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Cooling

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19/7/2023 Feature / Karolin Schaps

How Europe’s cooling problem is heating up

As Europe experiences another sweltering summer, policymakers need to pay closer attention to the growing need for space cooling. Energy journalist Karolin Schaps investigates whether Europe can address its rising need for cooling down in a sustainable way without further straining the region’s electricity grids.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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23/4/2025 Feature / Brian Davis

Asian action: a diverse picture of energy transition activity

Asia is a very large and diverse part of the world. At International Energy Week in February, a distinguished panel moderated by Mark Gainsborough FEI, Chairman of Seatrium, discussed the manifold challenges and opportunities of the energy transition for Asia, with regions both energy rich and energy poor working towards decarbonisation, new infrastructure and technology innovation. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis reports.

Energy efficiency

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22/11/2023 Feature / Karolin Schaps

Driven by high energy bills, Europe’s efficiency measures also have a lasting effect

Record energy prices across Europe seen last winter have resulted in residential and industrial energy users investing heavily in measures to bring down their energy consumption. This trend produced an unprecedented dip in energy demand across the Continent last winter. Here, energy journalist Karolin Schaps investigates whether the drop in consumption was a one-off phenomenon or if energy efficiency changes are having structural impact.

Heat

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1/3/2023 Feature / Lee Hermitage

Heat pumps, refrigerants and UK district heating networks

As well as being installed for individual homes, larger heat pumps are also being installed to supply heat to district heating networks in the UK. Here, Lee Hermitage of Honeywell Advanced Materials focuses on the advantages of the refrigerant used with heat pumps being installed for one London system.

Energy efficiency

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15/5/2024 Feature / Alan Baird

Investing in energy efficiency is key to meeting climate goals

As the International Energy Agency (IEA) has clearly stated, we need to double the rate of energy efficiency progress and triple total renewable power capacity by 2030. Today, energy efficiency is the single largest measure the world can take to reduce energy demand, and can provide around one-third of all emission reductions, writes Alan Baird, Country Manager, UK and Ireland, Danfoss.

Energy efficiency

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6/11/2024 Feature / Charlie Bush

Save it: Why tackling energy efficiency in European buildings is a priority

Faced with escalating climate change challenges, enhancing energy efficiency in buildings is a priority. Buildings in the European Union account for 43% of final energy consumption and present a major opportunity to reduce emissions and conserve energy resources. Charlie Bush reports.

Artificial Intelligence

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18/10/2023 Feature / Brian Davis

AI and renewables: What’s the potential and reality?

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have the potential to support, optimise and accelerate the development of renewables in the energy transition. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis offers an insight into a raft of AI applications – and also road tests ChatGPT.

Energy policy

18/1/2023 News

Net zero review calls on UK government to move further and faster

Former UK Energy Minister Chris Skidmore has published his independent review of government climate and energy policies, setting out the ‘historic opportunity’ offered by net zero and suggesting that the UK must go further and faster. The review makes 129 recommendations, all to seize opportunities from creating a green economy in the UK. Meanwhile, the UK government has unveiled its new business energy bills discount scheme to operate from April.

Energy policy

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16/8/2023 Feature / Brian Davis

Post-nuclear, Germany’s renewable energy ambitions ramp up

Germany has embarked on a wide-ranging programme to accelerate progress towards the country’s renewable energy targets and net zero by 2050. Maybe there are lessons for us all, writes New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis.

Primary energy production

29/1/2025 Comment / Jan Rosenow

What is the primary energy fallacy?

Dr Jan Rosenow FEI, Senior Research Associate at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, challenges the fallacy that fossils fuels cannot be fully replaced by renewables in the energy transition. He suggests that policymakers should prioritise replacing fossil fuel technologies with efficient, zero-carbon alternatives instead of marginally more efficient fossil fuel technologies.

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Search results:

How Europe’s cooling problem is heating up

Asian action: a diverse picture of energy transition activity

Driven by high energy bills, Europe’s efficiency measures also have a lasting effect

Heat pumps, refrigerants and UK district heating networks

Investing in energy efficiency is key to meeting climate goals

Save it: Why tackling energy efficiency in European buildings is a priority

AI and renewables: What’s the potential and reality?

Net zero review calls on UK government to move further and faster

Post-nuclear, Germany’s renewable energy ambitions ramp up

What is the primary energy fallacy?