World Energy Council (WEC)
Published: September 4, 2008, 10:03 pm
Updated: September 4, 2008, 10:03 pm
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Peter Saundry The World Energy Council (WEC) is a global multi-energy organization with Member Committees in over 90 countries, including most of the largest energy producing and energy consuming countries. The 80-year-old organization covers all types of energy, including coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, and renewables, and is UN-accredited, non-governmental, non-commercial and non-aligned. Notable publications include the Survey of World Energy Resources that has data on resources, reserves, production and consumption for conventional and alternative energy sources for most countries in the world. These data are available in HTML and XLS formats and are available free of charge.
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Cutler J. Cleveland (Lead Author);Peter Saundry (Topic Editor) "World Energy Council (WEC)". In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth September 4, 2008; Last revised Date September 4, 2008; Retrieved May 20, 2013 <http://www.eoearth.org/article/World_Energy_Council_(WEC)>
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Cutler J. Cleveland is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University, where he also is on the faculty of the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. Professor Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy (Elsevier, 2004), winner of an American Library Association award, the Dictionary of Energy (Elsevier, 2005), Handbook of Energy (Elsevier, forthcoming), and is the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. He is the recipient of the Adelma ... (Full Bio)
The World Energy Council (WEC) is a global multi-energy organization with Member Committees in over 90 countries, including most of the largest energy producing and energy consuming countries. The 80-year-old organization covers all types of energy, including coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, and renewables, and is UN-accredited, non-governmental, non-commercial and non-aligned. Notable publications include the Survey of World Energy Resources that has data on resources, reserves, production and consumption for conventional and alternative energy sources for most countries in the world. These data are available in HTML and XLS formats and are available free of charge.
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