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Espen Mehlum is Director, Head of Knowledge Integration, Energy Industries for the World Economic Forum
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Now in its fifth year, the World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index (EAPI) ranks the performance of countries’ energy systems, as well as looking at trends in t...
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Which are the world’s top 10 energy performers?
The Global Energy Architecture Performance index 2016 benchmarks energy systems of nations from across the world on three fundamental energy goals: economic growth and development, enviro...
Energy
What chess tells us about energy reform
When the Norwegian Chess Master Magnus Carlsen defeated his rival Viswanathan Anand to retain his world champion title in Sochi, Russia, on 25 November, he was congratulated by the Presid...
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The Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2014, released this week, aims to support the transition to more affordable, sustainable and secure energy systems around the world...
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How well is your country’s energy system performing?
In a series of blog posts around the recent launch of the World Economic Forum’s Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2013, Espen Mehlum, Associate Director of the World Ec...