The World Energy Council is the principal impartial network of leaders and practitioners promoting an affordable, stable and environmentally sensitive energy system for the greatest benefit of all. Formed in 1923, the Council is the UN-accredited<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/8fa942046ff7601c85256983007ca4d8/acf19b49281081c7852569fa0000ece8?OpenDocument |title=World Energy Council |website=unterm.un.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104204500/http://unterm.un.org/DGAACS/unterm.nsf/8fa942046ff7601c85256983007ca4d8/acf19b49281081c7852569fa0000ece8?OpenDocument |archive-date=2014-01-04}}</ref> global energy body, representing the entire energy spectrum, with more than 3,000 member organisations located in over 90 countries and drawn from governments, private and state corporations, academia, NGOs and energy-related stakeholders. The World Energy Council informs global, regional and national energy strategies by hosting high-level events, publishing authoritative studies, and working through its extensive member network to facilitate the world’s energy policy dialogue. Today, the Council has Member Committees established in over 90 countries, which represent over 3,000 member organizations including governments, industry and expert institutions. The World Energy Council covers all energy resources and technologies of energy supply and demand.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldenergy.org/about-us|title=About the World Energy Council|website=World Energy Council|language=en|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref> [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-09962, Berlin, Präsidium der Weltkraftkonferenz.jpg|thumb|Presidium of the Second World Power Conference in Berlin, 1930 (from right to left): Edouard Tissot, Oskar von Miller and his wife Marie Seitz, {{Interlanguage link|Carl Köttgen|lt=|Deutsch}}]] The World Energy Council hosts the World Energy Congress, which is the world's largest and most influential energy event covering all aspects of the energy agenda. Staged every three years, the Congress provides a platform for energy leaders and experts in all aspects of the sector to address the challenges and opportunities facing suppliers and consumers of energy. The 2019 edition took place in Abu Dhabi from 9–12 September, where it was announced that Saint Petersburg will be the host city for the next World Energy Congress in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wec24.org/|title=WEC19|website=WEC19|language=en|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref>

The World Energy Council's publications include annual releases like the World Energy Trilemma Index, which compares Energy security, equity and environmental sustainability on a country-by-country basis<ref>{{Cite web |last=World Energy Council |date=2018 |title=World Energy Trilemma Index |url=https://www.worldenergy.org/assets/downloads/World-Energy-Trilemma-Index-2018.pdf |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=World Energy Council}}</ref> (also available as an online tool<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trilemma.worldenergy.org/|title=WEC Energy Trilemma Index Tool|website=trilemma.worldenergy.org|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref>), as well as Insights Briefs on current energy topics such as Blockchain.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldenergy.org/publications/entry/world-energy-insights-brief-blockchain-anthology-of-interviews|title=World Energy Insights Brief {{!}} Blockchain: Anthology of Interviews|website=World Energy Council|language=en|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref>

== Member Committees ==

As of March 2019 the World Energy Council has 87 member committees and 2 countries which have direct membership. Organisations in countries where the World Energy Council does not yet have an active member committee can join the Council under a direct membership.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.worldenergy.org/news-and-media/news/vietnam-becomes-the-councils-newest-direct-member/ |title=Vietnam becomes the Council’s newest direct member |website=www.worldenergy.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141028/https://www.worldenergy.org/news-and-media/news/vietnam-becomes-the-councils-newest-direct-member/ |archive-date=2018-06-12}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldenergy.org/impact-communities/members|title=World Energy Council Members|website=World Energy Council|language=en|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref> [[File:Only_two_women_delegates,_Washington,_D.C.,_September_8._Mrs._Gertrude_Ruth_Ziani_de_Ferranti_of_London,_England,_and_Miss_Caroline_Haslett_also_of_London_are_the_only_two_women_to_represent_LCCN2016878425.tif|thumb|Caroline Haslett (left) and Gertrude Ruth Ziani de Ferranti of London are the only two women delegates representing organisations at Washington, D.C. on 8 September 1936.]] {{div col|colwidth=22em}} :{{Flag|Algeria}} :{{Flag|Argentina}} :{{Flag|Armenia}} :{{Flag|Austria}} :{{Flag|Bahrain}} :{{Flag|Belgium}} :{{Flag|Bolivia}} :{{Flag|Bosnia}} :{{Flag|Botswana}} :{{Flag|Brazil}} :{{Flag|Bulgaria}} :{{Flag|Cameroon}} :{{Flag|Canada}} :{{Flag|Chad}} :{{Flag|Chile}} :{{Flag|China}} :{{Flag|Colombia}} :{{Flag|Côte d’Ivoire}} :{{Flag|Croatia}} :{{Flag|Cyprus}} :{{Flag|DR Congo}} :{{Flag|Dominican Republic}} :{{Flag|Ecuador}} :{{Flag|Egypt}} :{{Flag|Estonia}} :{{Flag|eSwatini}} :{{Flag|Ethiopia}} :{{Flag|Finland}} :{{Flag|France}} :{{Flag|Germany}} :{{Flag|Greece}} :{{Flag|Hong Kong, China}} :{{Flag|Hungary}} :{{Flag|Iceland}} :{{Flag|India}} :{{Flag|Indonesia}} :{{Flag|Iran}} :{{Flag|Ireland}} :{{Flag|Italy}} :{{Flag|Japan}} :{{Flag|Jordan}} :{{Flag|Kazakhstan}} :{{Flag|Kenya}} :{{Flag|Korea}} :{{Flag|Latvia}} :{{Flag|Lebanon}} :{{Flag|Libya}} :{{Flag|Lithuania}} :{{Flag|Malaysia}} :{{Flag|Malta}} :{{Flag|Mexico}} :{{Flag|Monaco}} :{{Flag|Mongolia}} :{{Flag|Morocco}} :{{Flag|Namibia}} :{{Flag|Nepal}} :{{Flag|Netherlands}} :{{Flag|New Zealand}} :{{Flag|Niger}} :{{Flag|Nigeria}} :{{Flag|Pakistan}} :{{Flag|Panama}} :{{Flag|Paraguay}} :{{Flag|Poland}} :{{Flag|Portugal}} :{{Flag|Romania}} :{{Flag|Russian Federation}} :{{Flag|Saudi Arabia}} :{{Flag|Senegal}} :{{Flag|Serbia}} :{{Flag|Singapore}} :{{Flag|Slovakia}} :{{Flag|Slovenia}} :{{Flag|South Africa}} :{{Flag|Spain}} :{{Flag|Sri Lanka}} :{{Flag|Sweden}} :{{Flag|Switzerland}} :{{Flag|Syria}} :{{Flag|Tanzania}} :{{Flag|Thailand}} :{{Flag|Vietnam}} :{{Flag|Trinidad & Tobago}} :{{Flag|Tunisia}} :{{Flag|Turkey}} :{{Flag|Ukraine}} :{{Flag|United Arab Emirates}} :{{Flag|United States}} :{{Flag|Uruguay}} {{div col end}}

== World Energy Congresses == Source:<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldenergy.org/experiences-events/world-energy-congress|title=World Energy Congress|website=World Energy Council|language=en|access-date=2020-03-13}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} # London, 1924 # Berlin, 1930 # Washington, 1936 # London, 1950 # Vienna, 1956 # Melbourne, 1962 # Moscow, 1968 # Bucharest, 1971 # Detroit, 1974 # Istanbul, 1977 # Munich, 1980 # New Delhi, 1983 # Cannes, 1986 # Montreal, 1989 # Madrid, 1992 # Tokyo, 1995 # Houston, 1998 # Buenos Aires, 2001 # Sydney, 2004 # Rome, 2007 # Montreal, 2010 # Daegu, 2013 # Istanbul, 2016 # Abu Dhabi, 2019 # Rotterdam, 2024 {{div col end}}

== Chairs == *1995–1998: John Baker *1998–2001: Jim Adam *2001–2004: Antonio del Rosario *2004–2007: André Caillé *2007–2013: Pierre Gadonneix *2013–2016: Marie-José Nadeau *2016–2019: Younghoon David Kim *2019–2022: Jean-Marie Dauger *2022–present: Michael Howard

== Secretaries General == *1924–1928: Daniel Nicol Dunlop *1928–1966: Charles Gray *1966–1986: Eric Ruttley *1986–1998: Ian Lindsay *1998–2008: Gerald Doucet *2008–2009: Kieran O'Brian (acting) *2009–2019: Christoph Frei *2019–present: Angela Wilkinson

== Officers == {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *MICHAEL HOWARD, Chair *LEONHARD BIRNBAUM, Chair – Studies Committee *IBRAHIM AL-MUHANNA, Vice Chair – Special Responsibility Gulf States & Middle East *MATAR AL NEYADI, Vice Chair – UAE Organizing Committee, World Energy Congress 2019, Abu Dhabi *KLAUS-DIETER BARBKNECHT, Vice Chair – Finance *ALEXANDRE PERRA, Vice Chair – Europe *OLEG BUDARGIN, Vice Chair – Responsibility for Regional Development *JOSÉ DA COSTA CARVALHO NETO, Chair – Programme Committee *CLAUDIA CRONENBOLD, Vice Chair – Latin America&Caribbean *ROBERT HANF, Vice Chair – North America *ELHAM IBRAHIM, Vice Chair – Africa *SHIGERU MURAKI, Vice Chair – Asia Pacific & South Asia *JOSÉ ANTONIO VARGAS LLERAS, Chair – Communications & Strategy Committee *YOUNGHOON DAVID KIM, Past Chair{{div col end}}

==See also== {{portal|Energy}} * Global warming * Greenhouse gas {{Clear}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|World Energy Council}} * [https://wec24.org/ World Energy Congress Abu Dhabi 2019] * [http://www.wec2016istanbul.org.tr/ World Energy Congress Istanbul 2016] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180424145338/http://www.wec2016istanbul.org.tr/ |date=2018-04-24 }} * [http://www.worldenergy.org World Energy Council website] * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20031003020440/http://www.montreal2010.ca/montreal_en/host.html World Energy Congress Montreal 2010]}} * [http://wec-indicators.enerdata.eu/ World Energy Council - Indicators for Energy Efficiency, Odyssee Program.] {{Authority control}}

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