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Electricity

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12/11/2025 News

Rising demand for electricity, driven by data centres, exposes gaps in the grid and future price pressures in the US

US utilities are racing to adapt to rising electricity demand from a rapidly growing population of data centres. A new Black & Veatch survey reveals confidence gaps in load forecasting and grid readiness. Meanwhile, Rystad Energy forecasts US retail power prices will continue to escalate to 2030 amid supply bottlenecks and transmission constraints.

Oil and gas

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5/11/2025 News

House of Commons report calls for urgent action to save North Sea oil and gas jobs and ramp up clean energy options

A new ‘interim’ report by the House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee warns that the UK oil and gas sector is at a ‘critical junction’ since the North Sea basin is now geologically mature and the clean energy transition is ramping up.

Young professionals

5/11/2025 Comment / Karolina Zieba

A call for collaborative leadership in energy

As we race towards 2050, the need for collaborative leadership between junior and senior energy professionals has never been more urgent. The Generation 2050: 25 years out white paper, shaped by over a thousand voices across the sector, reveals a generation driven by purpose but hungry for agency, writes one of its authors Karolina Zieba AMEI, former Vice Chair of Community Outreach at the Energy Institute's London Young Professional Network (YPN) and a Senior Offshore Wind Advisor at the Carbon Trust.

COP

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5/11/2025 Feature / Charlie Bush

Brazil’s energy paradox: oil, gas and the road to COP30

Next week, Brazil will host COP30. The country is one of the world’s top 10 oil producers and is the latest member of OPEC+. It is also a nation where more than 80% of electricity generation comes from renewable sources. This dual identity – a liberal energy market underpinned by vast hydrocarbon reserves and a growing clean power mix – defines Brazil’s complex energy strategy. Charlie Bush reports.

Forecasting

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5/11/2025 Comment / John Lang

Ten years on from the Paris Agreement – a decade that defied predictions

The world is in a much better place to beat climate change than it was – the energy transition has begun in earnest. But now this must be accelerated to deliver sustained decline in global emissions, argues the UK-based Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit’s John Lang.

Innovation

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5/11/2025 News

Innovations save energy across oil and gas, wind power and battery storage

Three cutting-edge innovations are saving money and energy in enhanced oil recovery (EOR), small wind turbines and battery energy storage systems (BESS).

Wind

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5/11/2025 News

Offshore wind projects super-size North Sea infrastructure installations

Three offshore wind projects are making giant-sized progress in the North Sea.

Solar

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5/11/2025 News

UAE breaks ground on world’s largest combined solar power and BESS project

A groundbreaking ceremony has taken place to mark the start of what is being called the world’s largest combined solar power and battery storage project. The project, located in the UAE, will be capable of delivering 1 GW of baseload renewable energy round the clock, with the benefit of artificial intelligence (AI).

Gas pipelines

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5/11/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Energy Policy Debate on future of gas focuses on current need, despite renewables growth

Angela Needle from Cadent Gas, James Earl from Future Energy Networks and Alice Barrs from RWE took the stage for a lively Energy Institute Energy Policy Debate in October on the future role of natural gas in the UK’s energy mix. The seminar was moderated by KPMG Vice Chair Simon Virley FEI and listened to by, among others, New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple MEI, who also wrote this article.

Business management

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5/11/2025 Feature / Michelle Meineke

Connecting the dots for SMEs’ net zero journey

Where do I start? This is the question most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) ask themselves as they try to respond to increasingly ambitious sustainability and net zero goals, reports Michelle Meineke.

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