Energy Security Key terms ~1~

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Supply routes between energy producers and consumers e.g. pipelines or shipping routes
Energy Pathways
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When a country or region has insufficient access to reliable sources of power
Energy Poverty
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This is vital to the functioning of any economy – any country that is self sufficient in energy resources will be secure
Energy Security
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When a country or region has more than enough sources of power for its needs and is able to export its surplus power to other countries
Energy surplus
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Political relations among nations, particularly relating to claims and disputes regarding boarders and resources
Geopolitics
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Initiative introduced in California in 2007 aimed to reducing the carbon intensity of transportation fuel by 10% by 2020
Low-carbon standard
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The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries e.g. Iran, Iraq, Kuwait
OPEC
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The year in which the world or an individual oil-producing country reaches its highest level of production, production declines after
Peak Oil
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The extra cost built into the price of oil to allow for any disruption in supply
Security Premium
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Something that is done as part of a plan that is meant to achieve a particular purpose or to gain an advantage
Strategic
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When a country or region has insufficient access to reliable sources of power

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Energy Poverty

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This is vital to the functioning of any economy – any country that is self sufficient in energy resources will be secure

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When a country or region has more than enough sources of power for its needs and is able to export its surplus power to other countries

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Political relations among nations, particularly relating to claims and disputes regarding boarders and resources

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