Transformation of the Global Energy System

April 29, 2018

As an integral part of the World Economic Forum System Initiative on Shaping the Future of Energy, the Global Future Council on Energy provides vision and thought leadership. Since 2016, the Council has been looking at the forces transforming the production, demand and impact of the energy industries. It has focused on the profound technological changes, which may completely transform the energy system, creating opportunities along with significant challenges. Here the Forum offers insights into what has been learned, along with four specific actions that its community might consider in coming years to help corporate leaders and policymakers grapple with the implications of massive technological change.

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ArcelorMittal Projects Exosun

ArcelorMittal Projects Exosun is a worldwide leading supplier of advanced, cost-effective solar tracking solutions for ground-mounted photovoltaic plants. Driven by operational excellence, innovation and long-term customer commitment, Projects Exosun partners with energy producers, developers and EPCs to boost their solar profits.

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Tesla Solar Inverter Architecture White Paper

whitePaper | January 10, 2023

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Consumer Protection And Empowerment For A Clean Energy Future

whitePaper | March 17, 2023

Putting consumers at the centre of the energy transition is vital to meet climate change and affordable, secure energy access goals in conjunction. This is now more important than ever, as consumers around the world face unprecedented price pressures generated by fossil fuel dependence and triggered by the turmoil resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Green Innovations of Antennas

whitePaper | May 16, 2022

Energy saving has become one of the most discussed topics of green development. Antennas, especially passive antennas, do not directly consume DC or AC electric energy, leaving them easily overlooked when energy saving is discussed. However, as unique devices that convert between radio frequency (RF) energy and electromagnetic waves, antennas transmit the RF energy to mobile devices. The efficiency in which the antennas convert energy has a significant bearing on the power consumed by base stations

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Biogenic CO2 from the biogas industry

whitePaper | September 16, 2022

This white paper explores the climate impact of biogenic CO2 use or storage, the main utilisation avenues and perspective markets opportunities. While detailing current CO2 requirements, the paper underlines current obstacles to and opportunities for the further take-up of BIO-CCS and Bio-CCU solutions, summarises best cases, and concludes with a set of policy recommendations to define a suitable legislative framework for the further deployment of BIO-CCUS solutions, necessary to meeting Europe’s mid-century climate neutrality target.

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Shipping’s Role in the global Energy Transition

whitePaper | November 5, 2022

This executive summary sets out the scale of the global energy transition needed to meet the Paris Climate Agreement goals, the implications for the shipping sector, and actions which could be taken by national energy ministries and by the shipping sector to help deliver this transition.

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WHERE WE ARE NOW AND WHAT’S AHEAD

whitePaper | June 8, 2022

A report published in June , 2012, from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IREC was officiallyfounded in 2011 by the United Nations and presently comprised of 101 member countries including The United States, with 58 new membership applications in progress) provided the following snapshot of solar energy as of early 2012.

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Spotlight

ArcelorMittal Projects Exosun

ArcelorMittal Projects Exosun is a worldwide leading supplier of advanced, cost-effective solar tracking solutions for ground-mounted photovoltaic plants. Driven by operational excellence, innovation and long-term customer commitment, Projects Exosun partners with energy producers, developers and EPCs to boost their solar profits.

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