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Wind

Engineers working on top of the wooden turbine tower

10/1/2024 News

World’s tallest wooden wind turbine

Modvion recently showcased what it claims is the world’s tallest wooden wind turbine tower, commissioned just outside Gothenburg, Sweden.

Wind

Construction workers working at the SunZia project

10/1/2024 News

Largest clean energy infrastructure project in US history

Pattern Energy Group has closed a $11bn financing package on what is claimed to be the largest clean energy infrastructure project ever to be built in the US.

Floating solar

Floating solar panels on reservoir surrounded by green fields and a blue sky above

EI Member only

10/1/2024 Feature / Brian Davis

All afloat: benefits and challenges of floating solar systems

Floating solar energy is at an early stage of development compared to conventional solar farm installations worldwide, but the potential is vast. Although the technology is relatively well understood, there are still challenges to address. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis reports.

Energy policy

Head and shoulders photo of Martin Barnes, CEO, Crossflow Energy

10/1/2024 Comment / Martin Barnes

Can the UK government’s pushback on net zero commitments offer a new opportunity?

The UK government’s decision to delay its green commitments last year sparked concern that it was undermining business and investor confidence in the country’s renewable energy and decarbonisation technology spaces. Here, however, Martin Barnes, CEO of Crossflow Energy, posits that this move might actually offer new opportunities and benefits.

Carbon capture and storage

Graphic of a hand touching a dial with a CO2 sign

10/1/2024 News

New EU project to demonstrate key CCS technologies

A new initiative has been launched that aims to accelerate the transition to a low-carbon future by demonstrating key technologies for the entire carbon capture and storage (CCS) value chain in southern Europe and supporting the development of CCS routes linking emitters with storage sites in central-eastern Europe.

Wind

Turbine at the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm

10/1/2024 News

Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm nears completion

All 62 of the offshore wind turbines at the Saint-Brieuc wind farm in France have now been installed.

Coal

Opencast coal mine machinery

20/12/2023 News

Global coal demand ‘expected to decline in coming years’

Latest IEA market report sees lower demand towards 2026 based on current policies, but suggests stronger action is needed to drive the steeper decline needed to meet international climate goals.

Transmission and distribution

Close up of transmission cables

20/12/2023 News

Contracts awarded to build the UK’s first high-capacity East Coast subsea cable

Construction of the Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) by a joint venture between National Grid Electricity Transmission and SP Transmission will see the creation of the UK’s first high-capacity subsea transmission cable from Scotland to England.

COP

COP28 leaders during session

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20/12/2023 Feature / Nick Cottam

COP28: agreement to transition away from fossil fuels is a milestone but may prove complicated

COP28 concluded last week in Dubai, UAE with 198 countries agreeing to transition away from fossil fuels. Some consider this alone an important achievement, whilst others see the lack of urgency in accelerating the energy transition as disastrous. Nick Cottam reports.

COP

EI CEO Nick Wayth, EI President Juliet Davenport, EI Middle East Chair Dr Waddah Ghanem Al Hashmi, Chair of EI Young Professionals Shahda Al Taie and Kate Dourian during COP28

20/12/2023 Comment / Nick Wayth,Juliet Davenport

Good COP or bad COP? – the EI’s perspective

From the moment it was announced that COP28 would be hosted in the UAE, the event was destined to be controversial. But a major oil-producing nation holding the Presidency may ironically have helped secure one of the most significant outcomes of the UNFCCC’s three-decade history, says EI President Juliet Davenport OBE HonFEI, and EI CEO Nick Wayth CEng FEI, who also reflect on the EI’s presence in Dubai and its role in making the outcomes a reality.

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