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Finance and investment

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22/2/2023 Feature / William Judd

What’s on the horizon for renewable energy investment?

Investment analyst William Judd looks at the prospects for renewable energy source investments following a bumper year in 2022, concluding that the fundamentals of renewables are too strong for global interest rate rises to have a serious long-term negative effect.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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27/11/2024 Feature / Claire Cortis

Challenges facing ASEAN in the energy transition

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) brings together a small group of countries that make up an economic powerhouse. Their energy demand is growing; their growth in carbon emissions exceeds the global average; they are home to some of the most vulnerable communities on the planet. Digital Knowledge and Information Manager Claire Cortis AMEI looks at the significant challenges ASEAN members face as they navigate the energy transition.

Renewables

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21/6/2023 Feature / Selwyn Parker

Financing green power projects in the tropics

Small Island Developments (SIDs) – in the Indian Ocean and Pacific – typically faced an uphill struggle to raise finance for green energy projects. But prospects are improving, reports Selwyn Parker.

Finance and investment

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8/3/2023 Feature / Rolake Akinkugbe-Filani

The rise and rise of Africa’s clean tech ecosystem and investors

What are the likely investment mechanisms by which the ‘sleeping giant’ continent of Africa is to realise its very significant clean tech potential? Rolake Akinkugbe-Filani, Chief Commercial Officer at Mixta Africa, an infrastructure developer, and a Member of the Advisory Board at Persistent, a climate and renewable energy venture-builder and early-stage investor, takes a detailed look at how finance and technology are coming together.

Pumped storage plants

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31/7/2024 Feature / Roderick MacLeod

Unlocking pumped storage hydro for net zero Britain

The global energy network requires a very large build-out of long-duration energy storage (LDES) to reach net zero emissions. While pumped storage hydro (PSH) is a mature and reliable technology that can meet a large portion of this need, the business model it would be applied to is new. In the UK, the government is exploring a cap and floor scheme to unlock investment into PSH development. Its implementation could distort the market. Alterations of that scheme, which could overcome those problems, are proposed by Roderick MacLeod, Director, Glen Earrach Energy (GEE).

COP

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20/11/2024 Feature / Brian Davis

COP29 week 2: A mixed bag of debate, new initiatives and criticism

Mixed messages have been coming from the first days of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Despite an agreement at last year’s COP conference to transition faster from fossil fuels, there was talk of a controversial ‘gas swap’ scheme being held by Azerbaijan. Nevertheless, there was a plethora of new initiatives, though nothing yet attention grabbing on levelling the Global North and Global South divide on the financial front. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis reports.

Renewables

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17/5/2023 Feature / Brian Davis

Asia-Pacific countries play catch-up with renewables

Southeast Asian countries lag far behind more advanced economies when it comes to renewable energy investment on the road to net zero. A new joint report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and Imperial College London aims to persuade investors to respond to the region’s strong resource potential. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis reports.

Geopolitics

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29/1/2025 Feature / Paul Cochrane

Why Iraq still struggles to attract foreign investors in its energy and transition projects

After years of conflict, Iraq is struggling to diversify foreign investment in its energy sector, reduce Iranian gas imports, and meet ambitious carbon emission goals by 2030. Regional instability and uncertainty over the foreign policy of new US President Donald Trump are posing further obstacles to the sector’s development. Paul Cochrane reports.

Nuclear

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25/9/2024 Feature / Will Dalrymple

How civil nuclear power is being rehabilitated

Following Europe’s recent energy security crisis and the expectation of increased industry energy demand, plus the climate emergency, the light is once again shining on civil nuclear power. As a result, some of long-standing barriers to finance have shifted, which might help facilitate newbuild civil nuclear power projects. New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple reports.

Offshore wind

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13/12/2023 Feature / Tracy London,Eimear Murphy

Crystal ball gazing: Calmer waters ahead for the offshore energy sector?

What lies ahead for the offshore energy sector in 2024? Two lawyers, Tracy London and Eimear Murphy, both at Bracewell, examine prospects for the offshore wind sector. The latter also addresses trends in the oil and gas sector, focusing on upstream mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity and financing.

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What’s on the horizon for renewable energy investment?

Challenges facing ASEAN in the energy transition

Financing green power projects in the tropics

The rise and rise of Africa’s clean tech ecosystem and investors

Unlocking pumped storage hydro for net zero Britain

COP29 week 2: A mixed bag of debate, new initiatives and criticism

Asia-Pacific countries play catch-up with renewables

Why Iraq still struggles to attract foreign investors in its energy and transition projects

How civil nuclear power is being rehabilitated

Crystal ball gazing: Calmer waters ahead for the offshore energy sector?