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Energy transition

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3/12/2025 Comment / Kinga Niemczyk

Fossil fuels to continue; cleaner energy later – Energy Barometer 2025: Insights from ASEAN’s energy workforce

This year, the Energy Institute’s Energy Barometer draws on the insights from a regional energy workforce that reflects a local transition that is ambitious yet pragmatic: one that recognises the realistic role fossil fuels will continue to play, looks ahead to emerging clean energy technologies, and underscores the need for deeper regional cooperation, stronger policy frameworks and an energy transition that benefits all communities, writes Energy Institute Senior Analyst Kinga Niemczyk AMEI.

Power generation

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3/12/2025 News

World’s first commercial supercritical CO₂ power generator now online

China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has brought online the world’s first commercial supercritical CO₂ power generator, it has been reported.

Offshore wind

Two engineers harnessed on to side of wind turbine

3/12/2025 News

Migratory birds fly around wind farms, according to study

A new study has found that migratory birds almost completely avoid wind turbines, so the collision risk is significantly lower than previously thought, reports the German Offshore Wind Energy Association (BWO). Which is just as well, as Germany’s largest offshore wind farm to date has produced first power from its 15 MW turbines.

Power generation

Map of Europe showing flex-gen assets

3/12/2025 News

TotalEnergies steps on the gas in Europe with gas-to-power acquisitions

TotalEnergies of France is pursuing a gas-to-power integration strategy in Europe by acquiring a portfolio of power generation assets from Czechia energy company Energetický a Průmyslový Holding (EPH).

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)

Fuel tank and large metal structure

3/12/2025 News

New SAF pathways are being found in projects in US, UAE and South Korea

LanzaJet has launched the world’s first commercial-scale ethanol-to-SAF production plant, while Masdar and Tadweer move forward with Abu Dhabi’s inaugural waste-to-SAF facility and ground is broken on South Korea’s first HVO/SAF production project. Together, these developments demonstrate global investment in diverse, scalable routes to producing SAF.

Rare earth materials/Critical minerals

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3/12/2025 News

Global push accelerates domestic critical minerals investments

Governments are stepping up efforts to secure critical minerals and strengthen clean energy supply chains. The UK has launched its Critical Minerals Strategy, while the EU and South Africa have signed a critical minerals partnership, and the US has announced $355mn to boost domestic mineral production and mining technology development.

Ammonia

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26/11/2025 News

Two routes, one goal: Air Liquide and BASF-ExxonMobil partnership move towards large-scale production of low-carbon hydrogen

Air Liquide has launched the world’s first pilot of an industrial-scale ammonia-cracking process in Antwerp, Belgium. ExxonMobil and BASF have also advanced plans for a US-based methane pyrolysis demonstration plant – another route to low-emission hydrogen production.

Solar

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26/11/2025 Comment / Tony Day

Grid-scale solar PV – an upside-down policy

There is much UK policy support for transmission-scale, ground-mounted solar PV installations, despite their land use and operational problems, while smaller systems, with the output used locally, have several advantages and enormous potential. So argues energy research consultant Tony Day.

COP

Group of people surrounding COP30 President Andre Correa

26/11/2025 News

Hot and bothered: key outcomes of COP30 climate summit in Belém

There have been mixed reactions to the UN climate talks in Belém, Brazil. Heated debate and all-night discussions led only to a ‘voluntary plan’ to curb fossil fuels by some countries, a plan to triple adaptation finance, and sustained efforts to strengthen climate targets in the face of opposition.

Methane

Aerial view of oil shale facility against dark sky

26/11/2025 News

Global emissions report calls for faster action on methane

A new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) warns that global efforts to curb methane emissions remain behind target despite recent progress. In parallel, the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) has launched a ‘playbook’ based on satellite data to help oil and gas operators turn methane emissions detection into faster, more effective abatement.

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