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Shipping

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25/9/2024 Feature / Selwyn Parker

All aboard for decarbonisation: How IMO is embarking on a voyage to a net-zero 2050

Net-zero goals set by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) a year ago include long-term ambitions and short-term actions, and have already begun to impact the maritime world, reports Selwyn Parker.

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.

Circular economy

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13/8/2025 Feature / Energy Institute

How to use circular economy indicators in the oil and gas industry

Incorporating circular economy principles enables the oil and gas sector to better align with broader sustainability goals, long-term viability, resilience and responsible resource management. As the industry evolves, measuring circularity can act as a compass, guiding decision-making and investments, promoting innovation and driving tangible actions that contribute to increased sustainability and circularity. Part of the new second edition of guidance published by the Energy Institute, which includes a worked case study from SLB, is reproduced below.

Finance and investment

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8/3/2023 Feature / Rolake Akinkugbe-Filani

The rise and rise of Africa’s clean tech ecosystem and investors

What are the likely investment mechanisms by which the ‘sleeping giant’ continent of Africa is to realise its very significant clean tech potential? Rolake Akinkugbe-Filani, Chief Commercial Officer at Mixta Africa, an infrastructure developer, and a Member of the Advisory Board at Persistent, a climate and renewable energy venture-builder and early-stage investor, takes a detailed look at how finance and technology are coming together.

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.

Nuclear

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1/3/2023 Feature / Stephenie Overman

Will the US nuclear industry bet on smaller reactors?

As the first new nuclear reactor unit in over three decades comes online in the US, some operators are banking on a new generation of smaller reactors for the future. Energy writer Stephenie Overman in Washington DC reports.

Solar

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14/2/2024 Feature / Brian Davis

Space-based solar power gets ready to lift off

The idea of harvesting the sun’s energy and beaming it back to earth as space-based solar power (SBSP) was originally conceived in a science fiction story by Isaac Asimov in 1941. Today, this ambitious concept is no longer fiction but being developed by universities and start-ups with early government backing in the UK, US, Japan, India and China. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis reports.

Synthetic fuels

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11/9/2024 Feature / Nnamdi Anyadike

Real possibilities for synthetic e-fuels

Synthetic or e-fuels will be one of the key enablers of the energy transition away from fossil fuels towards more sustainable alternatives. However, identifying cost-effective pathways from legacy fossil fuels into low-carbon alternatives is proving to be quite a challenge for the incumbent energy players. Nnamdi Anyadike reports.

Artificial Intelligence

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22/3/2023 Feature / Davis, Brian

How AI enhances operations in the energy transition

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers a raft of opportunities for optimising renewable energy operations both upstream in solar and wind farm operations, and downstream for flexible power distribution and consumption. Brian Davis, New Energy World Features Editor, reports.

Iron and steel

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27/9/2023 Feature / Brian Davis

Hard road ahead for green steel production

Decarbonisation is one of the biggest challenges for the hard-to-abate iron and steel sector. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis looks at some of the front-runners in the race to produce green steel.

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All aboard for decarbonisation: How IMO is embarking on a voyage to a net-zero 2050

Africa’s microgrid innovation champions

How to use circular economy indicators in the oil and gas industry

The rise and rise of Africa’s clean tech ecosystem and investors

Harnessing the desert sun for a new Middle East energy future

Will the US nuclear industry bet on smaller reactors?

Space-based solar power gets ready to lift off

Real possibilities for synthetic e-fuels

How AI enhances operations in the energy transition

Hard road ahead for green steel production