The GEC Program is intended for those familiar with the energy industry as well as participants aspiring to work in the energy field. It is profession-orientated and designed to give participants a comprehensive understanding of key energy issues and improve their analytical and research skills. The program’s objective is to educate and train for the […]

The Middle East is a major gas producing and consuming region. Iran is the number one gas nation in terms of production and consumption. It has an estimated 30 tcm in proven natural gas reserves giving it the world’s second largest reserves; it is surpassed only by Russia. These reserves are estimated to last over […]

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Vietnam plans to increase electricity generation to power its industrial growth, which has been expanding by 6% to 7% annually in recent years. Hydroelectricity is expected to make a large contribution. Electricité de Vietnam (EVN) has announced plans to add 37 new electric power plants by 2020 to the existing 18 power plants. Twenty-two of […]

Those in favour of privatisation tend to see water as an economic proposition and are concerned with the failures in many countries to provide and develop basic services. They look at the economic realities of paying for it and have pragmatic views about how to do this. Governments are concerned with their responsibility to provide […]

The following is a look back at the market for wind energy in 2010 and describes the outlooks and targets set at the time. In 2003, Sweden introduced a tradable green certificate support system, which gives producers of renewable electricity (wind, small hydro, biomass based CHP) economic support for every MWh they produce. The current […]

Over three years starting in mid-1993, the Ministry and RosUgol planned a major restructuring of the coal sector, beginning with freeing coal prices and a reduction in state subsidies. Mines were to become self-sufficient through increases in productivity as well as from higher prices for the coal that they produced. RosUgol could then sell mines […]

Government investment in energy efficiency and low carbon technologies has been surpassed by investments in wind, solar and biofuels, with only 9% of investment being directed towards this sector between 2005 and 2010. Only other renewables received less funding at 6% of total investment. Federal At the federal level, the economic downturn in 2008 and […]

The environmental benefits of wind energy as a clean source of electricity with no emissions of greenhouse gases or local air pollution and the benefits in terms of security of supply are widely recognised, and the overwhelming majority of Europeans have a very positive attitude to wind energy. The avoidance of water consumption compared to […]

Venezuela remains highly dependent on oil revenues, which account for roughly 80% of export earnings, more than 50% of the federal budget revenues and around 30% of GDP. In 2007, the government announced plans for a nationalisation programme covering oil field, telecoms, electricity and banking as part of Chavez’s pre-election promise that ‘everything that was […]