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Skills, education and training

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30/4/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

On the front lines of the skills shortage

A four-storey carbon capture plant installed in a university building trains the next generation of engineers about measurement and process control, while the latest generation of instruments provides data aimed to ease their workloads. New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple goes back to college to learn more.

Diversity

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15/3/2023 Feature / Nick Cottam

Diversity remains a priority for the energy sector

It’s not all about technology and carbon. International Energy Week also included weighty sessions on people, skills, training, and workforce diversity and inclusion. Nick Cottam listened in for New Energy World.

Renewables

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16/11/2022 Feature / Brian Davis

Africa’s microgrid innovation champions

The 2022 Ashden Awards celebrate transformative climate change innovators and their clean tech solutions across the globe on the pathway to net zero in a just transition. New Energy World’s Brian Davis reports.

Solar

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1/11/2023 Feature / Sara Siddeeq

Harnessing the desert sun for a new Middle East energy future

The Middle East stands at a pivotal stage given its vast potential to move from reliance on oil wealth to become a powerhouse of solar energy. But there are hurdles to overcome in terms of significant systemic change, development of new regulatory frameworks and skill gaps, explains Sara Siddeeq.

Skills, education and training

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10/4/2024 Feature / Kinga Niemczyk

Power players: the role of future energy leaders in the GCC region

Few regions worldwide can match the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), consisting of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), in terms of its vast reserves of economically-competitive hydrocarbons. Furthermore, the region boasts significant natural resources, like solar power, which are poised to facilitate transition to a net zero economy, reports Energy Institute Senior Analyst Kinga Niemczyk.

Heat

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9/7/2025 Feature / Janie Ling-Chin,Anthony Paul Roskilly

Research update on… industrial heat and energy efficiency

Various challenging aspects of industrial decarbonisation have been explored to determine innovative solutions for reducing emissions, improving energy efficiency and promoting sustainability. The research showcases advancements in energy systems, energy management, sustainable fuels and training resources, write Associate Professor Janie Ling-Chin and Professor of Energy Systems Anthony Paul Roskilly, Durham University. Here is an abridged synthesis of UK research on these topics commissioned by the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) over recent years.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

EI CEO, Nick Wayth sat on stage, talking at International Energy Week 2022

16/3/2022 Comment / Nick Wayth

Energy in triple crisis – how we can create a better energy future

Energy Institute CEO Nick Wayth CEng FEI surveys the crises facing energy, shares three big takeaways, and explains how the launch of New Energy World fits into the EI’s new purpose

Environment

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18/9/2024 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Green shoots: How to get Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) accreditation

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Society for the Environment receiving Chartership. Since then, the Society has overseen more than 8,500 professionals receiving professional qualifications such as Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) – also through the Energy Institute. As environmental issues have flowed into mainstream business practice, the Society has an ever more important role to play and its clientele are changing, writes New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple.

Skills, education and training

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10/8/2022 Feature / Stephenie Overman

US green skills in short supply

The US is struggling to keep up with demand for green jobs, despite the growing opportunities for transfer from the oil and gas industry and other sectors. There is also an issue around maintaining skills diversity, reports Stephenie Overman in Washington DC.

Energy markets

11/5/2022 Comment / Nick Wayth

Difficult times – setting a long-term direction for energy is essential

As he passes his one-year anniversary at the Energy Institute (EI), CEO Nick Wayth CEng FEI feels it timely to share a few perspectives on the energy sector and the vital role of the Energy Institute under our evolving strategy.

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On the front lines of the skills shortage

Diversity remains a priority for the energy sector

Africa’s microgrid innovation champions

Harnessing the desert sun for a new Middle East energy future

Power players: the role of future energy leaders in the GCC region

Research update on… industrial heat and energy efficiency

Energy in triple crisis – how we can create a better energy future

Green shoots: How to get Chartered Environmentalist (CEnv) accreditation

US green skills in short supply

Difficult times – setting a long-term direction for energy is essential