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11/1/2023 Feature / Pascal Radue

Restoring Europe’s hydropower infrastructure

Supplying 17% of the world’s electricity in 2020, hydropower is a leading source of renewable energy. However, much of the infrastructure in Europe is now decades old. Here, Pascal Radue, CEO of General Electric Hydro Solutions, explains why modernising ageing hydropower infrastructure is crucial for the energy transition.

Renewables

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29/11/2023 Feature / Fernando Zúñiga

Latin American and Caribbean nations poised to lead the transition

It is perhaps not widely known that countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are among world leaders in adopting renewable energy, led by hydroelectric schemes, writes Fernando Zúñiga, Managing Director for Latin America & Caribbean with MPC Energy Solutions (MPCES).

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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21/9/2022 Feature / Soumya Singhal

What does India require to achieve net zero?

India has the world’s second largest population and one of the fastest growing economies. It is currently heavily reliant on coal for its energy needs but has pledged to achieve net zero emissions by 2070. Soumya Singhal, Associate and Coordinator for Research and Partnerships at SPRF India, reports on how this could be achieved.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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7/9/2022 Feature / Luiza Nolasco,Guilherme Castro

Liberalising the Brazilian energy market

Brazil’s energy market is on the road to liberalisation and modernisation, according to Luiza Nolasco, Strategic Regulatory Affairs Specialist at Enel in Brazil, and Guilherme Castro, Solutions Consultant for Energy & Utilities at Dataiku and Chair of the EI London Young Professionals Network. Regulators have a vital role to play in adapting the system and incentivising new business models.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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18/9/2024 Feature / Anna Lockwood,Celia Pastor

Accelerating industrial decarbonisation: The Climate Club’s journey from COP28 to today

The Climate Club, initiated in 2022 by the G7, was launched at COP28 by 35 countries and the European Union. It focuses on decarbonising industry in emerging and developing economies where much of the industrial growth will happen in the following years. To achieve near-zero emissions in industrial production, the Climate Club seeks to foster cooperation and collective action, write Anna Lockwood, Junior Policy Analyst, and Celia Pastor, Climate Club Communications Officer, both of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which has hosted the Climate Club Interim Secretariat with the International Energy Agency (IEA) since mid-2023.

COP

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20/12/2023 Feature / Nick Cottam

COP28: agreement to transition away from fossil fuels is a milestone but may prove complicated

COP28 concluded last week in Dubai, UAE with 198 countries agreeing to transition away from fossil fuels. Some consider this alone an important achievement, whilst others see the lack of urgency in accelerating the energy transition as disastrous. Nick Cottam reports.

Carbon capture, usage and storage

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9/10/2024 Feature / Valentina Dedi

De-risking green investments

Dr Valentina Dedi, Lead Economist at engineering, procurement and construction contractor KBR, explores how the right mix of supportive policies, financial mechanisms and technological innovation can de-risk investments in carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) and maximise the potential for green investments in uncertain times, while also addressing the role of oil and gas in the energy transition.

Environment, social and governance (ESG)

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28/9/2022 Feature / Nick Cottam

Does ESG hold the key to energy transition?

The war in Ukraine and the response by energy companies and governments – to perhaps return to fossil fuel development – has raised serious questions around corporate environmental, social and governance. It’s a changing picture, as Nick Cottam reports.

Energy policy

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9/8/2023 Feature / Mark Williams

To secure a net zero future, the UK must recognise its place in the world

The UK was a decarbonisation pioneer, particularly in replacing coal-fired power generation with renewables (and gas). But the country is rather less well placed to build on its initial success and faces considerable investment challenges, writes Mark Williams, Senior Analyst with trade association Energy UK.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

27/4/2022 Comment / Steve Hodgson

Might fuel rationing be on Europe’s horizon?

Welcome to this, the seventh issue of New Energy World – the online weekly that replaced Energy World and Petroleum Review magazines back in March to modernise and unify the editorial offering to Energy Institute (EI) Members and others. Those seven weeks have flown by as the team – led by myself, Steve Hodgson, Acting Senior Editor – specialist journalists from both predecessor magazines and new blood, have stepped up to the weekly publishing schedule.

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Restoring Europe’s hydropower infrastructure

Latin American and Caribbean nations poised to lead the transition

What does India require to achieve net zero?

Liberalising the Brazilian energy market

Accelerating industrial decarbonisation: The Climate Club’s journey from COP28 to today

COP28: agreement to transition away from fossil fuels is a milestone but may prove complicated

De-risking green investments

Does ESG hold the key to energy transition?

To secure a net zero future, the UK must recognise its place in the world

Might fuel rationing be on Europe’s horizon?