Sitography

This section, periodically broadened and updated, presents a review of sitographical material on the most important energy-related questions of the 21st century. Last update: August 2008

18 January 2008, by Cristiano Francese | 2 comments
Send this article by mail Send

COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITES ON ENERGY MATTERS AND ENERGY SECURITY

  • Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA). CERA represents a leading company in advisory on energy matters, geopolitics, industry trends and strategy to companies all over the world and governments. The website requires a subscription to access most of the material but there are direct links to articles on energy issues. Independent and critical thinking is at the core of CERA activities.
  • Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), CSIS Focus on Energy
    • CSIS’s Energy and National Security Program focuses on emerging energy issues, the impact of cutting-edge technology on the industry, issues of dependence on and the security of supplies, and the increasing demand in the developing world.
    • The Burke Chair in Strategy works on the global energy balance, particularly as it relates to modeling and analysis, global risk, and the Middle East.
    • The Seven Revolutions project analyzes future trends in energy policy.
  • Energy Information Administration (EIA). The Energy Information Administration websites provides some updated data and information on energy markets and on perspectives on the development of the energy markets in the future both for gas, oil, coal and electricity. A section of the website is also dedicated to renewable energy and the environment.
  • Energy Information Administration. Country Analysis Briefs. The energy information administration provides country analysis briefs on energy matters and their developments all over the world. There are specific briefs and analysis available and statistical data with continuous updates on major oil and gas producing countries and countries which are crossed by strategic energy corridors or pipes.
  • International Energy Agency (IEA). The International Energy Agency website provides a huge amount of information on several topics on the world energy market. A wide variety of issues are addressed and a wide range of reports and statistics even on a country basis are available for download.
  • Oil, Gas & Energy Law Intelligence (OGEL). The OGEL website represents an incredible source of information on issues in the energy field. The website focuses on the legal aspects of some of the most important issues in the energy market such as regulation and settlement of cross-border disputes. The websites also provide information on energy matters from other sources or research centre specialized in the energy field.
  • Oxford Institute For Energy Studies. The Oxford Institute for Energy Studies was founded in 1982 as an autonomous centre for advanced research into the social science areas of energy issues. The Institute is committed to the idea of dialogue – between consumers and producers, government and industry and academics and decision makers. This is reflected in the membership of the Institute and in the composition of its research team, which is drawn from different national, academic and professional backgrounds. Its aim is that co-operation between researchers from these varied backgrounds, will lead to a more informed and balanced understanding of the behaviour, motivations and objectives of the various economic forces, agents and policy makers that operate in or influence the performance of international energy markets. Research carried out at the Institute is designed to encompass the following:
    • the economics of petroleum, gas, coal, nuclear power, solar and renewable energy;
    • the politics and sociology of energy;
    • the international relations of oil-producing and oil-consuming nations;
    • the economic development of oil-producing countries and the energy problems of other developing countries;
    • the economics and politics of the environment in its relationship with energy. As a general policy, the Institute concentrates on research in energy issues of international significance or issues which have implications for the interface of producers and consumers.
  • Surrey Energy Economics Centre (SEEC), Department of Economic, University of Surrey, UK. The Surrey Energy Economics Centre carries on specific research in the energy field with a particular focus on economics matters in the market. The centre produces a wide range of publications on energy matters and the website can be used as a reference for recent publications, journal articles and book chapters.
  • World Energy News. An online journal with up to date energy news from all over the world.

EU-RUSSIA ENERGY RELATIONS, RUSSIAN ENERGY POLICY AND EASTERN EUROPE

  • Aleksanteri Institute. Publications. The institute carries on research on several aspects of the Russian foreign policy, the Baltic states and the Eastern Europe. Only few articles are available for downloads.
  • Baker Institute. Energy Forum. The Baker Institute on Energy provides comprehensive information on a number of relevant topics in the energy field in all continents. It is possible to find relevant articles on the EU-Russia energy relationship in the dedicated section among other publications. Also for research and for relevant publications.
  • Baltic Research Center (BRC). The Baltic Research website provides useful article and information on the energy policies and initiatives in the Baltic area among countries like Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, etc. It covers several aspects which influence the EU-Russia bilateral relationship in the energy field as it highlights some of the energy policy initiative taken by the states in the area which influence this relationship. The Baltic Mosaic Project aims to provide a comprehensive description of energy policies in the Baltic region which is rapidly developing and plays a crucial role in the wider bilateral relation between the EU and Russia.
  • Brookings Institution. The Brookings Institution website covers several topics. There are two relevant sections on Russia and Europe. Some of the articles in these sections are related to internal political developments and the evolution of Russian and European policies.
  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Moscow. This website deals with several aspects of Russian politics. Here the most important are energy security and Russian domestic political reforms. The section on energy security provides some articles and papers by experts in the sector on the Russian energy policy. The section on Putin’s political reforms is also important in providing background information on Russian reforms.
  • Centre for European Reform (CER). The Centre for European Reform website covers some of the key aspects of the bilateral relation between the EU and Russia in the energy sector and beyond. It is a powerful asset in identifying current issues in the bilateral relation and what kind of policy the European Union should develop to engage more effectively with Russia in the energy sector.
  • Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). The website covers many aspects of European policies from economic to political and social one. The CEPS Policy Briefs, working documents and research reports provide useful information about European policies towards states like Ukraine or Central Asian states or even the Caucasus. It is important then to search in the relevant sections for articles and documents which are strongly connected with the EU-Russia relationship in the energy field.
  • Chatham House. Russia and Eurasia. The Russian and Eurasia program represents an important source of papers and information on Russian and Central Asia domestic and foreign policies.
  • Eurasia Daily Monitor. This online journal as part of the Jamestown foundation provides numerous articles and resources on several different aspects of Eurasian politics and economics raging from the former Soviet republics to China and Central Asian politics. Energy issues are often confronted analyzed, even if a specific research must be carried out through the search engine in the website.
  • European Commission on EU-Russia Energy Dialogue. This dedicated link in the European Commission website provides crucial information on the current status of official bilateral relations between the EU and Russia in the energy sector and what is being discussed at the moment. The website provides essential information on the status of the bilateral relationship.
  • European Policy Centre (EPC). The European Policy Centre (EPC) is an independent, not-for-profit think tank, committed to making European integration work. The EPC works at the ‘cutting edge’ of European and global policy-making providing its members and the wider public with rapid, high-quality information and analysis on the EU and global policy agenda. It aims to promote a balanced dialogue between the different constituencies of its membership, spanning all aspects of economic and social life. In line with its multi-constituency approach, members of the EPC comprise companies, professional and business federations, trade unions, diplomatic missions, regional and local bodies, as well as NGOs representing a broad range of civil society interests, foundations, international and religious organizations. The website can be useful in defining current European policy issues and EU position towards neighbor states which influence the bilateral relation with Russia.
  • Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI). The website provides papers and research on Russian politics in the energy sector overtime and in the Artic region. Norwegian-Russian relations are also addressed. Only part of the articles are available for download.
  • German Marshall Fund (GMF). The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) is a nonpartisan American public policy and grant making institution dedicated to promoting greater cooperation and understanding between the United States and Europe. GMF does this by supporting individuals and institutions working on transatlantic issues, by convening leaders to discuss the most pressing transatlantic themes, and by examining ways in which transatlantic cooperation can address a variety of global policy challenges. In addition, GMF supports a number of initiatives to strengthen democracies. The website provides useful links to newspaper articles on the Russian energy policy and other issues or aspects of the bilateral relation between the EU and Russia (for example bilateral relations between Russia and Germany). The search engine in the website is effective in finding articles on these subjects.
  • Heritage Foundation. The Heritage Foundation carries on research in different areas from agriculture to worldwide freedom. However, the Russia and Eurasia section provides some useful articles on current issues in the bilateral relation between Russia and the EU in the energy sector even if a specific research is required to find exact articles.
  • Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), Russia/NIS section. The website provides some specific sections related to the Russian energy and foreign policy and its relations with the EU. The “Russia/NIS” section should be used as a reference in this sense both for the EU-Russia bilateral relations and for the Russian energy and foreign policy. There are sub-sections inside the “Russia/NIS” one that allow a more specific research on EU-Russia relations, energy policies in Russia, geographic spaces where the Russian foreign policy currently applies (from the Eastern Europe to Central Asia) and numerous publications related to conferences with world experts in energy matters, innovation and technology issues in Russia. The “Russia.Nei.Visions” section provides detailed papers on the relationship between Russia and the former soviet republics and Eastern Europe and Turkey.
  • Institute of Energy Policy. The Institute for Energy Policy provides one of the most important and internationally recognized independent think-tank on Russian energy policies and specifically on Gazprom initiatives inside and outside Russia.
  • International Relations and Security Network (ISN) and Russian analytical digest. The website is focused on security studies in various fields. There is a specific section on Russian politics with numerous articles and publications about the Russian energy policy and domestic and foreign policy in Central Asia and a geopolitical analysis of the Eurasian corridor.
  • Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review. The Lithuanian Foreign Policy Review website and journal does not focus specifically on energy matters but it constitutes a valuable help in clarifying bilateral relations between Russian and Lithuania and about the Lithuanian energy policy which directly influence the bilateral relation between the EU and Russia in the energy sector. This is rapidly becoming one of the most important issues in the relations between Russia and Lithuania which can directly or indirectly influence Russian gas exports to Europe being Lithuania a new member of the European Union.
  • Oxford Institute for Energy Studies. Natural Gas Program Research. The Natural Gas Program Research at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies provides numerous articles on different aspects of the world gas market and not only on the EU-Russia bilateral relations. However, some crucial articles can be found here regarding this relationship and its problems, on the European energy security and on the impact of gas imports on the European Union, on the development of the pipeline grid and alternative gas supplier to Europe other than Russia.
  • Policy Documentation Centre. The Policy Documentation Centre is an archive of public policy material from central and eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Since the early 1990s, the civil sector has played an increasingly important role in public policy making. Many countries now have significant numbers of think tanks that carry out policy research, analysis and advocacy. In some countries, the academic community has become more involved in applied research and, in almost all, non-governmental organizations have tried to inform and influence public debates. This library contains many of their briefings, commentaries, proposals, and reports. It is not limited to any one subject; the aim of the PDC is to reflect the diversity of past and present policy debates in the former socialist countries. This website constitute an hub for links to other institution in the Central and Eastern Europe working on economic and political development in the area. The research engine is really effective in finding article on natural gas and energy politics developments in the region.

THE ENERGY MARKET: PRICES, STATISTICS AND TECHNOLOGY

  • Bloomberg Energy. Bloomberg Energy provides information mainly on energy prices on the international market.
  • Energy Bulletin. The website provides crucial information on the development of the energy market and also on the influence of geopolitics on production and transport trends.
  • Energy Information Administration (EIA). The Energy Information Administration website provides some updated data and information on energy markets and on perspectives on the development of the energy markets in the future both for gas, oil, coal and electricity. A section of the website is also dedicated to renewable energy and the environment.
  • Global Climate & Energy Project (GCEP), Stanford University. The Stanford Energy Research Centre carries on advanced research on new energy solutions which are environmentally friendly. Reports are available on energy technical and analytical progresses.
  • International Energy Agency (IEA). The International Energy Agency website provides a huge amount of information on several topics on the world energy market. A wide variety of issues are addressed and a wide range of reports and statistics even on a country basis are available for download.
  • MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (MIT CEEPR). The MIT Center provides exstensive research on energy issues and it has direct links with oil companies such as BP. The CEEPR also produces various publications on energy matters and mainly related to improvements in energy efficiency, climate change and the development of the energy industry and the way in which energy is produced. The website focus is at a crossroads between industry developments, the way these developments affect energy policy choices and environmental needs which are becoming a more and more urgent issue to be taken into account when formulating energy policies.
  • MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI). The MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI), established in September 2006, is an Institute-wide initiative designed to help transform the global energy system to meet the needs of the future and to help build a bridge to that future by improving today’s energy systems.
  • Oil and Gas Online. The website provides information and articles on new explorations, drilling and technology developments in the energy sector. The information provided is technical and requires some kind of expertise in the area and on drilling operations.
  • Platts. Platts website provide additional information on market prices and future possible developments on both the oil, gas, and electricity markets worldwide.

EUROPEAN ENERGY MARKET AND EUROPEAN ENERGY POLICY AND SECURITY

  • Coordinating Energy Security in Supply Activities (CeSSA). The CeSSA is a project launched and financed by the European Union in January 2007 to study the development of the energy market and its basic mechanism in the finance and investment aspects of this development. The objectives are to analyze the economic mechanisms related to the financing and investments in the energy field (new power generation capacities, energy networks), to assess the policy governance aspects at the EU-level and beyond, to identify barriers and prospects for the hydrogen economy and to find some common recommendations for the decision making process at the European Union level.
  • Prague Security Studies Institute (PSSI), Energy and Security. The Institute carries on several researches in many areas in international politics. The issue of energy security and of security of energy supplies is discussed from the perspective of the Eastern members of the European Union (and Czech Republic in the first place).

ENERGY IN CENTRAL ASIA

  • Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. Silk Road Studies Program and Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. Energy and Cooperation Research. The Institute Energy and cooperation research program analyses both the theoretical and broad policy context within which energy security policies are placed among Central and Northeast Asian governments. For import countries, energy security can be understood as the availability of energy at all times, in various forms, in sufficient quantities, and at affordable prices. For export countries, energy security translates into the certainty of market demand in terms of quantity at predictable prices. It also examines the possibility of transforming an issue that could potentially cause regional friction, especially in Northeast Asia, into one of opportunity for cooperation and common benefit.
  • Chatham House. Russia and Eurasia. The Russian and Eurasia programme represents an important source of papers and information on Russian and Central Asia domestic and foreign policies.
  • Heritage Foundation. Russia and Eurasia section. The Heritage Foundation carries on research in different areas from agriculture to worldwide freedom. However, the Russia and Eurasia section provides some useful articles on current issues in the bilateral relation between Russia and the EU in the energy sector even if a specific research is required to find exact articles.

ENERGY IN ASIA

  • ASEAN Centre for Energy. The website provides comprehensive information about energy issues and energy developments in South-East Asia. ACE is an intergovernmental organization established by Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore and Vietnam. It is guided by Governing Council composed of the Senior Officials on energy of the ASEAN countries and a representative from the ASEAN Secretariat. Core funding is provided by an Energy Endowment Fund established from equal contributions of the ten member countries and managed by a private fund manager. The Centre is envisioned to be a catalyst for the economic growth and development of the ASEAN region by initiating, coordinating and facilitating regional as well as joint and collective activities on energy. To realize this vision, the Centre will accelerate the integration of energy strategies within ASEAN by providing relevant information state-of-the-art technology and expertise to ensure that over the long term, necessary energy development policies and programmes are in harmony with the economic growth and the environmental sustainability of the region. Information on energy matters related to the participant countries is also available in the website along with papers and reports which can be downloaded. The website contains useful links to other institutions or research centres in the Asia-pacific region focused on energy matters both from an economic and political point of view.
  • Asia-Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC). The primary objective of APERC is to foster understanding amongst APEC economies of global, regional and domestic energy demand and supply trends, energy infrastructure development, energy regulatory reform, and related policy issues in view of the regional prosperity. APERC advocates rational energy policy formulation and enhances capacity building in energy research in the region, following the APEC’s Non-binding Energy Policy Principles for furthering energy security, economic growth, and environmental quality in an effort to implement our mission and vision. The website contains useful links to other institutions or research centres in the Asia-pacific region focused on energy matters both from an economic and political point of view.
  • Institute of Energy Economics. Japan (IEE). Japanese version. The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan was established in June 1966 and certified as an incorporated foundation by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in September that year. The aim of its establishment is to carry on research activities specialized in the area of energy from the viewpoint of the national economy as a whole in a bid to contribute to sound development of the Japanese energy-supplying and energy-consuming industries and to the improvement of people’s life in the country by objectively analyzing energy problems and providing basic data, information and reports necessary for the formulation of policies. The institute website provides articles and reports on Asian energy matters, energy security and energy efficiency, energy developments in Asian countries like China, Indonesia, etc…and also non-Asian countries like Russia. The website contains useful links to other institutions or research centres in the Asia-pacific region focused on energy matters both from an economic and political point of view.
  • Institute of Energy Economics. Japan (IEE). Japanese version. The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan was established in June 1966 and certified as an incorporated foundation by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in September that year. The aim of its establishment is to carry on research activities specialized in the area of energy from the viewpoint of the national economy as a whole in a bid to contribute to sound development of the Japanese energy-supplying and energy-consuming industries and to the improvement of people’s life in the country by objectively analyzing energy problems and providing basic data, information and reports necessary for the formulation of policies. The institute website provides articles and reports on Asian energy matters, energy security and energy efficiency, energy developments in Asian countries like China, Indonesia, etc…and also non-Asian countries like Russia. The website contains useful links to other institutions or research centres in the Asia-pacific region focused on energy matters both from an economic and political point of view.
  • National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) and Center for Asian Security Studies. Energy Security. The Center for Asian Security Studies provides comprehensive information about security matters in Asia. Energy security is one of the issues being analyzed at the centre. There are several publications and papers that can be downloaded on the matter. As quoted from the website: The Energy Security Program analyzes the geopolitical, economic, market, and environmental implications of Asia’s rapidly growing energy challenges. Research within the program focuses on: Geopolitics energy security – assessments of Asia’s search for energy security in light of territorial and historical conflicts, energy mercantilism, and the geopolitical implications for the region and U.S. interests. Energy and economic growth – analysis of energy sector policies and reforms in key Asian countries to encourage economic growth and offset social and political unrest. The competitive landscape – analysis of the growing role and influence of the Asian NOCs on international energy markets. Energy and the environment – assessments of the environmental implications of Asian energy developments.

CHINESE ENERGY POLICY

  • China Energy Group (Chinese government). The China energy group provides detailed analysis of current Chinese energy policy, future developments and dynamics of energy use and of the energy market in China.
  • China Energy Sustainable Program. The China energy sustainable program supports China’s policy efforts to increase energy efficiency and renewable energy in six sectors: low-carbon development paths, transportation, buildings, industry, electric utilities, and renewable energy. The program strives to build institutional capacity in China to analyze energy-saving and renewable-energy opportunities, to support policy development furthering energy efficiency and renewable energy in accordance with China’s policy priorities, and to assist with the implementation of those policies at both the national and provincial levels. The program is geared toward helping Chinese agencies, experts, and entrepreneurs solve energy challenges for themselves, bringing in international expertise when requested by Chinese government officials or organizations. In this section we describe our programs and illustrate them with the grants given over the past two years.

Related items
Read:

Energy and the Environment. Renewable Energy

  • MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (MIT CEEPR). The MIT Center provides exstensive research on energy issues and it has direct links with oil companies such as BP. The CEEPR also produces various publications on energy matters and mainly related to improvements in energy efficiency, climate change and the development of the energy industry and the way in which energy is produced. The website focus is at a crossroads between industry developments, the way these developments affect energy policy choices and environmental needs which are becoming a more and more urgent issue to be taken into account when formulating energy policies.
  • Open Europe. “Open Europe believes that if the EU is to meet the challenges of the twenty first century it needs to embrace radical and urgent reform based on economic liberalisation and more flexible institutions. Our aim, as an independent think-tank, is to promote this reform programme by providing policy-makers, business people, commentators and academics across the EU with original and research-driven ideas”. The website has a very interesting section on energy and environmental matters mainly related to the European Union under the “research” section.
  • Resources For the Future. “RFF is a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that conducts independent research –rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences – on environmental, energy, and natural resource issues. Although RFF is headquartered in Washington, D.C., its research scope comprises programs in nations around the world”. The website offers a large number of documents on a wide range of topics from agriculture to sustainable development to trade and environment, transportation and water.
  • Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA). The Environmental Investigation Agency is an international campaigning organisation committed to investigating and exposing environmental crime. Since 1984, EIA has used pioneering investigative techniques all over the world to expose the impact of environmental crime and to seek lasting solutions.
  • International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED). International policy research institute and non governmental body working for more sustainable and equitable global development. Although based in London we work globally through a wide range of long-standing relationships with partners across the developing world. Some of these relationships go back since our beginning in 1971. Our partnerships generate close working relations with many key development actors from smallholder farmers and big city slum-dwellers to national governments and regional NGOs, global institutions and international processes. This well established practice of working in partnership is what we believe makes us fundamentally different from other research institutes. IIED acts as a catalyst, broker and facilitator and helps vulnerable groups find their voice and ensure their interests are heard in decision-making. Environmental sustainability is a core concern but not at the expense of people’s livelihoods.
  • Environmental Change Institute (ECI). ECI is an interdisciplinary unit administered within the Oxford University Centre for the Environment that undertakes research on environmental issues, teaches an MSc in Environmental Change and Management, and fosters university-wide networks and outreach on the environment. The Institute is currently organized around three major research themes – Climate , Energy, and Ecosystems - the latter two with close links to the OUCE research clusters: Climate Systems and Policy and Biodiversity.
  • Carbon Trust. “The Carbon Trust was set up by Government in 2001 as an independent company. Our mission is to accelerate the move to a low carbon economy by working with organisations to reduce carbon emissions and develop commercial low carbon technologies.” The website provides some useful reports on environmental matters.
  • Carbon Capture Journal. News on environmental policy and carbon capture and storage. Free registration is required.
  • Co2 Capture and Storage Information. General information on carbon capture and storage. The capture and storage of CO2 could play a significant role in reducing the release of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. Approximately one third of all CO2 emissions due to human activity come from fossil fuels used for generating electricity, with each power plant capable of emitting several million tonnes of CO2 annually. We have also developed an interactive map of all known carbon capture and storage demonstration projects. It enables easy access to pictorial and general information about the projects and includes web links where these are available. It is intended for a general audience and supplements the more detailed project database.
  • Green policy. Green Policy provides latest Environment World News from the most comprehensive global news network and archive on the internet.
  • International Institute for Sustainable Development or International Institute for Sustainable Development. Reporting Services. IISD champions sustainable development around the world through innovation, partnerships, research and communications. The International Institute for Sustainable Development – Reporting Services Division – provides a variety of multimedia informational resources for environment and sustainable development policymakers, including daily coverage of international negotiations, analyses and photos. As the publisher of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin, IISD RS is recognized for its objectivity and issue expertise in the field of international environment and sustainable development policy. The various products provided by IISD RS make it an essential source of information for government officials, policy and decision makers, UN staff, non-governmental organizations, intergovernmental organizations, business, industry and academia.
  • Overseas Development Institute (ODI). ODI is Britain’s leading independent think tank on international development and humanitarian issues. Our mission is to inspire and inform policy and practice which lead to the reduction of poverty, the alleviation of suffering and the achievement of sustainable livelihoods in developing countries. We do this by locking together high quality applied research, practical policy advice, and policy-focused dissemination and debate. We work with partners in the public and private sectors, in both developing and developed countries.

Energy in Africa

  • African energy. The website provides extensive information on energy projects and the economics and politics behind them in Africa. The journal has been established in 1998 and it enables users to download reports and other material including maps. Subscription necessary to enter most of website contents .
  • Energy, Environment and Development Network for Africa (AFREPREN/FWD). The “AFREPREN/FWD is a registered Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) based in Nairobi, Kenya, with vast expertise on energy in East and Southern Africa and some experience in West and North Africa. It brings together expertise, experience and skills of two past regional energy initiatives/programmes namely; The African Energy Policy Research Network (AFREPREN) and Foundation for Woodstove Dissemination (FWD). AFREPREN/FWD, brings together 106 African energy researchers and policy makers from Africa who have a long-term interest in energy research and the attendant policy-making process. AFREPREN/FWD has initiated policy research studies in 19 African countries namely: Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. AFREPREN/FWD also maintains close collaborative links with energy researchers and policy makers from Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Senegal.
  • AllAfrinca.com. Energy. “AllAfrica aggregates and indexes content from over 125 African news organizations, plus more than 200 other sources, who are responsible for their own reporting and views. Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica”. The website collects information from various journals and sources in Africa in order to report the most important and relevant news about energy developments in Africa. As with the previous websites, the energy section of AllAfrica.com covers various countries and relative energy news. The website publish headlines with energy news regarding the whole continent on a day to day basis. Latest developments in energy markets and policies in Africa can be evaluated through a screening of previous headlines up to two weeks before.
  • Africa energy news. Africa Energy News is an EIN News Service for energy industry professionals. Constantly updated news and information about Africa.
  • African Wind Energy association. “AfriWEA is a non-profit organisation formed in 2002 to encourage manufacturers, developers, governments, renewable energy owners and individuals to promote and support wind energy development on the African continent (more)”. The website constitute a powerful source of information about renewable energy projects all over Africa and current developments especially in the wind power sector.

Related items
Read:

Maps :

China and Africa energy relations

  • Council on Foreign relations (CFR). China, Africa and oil (in publications and backgrounder). The Council on Foreign relations is an independent think-tank, a non-partisan source of information and analysis on a number of different issues in international relations. The website provides some extensive analysis of current Sino-African relations in the energy sector, what is behind this relationship, its extension and possible future developments.

54 comments

Reply to this article


Any message or comment?

  • (To create paragraphs, you simply leave blank lines.)

Who are you? (optional)

South Africa 2010

Energy in the 21st century: risks, challenges, perspectives

Cristiano Francese

Laurea magistrale in Economia e Politica dell’Unione Europea at the Facoltà di Scienze Politiche "Roberto Ruffilli" (Forlì), Bologna University. MSc in Energy Studies, specialisation in Energy Finance, University of Dundee, Scotland.


CC by-nc-nd

This licence applies to non-profit entities or organizations. Commercial organizations and anyone interested in using our materials for commercial purposes have to contact Mapping the World.

Bologna International Committee for the Cartography and the Analyses of Contemporary World

Site Map | Help | Who we are | Contacts | Syndicate the whole site : RSS 2.0
Site created with SPIP (template) Login