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Primary energy production

29/1/2025 Comment / Jan Rosenow

What is the primary energy fallacy?

Dr Jan Rosenow FEI, Senior Research Associate at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, challenges the fallacy that fossils fuels cannot be fully replaced by renewables in the energy transition. He suggests that policymakers should prioritise replacing fossil fuel technologies with efficient, zero-carbon alternatives instead of marginally more efficient fossil fuel technologies.

Energy storage

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31/1/2024 Feature / Brian Davis

Hot rocks could increase duration of thermal storage solutions

Thermal energy storage (TES) can play a key role in decarbonising hard-to-abate industry sectors – those that, typically, depend upon high temperature heat. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis looks at its potential.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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19/6/2024 Feature / Charlie Bush

Growing out of coal: China’s green spring

China is excelling in the investment in, manufacture and installation of renewable energy, but still faces significant challenges in decreasing its emissions, reports Charlie Bush.

Energy security

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30/4/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Sharing visions of energy security for an increasingly polarised world

While not quite a council of war, comments at the Summit of the Future of Energy Security, organised by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and hosted by the UK government in London on 24–25 April 2025, set a combative tone in an age of uncertainty and conflict. New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple was there.

Energy infrastructure

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16/8/2023 Feature / Dylan Carter

Ukrainian renewable energy generation: a bulwark against Russian attacks?

The Russian war machine has purposefully targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with centralised power sites an easy target. In response, the Ukrainian government and power producers are discovering that distributed or on-site energy generation from renewable sources make the infrastructure much more resilient and offer many other advantages besides. Dylan Carter reports.

International Energy Week

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6/3/2024 Feature / Brian Davis

Leaders of the transition

To understand what makes International Energy Week so compelling, look no further than some of the key speakers on Day One of the 2024 event in late February. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis highlights some of the thought-provoking issues expressed.

Wind

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15/6/2022 Feature / Brian Davis

Winds of change

Wind energy is going to be a key feature of the landscape – certainly in Scotland – as the UK transitions towards net zero. New approaches are required in terms of landscape and wind farms, with innovative technology and a call for new grid charging methodology. Brian Davis invited leading experts to provide insight on where the new winds blow.

Access to energy

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15/11/2023 Feature / Brian Davis

Africa’s clean energy trailblazers

The annual Ashden Awards give a unique insight into life-changing climate solutions in the Global South and the UK. Here, we see inspiring stories of pioneers bringing clean energy to off-grid villages to warm homes, cook safely, improve health and create new business opportunities, along with lower emissions. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis reports on some of the African winners.

Energy policy

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19/2/2025 Feature / Brian Davis

Global geopolitics hot spot: Why concern about the pace of energy transition remains a key issue at Davos

Grappling with intensifying environmental crises, the gathering at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last month made an urgent call for systemic transformation and a surge in climate and nature-related investments. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis reports.

Climate change

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12/7/2023 Feature / Grahame Buss

No new oil, gas or coal

Grahame Buss was a Principal Scientist at Shell for over 30 years. Now he uses his experience and knowledge of the fossil fuel industry in his current role as spokesman for campaigning group Just Stop Oil. In this article, he justifies Just Stop Oil’s demands and outlines how the environmental campaigners want the energy transition to play out.

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Search results:

What is the primary energy fallacy?

Hot rocks could increase duration of thermal storage solutions

Growing out of coal: China’s green spring

Sharing visions of energy security for an increasingly polarised world

Ukrainian renewable energy generation: a bulwark against Russian attacks?

Leaders of the transition

Winds of change

Africa’s clean energy trailblazers

Global geopolitics hot spot: Why concern about the pace of energy transition remains a key issue at Davos

No new oil, gas or coal