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Energy policy

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8/10/2025 News

Parties clash as UK energy policy turns into political battleground

Energy has become one of the most fiercely contested issues in British politics, as the main political parties issued new statements setting out sharply diverging visions for the country’s future energy mix. What had once been an area of broad consensus – support for net zero and a transition to cleaner power – is now fracturing under the pressures of rising household bills, industrial competitiveness and ideological divisions over the pace of decarbonisation.

Renewables

23/10/2024 News

Asia-Pacific needs $88.7tn of funding to meet Paris Agreement climate goals

The Asia-Pacific region must mobilise nearly $90tn in investments and boost public-private cooperation to meet the ambitious climate goals outlined in the Paris Agreement, according to the latest regional report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Meanwhile, new analysis from Ember suggests that while demand is outpacing renewables growth in the ASEAN member states, falling clean energy costs could help readdress the balance.

Geothermal

18/6/2025 News

Down, down, down: new drilling technologies are improving prospects for geothermal power by reducing project duration, cutting costs and drilling deeper wells

Fervo Energy’s record-breaking Sugarloaf well in Utah showcases the rapid progress of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), while a new report finds the US Great Basin alone could supply 10% of the country’s electricity. Globally, the International Energy Agency (IEA) projects geothermal could meet 15% of future power demand if costs fall. Meanwhile, Germany and the UK are advancing supportive policies and identifying high-potential regions, signalling a global shift towards making geothermal a scalable, low-carbon energy source.

Transport

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24/7/2024 News

Transport’s dependence on fossil fuels holding back the energy transition

As one of the most energy intensive sectors, transport is still heavily dependent on fossil fuels, holding back the energy transition while exacerbating climate change, according to a new report by REN21. Meanwhile, a new partnership has unveiled the UK’s first EV charging station to be powered directly by on-site wind.

Renewables

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4/6/2025 Comment / Javier Cavada

How Morocco is charting its energy transition journey with gas turbine technology

As well as expanding its solar and wind energy generation capacity, Morocco is also looking to gas turbines and, ultimately, hydrogen to achieve its energy transition, writes Javier Cavada, President & CEO, Europe, Middle East and Africa at Mitsubishi Power.

Wind

22/11/2023 News

UK offshore wind strike price rises

The UK government has raised the maximum price that offshore wind and other renewables projects can receive in the next renewables auction round in bid to ensure continued investment in the country’s clean energy sector.

Energy transition

Amin H Nasser. Saudi Aramco President and CEO

27/3/2024 News

Saudi Aramco CEO calls phasing out oil and gas a ‘fantasy’

Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin H Nasser said that the current energy transition strategy is ‘visibly failing’ on a number of fronts and has called on countries to abandon the ‘fantasy’ of phasing out oil and gas. The contentious remarks from the head of the world’s largest oil producer were made in the same week as a new report from IRENA concludes that an ‘urgent global course correction’ is needed to meet the COP28 goal of tripling renewables power capacity by 2030.

Electricity

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15/1/2025 News

Cleanest-ever electricity recorded in the UK

The UK’s electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, according to a new study from Carbon Brief, with CO₂ emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade. The phasing out of coal means the country is now getting less than half as much electricity from burning fossil fuels as a decade ago. Over the same period, renewable generation has more than doubled.

Power generation

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28/5/2025 Comment / Rob Grimmond

How islands can escape diesel dependency

Connecting the often unstable and diesel generator-dominated power systems to larger power grids that contain a diversity of generation technologies offers island communities multiple benefits. So argues Rob Grimmond, Managing Director of contractor Offshore Marine Subsea International (OMSI).

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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29/1/2025 Comment / Peter Godfrey

2025: A transformative year for ASEAN collaboration?

I’m an optimist! Despite numerous calls for greater regional cohesiveness in the past, ASEAN (the Association of South East Asian Nations) stands on the cusp of a transformative era. With a new President in Indonesia championing greater international engagement and Malaysia taking the ASEAN Chairmanship, 2025 presents a strategic opportunity to advance regional energy security and sustainable growth. So writes Peter Godfrey FEI, the Energy Institute’s Managing Director – Asia Pacific.

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