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Wind

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22/3/2023 Feature / Rebecca White

Small wind turbines can play a role in the UK’s net zero goals

As the UK’s 2050 net zero commitment approaches, businesses and other organisations must take steps towards a more sustainable future. Here, Rebecca White, Commercial Director at Crossflow Energy, discusses the untapped potential of small wind turbines as a renewable energy source.

Solar

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18/3/2026 Feature / Charlie Bush

Golden age: how solar became the world’s cheapest power source

Solar power has come a long way since 1839, when French physicist Alexandre Edmond Becquerel figured out that directing sunlight onto two electrodes, one covered with silver chloride and the other with silver bromide, generates an electric current. From this humble start, global solar capacity reached 2 TW in 2024, a doubling in just two years. Most of the progress has accelerated in the past few decades, with prices falling by 99.9% since 1975, making solar one of the cheapest forms of electricity generation worldwide, writes Charlie Bush.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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11/10/2023 Feature / Bob Laslett,Toby Williams

Competing in the net zero race

In the race to net zero, the oil and gas sector has a significant role to play using its extensive experience for the transition to renewable power. Bob Laslett and Toby Williams of project engineering and consultancy firm Laslett International put the picture in focus.

Digitalisation / AI

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10/8/2022 Feature / Steve Roberts

Unlocking net zero through digital transformation

Greater digitalisation is needed across the entire energy sector in order to improve processes and operations, according to Steve Roberts, Head of Offshore Energy 4.0 at the Net Zero Technology Centre.

Carbon capture and storage

Lab technicians working with equipment studying CO2 condensation at high pressure and low temperature

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5/10/2022 Feature / Francesco Finotti

CCS innovation and offshore CO₂ storage development

Carbon capture and storage looks set to take-off after decades of research. Francesco Finotti of SINTEF Energy Research examines the latest technological initiatives and developing value chain.

Skills, education and training

Man pouring liquid hot metal from a large cauldron in a factory

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7/6/2023 Feature / Kinga Niemczyk

Reinventing heavy industries

Energy Institute Knowledge Manager Kinga Niemczyk looks at how energy intensive industries and their workforces will play a central role in the decarbonisation of economies around the world.

Electricity

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3/8/2022 Feature / John Langley-Davis

How artificial intelligence will make the electricity grid smarter

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep machine learning (ML) have the potential to make the electricity transmission and distribution grids more reliable and better able to cope with historic changes in the way power is generated and consumed – including the predicted mass uptake of electric vehicles (EV), explains John Langley-Davis, Head of Technology at Fundamentals.

Biogases

Aerial overview of new Ecogas food waste anaerobic digestion facility surrounded by green fields in New Zealand

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22/2/2023 Feature / Matt Hale

Heat exchangers deliver pasteurisation to New Zealand AD plant

Anaerobic digestion (AD) to produce biogas and biomethane has huge potential to generate renewable energy, as well as treat a wide range of organic wastes and provide biofertiliser in the form of digestate (the solid, fibrous material left over in the reactor after the AD process is complete). Here, Matt Hale from HRS Heat Exchangers, explains some of the options for pasteurising materials in the digester.

Renewables

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21/6/2023 Feature / Dave Sweeney

How a digital twin is being used to optimise energy use in historic buildings

A live digital twin model is being used by Glasgow City Council to identify patterns of energy use in historic buildings located in its largest park. Dave Sweeney, Product Manager at IES, explains how the advanced visualisation concept works with a sensitive approach to optimising Grade A listed buildings and associated structures.

Energy storage

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14/12/2022 Feature / Stefan Hufnagl

From uncertainty towards independence – one path to self-sufficient energy systems

Global industry accounts for a significant proportion of energy consumption and the sector faces increasing pressure to turn to renewables. Here, Stefan Hufnagl from energy software provider COPA-DATA, explains why industrial consumers should consider becoming more independent from energy markets to reduce energy costs and ensure stability.

New Energy World™

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Small wind turbines can play a role in the UK’s net zero goals

Golden age: how solar became the world’s cheapest power source

Competing in the net zero race

Unlocking net zero through digital transformation

CCS innovation and offshore CO₂ storage development

Reinventing heavy industries

How artificial intelligence will make the electricity grid smarter

Heat exchangers deliver pasteurisation to New Zealand AD plant

How a digital twin is being used to optimise energy use in historic buildings

From uncertainty towards independence – one path to self-sufficient energy systems