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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.

Oil and gas

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21/5/2025 Feature / Selwyn Parker

No hope for Hotelling’s Rule

The longest-standing economic assumption about the value of fossil fuels faces imminent demise because of the steady and inexorable rise of renewables. Selwyn Parker explains why time is running out for the historic explanation of the high price of oil.

Geopolitics

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1/3/2023 Feature / Steven Farmer,Aaron Hutman,Iris Karaman

Tug of war: Impact of Western sanctions and Russian countermeasures on the energy sector

How effective have Western sanctions been on Russian oil and gas operations? Here, Steven Farmer, Partner; Aaron Hutman, Partner; and Iris Karaman, Associate; at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, look at the spectrum of initiatives aimed to impact the Russian supply chain and the sector’s revenue over the past year.

Energy prices

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21/9/2022 Feature / Brian Davis

European bids to tackle energy price crisis

Faced with an extraordinary energy price crisis, countries across Europe are considering a host of measures, including setting a mandatory target for reducing electricity use, capping the revenues of energy firms, and setting money aside to help poorer households. Brian Davis of New Energy World reports.

Geopolitics

23/2/2022 News

Russia tensions risk Nord Stream 2 delay and Ukrainian transit cut

In the event of a potential military conflict in the Ukraine, Russian gas flows to Europe could be interrupted by a range of factors, according to the latest S&P Global Analytics spotlight report on year-ahead TTF (title transfer facility) prices.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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16/3/2022 Comment / Nick Wayth

Energy in triple crisis – how we can create a better energy future

Energy Institute CEO Nick Wayth CEng FEI surveys the crises facing energy, shares three big takeaways, and explains how the launch of New Energy World fits into the EI’s new purpose

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 prices

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18/6/2025 Feature / Janet Wood

A country divided: exploring the pros and cons of zonal electricity pricing

A war of words has broken out in the electricity industry about whether to split Great Britain’s electricity market into smaller zones, in the hope of reducing costs and making more efficient use of renewables. Janet Wood explores the current complex situation, and how we got here.

Solar

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10/7/2024 Feature / Mohua Mukherjee

The evolution of rooftop solar energy in India

Oxford Energy Senior Research Fellow Mohua Mukherjee explains where rooftop solar (RTS) fits in today’s energy sector in India. Why are RTS projects lagging far behind utility-scale solar projects in the country? What is being done by the government to increase the pace of RTS installations and why might it succeed?

Geopolitics

Two soldiers in war torn street, burnt out tanks and vehicles in background

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12/10/2022 Feature / Keith Nuthall

New EU tax breaks in response to Russia’s Ukraine invasion

European governments have approved a slew of energy tax breaks and subsidies to cope with the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, reports energy writer Keith Nuthall.

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

No hope for Hotelling’s Rule

Tug of war: Impact of Western sanctions and Russian countermeasures on the energy sector

European bids to tackle energy price crisis

Russia tensions risk Nord Stream 2 delay and Ukrainian transit cut

Energy in triple crisis – how we can create a better energy future

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

A country divided: exploring the pros and cons of zonal electricity pricing

The evolution of rooftop solar energy in India

New EU tax breaks in response to Russia’s Ukraine invasion