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Skills, education and training

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7/6/2023 Feature / Kinga Niemczyk

Reinventing heavy industries

Energy Institute Knowledge Manager Kinga Niemczyk looks at how energy intensive industries and their workforces will play a central role in the decarbonisation of economies around the world.

Aluminium

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14/6/2023 Feature / Annie Sartor

How to unlock aluminium’s clean energy potential in the US

As the US aluminium industry struggles, global demand for material is projected to increase 40% by 2050. Here, Annie Sartor, from Industrious Labs – a member of the new Sustainable Aluminum Network – looks at clean energy solutions.

COP

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22/10/2025 Feature / Brian Davis

Why COP30 needs to move faster to hit climate goal

There is likely to be an increased sense of urgency at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, as governments, business leaders, national, regional and local communities, and environmental lobbies prepare to get together on 10–21 November to thrash out support for stronger climate action. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis considers the key issues pre-COP.

Methane

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26/4/2023 Feature / Julien Perez

Escalating action to reduce methane emissions in the oil and gas industry

Annual methane emissions from fossil fuel operations rose to over 120mn tonnes in 2022; to date they are estimated to account for around 30% of global warming since the Industrial Revolution. But the International Energy Agency estimates that 80% of the options to reduce the industry’s emissions could be implemented at no net cost. Here, Julien Perez, Vice President of Strategy & Policy at the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), discusses this preventable problem.

Shipping

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1/10/2025 Feature / Brian Davis

Sailing towards net zero: shipping advised to pool carbon-neutral fuel demand

October 2025 is the deadline for adoption of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Net-Zero Framework (NZF), aimed to ensure that international shipping can meet carbon neutral greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. A timely report, just released by Swiss marine technology firm Accelleron, hopes to galvanise action and asks: ‘What’s stopping shipping’s carbon neutral fuel transition?’ New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis reports.

Methane

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8/3/2023 Comment / Mark Davis

Gas flaring flagged at International Energy Week as a major opportunity to combat climate change

International Energy Week 2023 brought together representatives from across the energy sector and around the world to seek solutions to the challenges they face. The significant though largely preventable problem of venting, flaring and leaking methane was raised throughout the three-day conference. Here, Mark Davis, CEO of Capterio*, a gas flaring software supplier, looks at some of the different perspectives on solving this burning issue.

Thermal energy

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15/11/2023 Feature / Christian Thiel

Thermal storage technology – one solution to heavy industry’s emissions problem

Thermal energy storage is a means to store renewable energy generated onsite until the time that energy is needed. It can also deliver a range of benefits to industrial energy users, from security, reduced costs and lower CO₂ emissions. Here, Dr Christian Thiel, CEO of ENERGYNEST, explains how.

Hydrogen

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16/11/2022 Feature / Karolin Schaps

Sky-high gas prices encourage clean hydrogen as a decarbonisation tool for industry

The ongoing energy crisis and its unprecedented high wholesale gas prices have been a major burden for Europe’s fossil fuel-intensive industrial sector, but they have also brightened the case for investing in clean hydrogen as an alternative and greener feedstock. Energy journalist Karolin Schaps investigates the role green hydrogen is playing in Europe’s industry.

Carbon capture, usage and storage

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11/10/2023 Feature / Jayden Rae

Can carbon capture get ship shape?

The global shipping sector is one of the greatest challenges for reaching net zero. Responsible for more annual emissions than aviation, it cannot be electrified like most road transport. Here, Jayden Rae, Founders’ Associate at Seabound, discusses decarbonisation approaches for the maritime sector, specifically the nascent technology onboard carbon capture (OCC).

Renewables

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1/2/2023 Feature / Dev Sanyal

Twin-engine strategy for meeting energy transition goals

Dev Sanyal FEI, CEO of Varo Energy, a leading integrated European energy company, and a speaker at International Energy Week 2023*, provides New Energy World with key insights into the company’s strategy regarding the global transition to net zero.

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Search results:

Reinventing heavy industries

How to unlock aluminium’s clean energy potential in the US

Why COP30 needs to move faster to hit climate goal

Escalating action to reduce methane emissions in the oil and gas industry

Sailing towards net zero: shipping advised to pool carbon-neutral fuel demand

Gas flaring flagged at International Energy Week as a major opportunity to combat climate change

Thermal storage technology – one solution to heavy industry’s emissions problem

Sky-high gas prices encourage clean hydrogen as a decarbonisation tool for industry

Can carbon capture get ship shape?

Twin-engine strategy for meeting energy transition goals