World Energy Council

What is WEC ?

The World Energy Council (WEC) is the foremost multi-energy organisation in the world today. WEC has Member Committees in nearly 100 countries, including most of the largest energy-producing and energy consuming countries. The organisation covers all types of energy, including coal, oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, and renewables.

WEC is a UK-registered charity headquartered in London . WEC Services Limited was established in 2001 as the incorporated trading subsidiary of WEC. WEC's Mission is 'To promote the sustainable supply and use of energy for the greatest benefit of all people'.

WEC operates in three-year cycles . It is governed by the Executive Assembly and has a board of trustees ( Officers Council ) and three Standing Committees, Communications & Outreach , Programmes and Studies.

Mission

"To promote the sustainable supply and use of energy for the greatest benefit of all people"

This mission is carried out through the Objects, which were approved at WEC's founding in 1924 and modified over the years to adapt to the changing energy industry and the changes within WEC. WEC's objects (the "Objects") as they exist today are to promote the sustainable supply and use of energy for the greatest benefit of all people, by:

1. Collating data about and undertaking and promoting research into the means of supplying and using energy having, short and long term, the greatest social benefit and the least harmful impact on the natural environment, and publishing or otherwise disseminating the useful results of such research;
2. Undertaking actions, including but not limited to the holding of Congresses, workshops and seminars, to facilitate such supply and use of energy; and
3. Collaborating with other organizations in the energy sector with compatible goals.

Members

WEC's membership is made up of 94 countries, each with an autonomous Member Committee. Each Member Committee represents the broadest possible range of energy and energy-related interests in its country:

1. Energy producers, providers, and marketers
2. Energy and power ministries
3. National energy associations
4. Energy manufacturers, fuel producers
5. Decision-makers, policy-makers
6. Government agencies
7. Research and academic institutions
8. Energy users
9. Environmental organizations

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