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Energy efficiency

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23/7/2025 Comment / Mike Umiker

Breaking down barriers to industrial energy efficiency

Is there anything new to say about energy efficiency in industry? Plenty, writes Mike Umiker, Executive Director of the Energy Efficiency Movement – particularly about modern digital transformations and new equipment-as-a-service offerings.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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2/4/2025 Comment / Ir Mohd Yusri Mohamed Yusof

Fostering innovation ecosystems for a just and sustainable energy future

Achieving a lower carbon future requires not just ambition but purposeful collaboration across the industry. The plans for, and benefits of, a new collaboration are explored by Ir Mohd Yusri Mohamed Yusof, Petronas Senior Vice President, Projects, Technology & Health, Safety, Security & Environment.

Human factors

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15/2/2023 Comment / Juliet Davenport

65 million is not enough

Ahead of hosting International Energy Week 2023*, which is gearing up for discussions on transitioning out of the energy and climate crises, EI President Juliet Davenport OBE HonFEI warns we ignore workforce issues at our peril.

Young professionals

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29/1/2025 Comment / Will Dalrymple

Generation 2050: How to up your game to connect with senior managers and executives

Five dynamic young energy professionals describe how they are climbing their own personal career ladder. They spoke to New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple.

Skills, education and training

9/10/2024 Comment / Oana Penu

Bridging the skills gap to empower Europe’s solar future

Europe’s solar PV industry ideally needs a standardised system of training programmes and certification, argues InnoEnergy Skills Institute Director, Oana Penu.

Offshore wind

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2/10/2024 Comment / Alastair Dutton

Transitioning into offshore wind

The oil and gas industry can prove a fine base from which to enter the growing offshore wind sector, writes Alastair Dutton, Co-founder of the online course provider Offshore Wind Learning.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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19/6/2024 Comment / Paul de Leeuw

Delivering our energy future – pathways to a ‘just and fair’ transition

Transforming the North Sea to a multi-energy basin is certainly possible, but action on employment and skills retention is needed now if the transition is to be in any way just or fair, argues Professor Paul de Leeuw, Director, Energy Transition Institute, Robert Gordon University.

Diversity

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18/1/2023 Comment / Fiona Hathorn

Why we need board diversity to achieve net zero

Fiona Hathorn, CEO and co-Founder of Women on Boards UK and a speaker at International Energy Week 2023*, discusses the importance of board diversity and outlines some practical steps to improve it within energy companies.

Young professionals

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6/8/2025 Comment / Nicki Vass,Karolina Zieba,Shamus Hardie

Generation 2050: how to cope with redundancy

One of the scariest scenarios for any worker is finding out that their job may not be secure. Without doubt difficult and stressful, redundancy does come with upsides, reports Nicki Vass AMEI, Chair of the Energy Institute’s Aberdeen Young Professionals Network (YPN) chapter, alongside contributions from two other rising energy professionals, Karolina Zieba AMEI and Shamus Hardie.

International Energy Week

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12/2/2025 Comment / Nicole Payne

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Nicole Payne AMEI

Baringa Energy and Resources Consultant Nicole Payne first attended International Energy Week as a student – and she liked it so much she has joined the Board. As the event returns on 25 February 2025, she explains why she remains passionate about the contributions that young professionals can make inside and outside the Energy Institute.

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