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Geothermal

27/3/2024 News

US geothermal power could increase to 90 GW by 2050

The US Department of Energy (DoE) forecasts that next-generation geothermal power could grow significantly in the US, due to new technology advances.

Gas

27/3/2024 News

Oil major joins supply chain to support e-NG development

TotalEnergies has joined an international consortium of seven companies to support the development of electric natural gas (e-NG), a synthetic natural gas produced from renewable hydrogen and CO₂.

Diversity

Head and shoulders photo of Alistair Phillips-Davies, Chief Executive Officer of SSE

27/3/2024 Comment / Alistair Phillips-Davies

Leading the change: energy company CEO speaks about gender diversity

Alistair Phillips-Davies FEI, Chief Executive of electricity utility SSE admits that while his company may lack the scale of larger rivals Shell or BP, it is investing in renewable energy (4 GW capacity of onshore and offshore wind and hydro). At the same time, this electrification challenger is working to improve the gender balance of the energy industry, and within its own corporate structures, he tells New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple.

Heat pumps

27/3/2024 News

Year’s delay proposed for UK’s clean heat market mechanism

The UK government recently announced plans to delay the introduction of the clean heat market mechanism (CHMM) scheme until 1 April 2025, in a move decried by environmental groups.

Electricity transmission

View from centre of base of plyon, looking skywards, with criss-cross structure silhouetted against sunset

27/3/2024 News

Blueprint to decarbonise the UK’s electricity grid published

The UK electricity system operator ESO has published a report proposing £58bn of grid investment to move offshore wind power ‘to where it is needed’ and meet the nation’s growing demand for electricity by 2035.

Natural gas

Two cranes on tracks lifting large pipework

EI Member only

27/3/2024 Feature / Nazar Atajanov

Turkmenistan’s energy infrastructure

Turkmenistan hosts one of the world’s largest onshore gas fields, Galkynysh, and is a major player in the Asian energy market, reports Nazar Atajanov, Director of the energy investment event organiser Turkmen Forum.

Energy transition

Amin H Nasser. Saudi Aramco President and CEO

27/3/2024 News

Saudi Aramco CEO calls phasing out oil and gas a ‘fantasy’

Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin H Nasser said that the current energy transition strategy is ‘visibly failing’ on a number of fronts and has called on countries to abandon the ‘fantasy’ of phasing out oil and gas. The contentious remarks from the head of the world’s largest oil producer were made in the same week as a new report from IRENA concludes that an ‘urgent global course correction’ is needed to meet the COP28 goal of tripling renewables power capacity by 2030.

Small modular reactor

Computer generated image of small nuclear reactor set in green fields against a blue sky

EI Member only

27/3/2024 Feature / Brian Davis

Small is beautiful: UK plans for small modular nuclear reactors

As momentum gathers under the UK government’s Nuclear Roadmap, Great British Nuclear (GBN) has selected six companies to advance to the next phase of the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Competition. What’s on offer and how do the technology options differ here and worldwide? asks New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis.

Environment, social and governance (ESG)

27/3/2024 Comment / Dean Cooper

How we can be sure of a just energy transformation, and why it matters

The concept of a ‘just transition’ has increasingly become a compulsory issue for discussion amongst climate policymakers. But what does this mean, and will it really make any difference? How can any organisation or individual align with this process, asks Dean Cooper, Global Energy Lead at WWF.

Oil and gas

Head and shoulders photo of Ernie Lamza, Technology Manager, North Sea Transition Authority

13/3/2024 Comment / Ernie Lamza

North Sea remains a hotbed of technology innovation

While oil and gas production declines in the UK North Sea, the industry continues to develop and improve its standards and practices. Such work may well be of use to others working in the energy transition, writes Ernie Lamza, Technology Manager at the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA).

New Energy World™

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US geothermal power could increase to 90 GW by 2050

Oil major joins supply chain to support e-NG development

Leading the change: energy company CEO speaks about gender diversity

Year’s delay proposed for UK’s clean heat market mechanism

Blueprint to decarbonise the UK’s electricity grid published

Turkmenistan’s energy infrastructure

Saudi Aramco CEO calls phasing out oil and gas a ‘fantasy’

Small is beautiful: UK plans for small modular nuclear reactors

How we can be sure of a just energy transformation, and why it matters

North Sea remains a hotbed of technology innovation