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11/3/2026 Comment / Jo Alexander

Leavers’ party

Life After Oil is a new and growing community of people who have left oil and gas careers behind. We’re finding ways to support each other, using the experience of those who left some while ago, as well as those who have done so more recently. We’re trying to grow the community in order to strengthen that support as well as to make the scale and reasons for this exodus unignorable, writes Core Advisor Jo Alexander.

Gas

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9/11/2022 News

The beginning of the end for gas-fired power in Europe?

Gas-fired power generation, which is currently part of Europe’s electricity backbone, is being threatened by high prices, market challenges and the declining cost of renewable energy, according to new research from Rystad Energy.

Oil and gas

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23/11/2022 Comment / Steve Hodgson

It’s all downhill for fossil fuels now – RMI

While negotiators at COP27 were struggling last week to reach an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a new report from the US suggests that a successful energy transition is already inevitable and will be rapid. New Energy World’s Editor-at-Large Steve Hodgson takes a look.

Renewables

Two people in solar field in India discussing project whilst looking at laptop

11/10/2023 News

Asia-Pacific to invest $3.3tn in power generation over next decade

The Asia-Pacific region is forecast to invest $3.3tn in power generation over the next 10 years, with 49% earmarked for wind and solar, and 12% for energy storage, according to the latest analysis from Wood Mackenzie. Meanwhile, a BloombergNEF report suggests solar is soon to be the most affordable electricity source for Bangladesh.

Wind

Head and shoulders photo of Elbia Gannoum, standing in front of closed office door and by a window

5/3/2025 Comment / Elbia Gannoum

Towards an offshore wind sea use concession auction in Brazil

What’s next? After a law made offshore wind legal in Brazil, government and industry are taking the first steps towards first power. Ahead of International Women's Day on 8 March 2025, Executive President of ABEEólica – Brazilian Wind Energy Association and New Technologies – Elbia Gannoum, also a member of the Brazilian government’s high-level advisory board (Conselhão) under President Lula, explains the current situation.

Energy policy

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1/6/2022 Comment / Gemma La Guardia

Are community energy projects the best way to gain support for renewables?

Most people agree that climate change is a problem that we should try to mitigate. But in Britain’s rural and coastal areas, there is often stark opposition to new renewable energy projects. Uniting communities and getting them to support clean energy projects is crucial for meeting net zero targets. Gemma La Guardia, Consultant and Research Associate at Guidehouse ES&I reports.

Jobs

Engineer at base of onshore wind turbine

9/10/2024 News

Highest annual growth of renewables jobs in 2023, reaching 16.2 million

In 2023, renewable energy employment experienced record growth, reaching 16.2 million jobs globally, up from 13.7 million in 2022, according to a joint report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). Less positively, a separate study by SolarPower Europe has revealed stagnation in solar job growth, with workforce projections in Europe revised downwards to reach one million jobs by 2027.

Solar

Two engineers walking between rows of solar panels at solar farm

4/6/2025 News

Solar surge across Europe sees projects power ahead in Spain, France and Italy

Europe’s solar momentum is growing as TotalEnergies commissions its largest solar cluster in Europe, Q Energy and Velto Renewables inaugurating an agri-solar farm in France, and Plenitude and Marelli launching three industrial PV projects and an energy community in Italy. Meanwhile, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park in the United Arab Emirates has set a new world record for CSP plant operation.

Renewables

Head and shoulders photo of Steve Hodgson, Editor-at-Large, New Energy World

1/3/2023 Comment / Steve Hodgson

Spreading renewables around the planet

In these days of rapid growth of renewable energy technologies, the geography of the global energy industry is itself also changing, writes New Energy World’s Editor-at-Large Steve Hodgson.

Energy policy

Rows of solar panels in foreground, mountain and lake in background

5/2/2025 News

Japan’s draft energy strategy attracts criticism on clean energy and decarbonisation grounds

Japan has published a draft of its seventh Strategic Energy Plan (SEP), which outlines the country’s energy transition goals for 2040. The plan has been criticised by energy think tanks and climate analysts for a lack of ambition in renewable energy adoption, coal phase-out and fossil fuel reduction. Those issues could, they say, potentially jeopardise Japan’s decarbonisation efforts and economic stability.

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