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Decommissioning

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16/11/2022 Feature / Brian Davis

How to optimise decommissioning and radically reduce costs

Significant initiatives are underway to cut the decommissioning costs of offshore oil and gas installations as they reach end-of-life. Brian Davis reports on the state of play of European Union (EU) and UK decommissioning programmes, and research at a leading decommissioning centre of excellence.

COP

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16/11/2022 News

A wealth of announcements and deals at COP27

A plethora of announcements have been made since the ongoing COP27 Climate Summit opened on 6 November, including a new carbon trading scheme unveiled by the US government’s Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry.

Building

16/11/2022 News

World’s first net zero emissions logistics building

The world’s first logistics facility to reach net zero across operational and embodied carbon – and without external off-setting – is to be built in Bålsta, Sweden.

Nuclear

Fuel assembly test stand at TerraPower facility

16/11/2022 News

Largest private equity raise in breakthrough nuclear power innovation

ArcelorMittal is investing $25mn in nuclear innovation company TerraPower through its XCarb® Innovation Fund. The investment is part of an $830mn equity raise concluded by TerraPower, claimed to be the largest private raise among advanced nuclear companies to date.

Electricity

16/11/2022 News

Demand flexibility service launches in the UK

The independent energy regulator Ofgem has approved National Grid ESO’s proposal to create a demand flexibility service in the UK this winter.

Hydrogen

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16/11/2022 Feature / Karolin Schaps

Sky-high gas prices encourage clean hydrogen as a decarbonisation tool for industry

The ongoing energy crisis and its unprecedented high wholesale gas prices have been a major burden for Europe’s fossil fuel-intensive industrial sector, but they have also brightened the case for investing in clean hydrogen as an alternative and greener feedstock. Energy journalist Karolin Schaps investigates the role green hydrogen is playing in Europe’s industry.

Nuclear

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16/11/2022 Comment / David Landon

Molten salt reactors – a cost-effective nuclear solution to net zero

The combination of molten salt technology and flexible, load-following operation could prove an essential component of efforts to reach net zero in the UK – writes David Landon, CEO of MoltexFLEX.

Coal

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9/11/2022 Comment / Kirsty Gogan and Eric Ingersoll

Breathing new life into old coal plants

As the dirtiest of the fossil fuels, ending the use of coal-fired power stations is imperative for achieving net zero. Kirsty Gogan FEI, Founder and Managing Partner, and Eric Ingersoll, Co-Founder, of TerraPraxis, believe they have a solution to accelerate this process whilst meeting energy needs.

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)

Shadow of plane flying over airport runway

9/11/2022 News

New SAF blending and production projects unveiled in Japan

Neste, Itochu and Fuji Oil are collaborating on a project to demonstrate local blending of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in Japan, while Idemitsu aims to pave the way for SAF production in the country with Axens’ alcohol-to-jet fuel process.

COP

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2/11/2022 Feature / Gareth Redmond-King

COP27 – what should we expect

Ahead of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), Gareth Redmond-King, International Lead at the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit, offers his thoughts and predictions on the most important climate summit of the year.

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How to optimise decommissioning and radically reduce costs

A wealth of announcements and deals at COP27

World’s first net zero emissions logistics building

Largest private equity raise in breakthrough nuclear power innovation

Demand flexibility service launches in the UK

Sky-high gas prices encourage clean hydrogen as a decarbonisation tool for industry

Molten salt reactors – a cost-effective nuclear solution to net zero

Breathing new life into old coal plants

New SAF blending and production projects unveiled in Japan

COP27 – what should we expect