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Energy System Resilience Executive summary
…households have endured severe blackouts, with some areas – including the capital, Kyiv – losing access to power for 17 hours or more on a daily basis. As of mid-January, Ukraine's electricity demand reached 18 gigawatts (GW), while the power system's capacity stood at roughly only 11 GW – a 7 GW deficit that has forced rolling blackouts, threatened heating and water systems during severe sub-zero conditions, and endangered essential services. In response to these extreme challenges, Ukraine has showed extraordinary determination to pursue a new architecture of energy resilience through decentralised electricity and heat generation, complemented by mobile...
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Michał Kurtyka
Former Minister of Climate and Environment.
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Ronja Enders
Coordinator for Climate and Labour, Institute for Sustainable Regional Development in Europe (PECO). Ronja is Coordinator for Climate and Labour at the PECO Institute, a specialized institute within IG BAU - the German Trade Union for Construction Workers affiliated to Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) focusing on sustainability in construction and forestry, occupational health and safety, climate change, and worker relations. Her expertise lies in sustainable construction methods, materials, and their implications for the workforce. Prior to her current role, Ronja worked as a lobbyist for Volkswagen and Friends of the Earth Bavaria, bridging industry insights with environmental advocacy. She initially trained as a laboratory assistant in chemistry before pursuing academic studies in International Relations. Ronja has also been active in international labour movements, serving as a representative of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) in youth councils for both the...
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World Energy Outlook 2022 Key findings
Introduction Each energy crisis has echoes of the past, and the acute strains on markets today are drawing comparison with the most severe energy disruptions in modern energy history, most notably the oil shocks of the 1970s. Then, as now, there were strong geopolitical drivers for the rise in prices, which led to high inflation and economic damage. Then, as now, the crises brought to the surface some underlying fragilities and dependencies in the energy system. Then, as now, high prices created strong economic incentives to act, and those incentives were reinforced by considerations of economic and energy security.But…
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Daniel Crow
Energy Modeller - World Energy Outlook.
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Nopparat Phrom-in
Manager at Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization.
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Diego Pardow Lorenzo
Ministry of Energy.
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Olivia Chen
Energy Modeller.
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Martin Husek
Former Energy Analyst.
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Veeman Buell
Global Head of Product Management & Strategy, Grid Integration.
