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Power purchase agreements

Head and shoulders photo of Steve Hodgson, Editor-at-large, New Energy World

1/5/2024 Comment / Steve Hodgson

More renewable energy schemes now rely on corporate purchase agreements

Not all renewable energy projects are supported or incentivised by governments – an increasing number now depend on corporate customers to get built, as New Energy World Editor-at-large Steve Hodgson FEI reports.

Energy efficiency

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30/4/2025 Comment / Jonathan Maxwell

From Heathrow to hospitals – why energy efficiency matters for the UK

Since Labour’s general election win in 2024, energy has dominated the political agenda but, somehow, energy efficiency still isn’t getting the attention it deserves. More renewable energy projects, for instance, are certainly positive for progressing net zero targets, but there are only so many new projects that you can push into an old and broken system, argues Jonathan Maxwell, Founder and CEO of investor Sustainable Development Capital.

REGION OF THE WEEK

Three engineers working on electricity pylon in rural landscape

23/7/2025 News

Nations of the Andes power ahead with plans for an interconnected regional electricity market and other grid improvements

The South American countries of Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru have signed a declaration underlining a commitment to integrating their electricity grids to form an Andean regional electricity market. In other news, Bolivia is planning significant investments in its electricity infrastructure to enhance capacity and access to energy around the administrative capital of La Paz, while Chile is modernising regulations to improve electricity access and quality in remote regions. Additionally, Bolivia aims to reduce fuel imports with a new biodiesel plant due onstream later this year.

Nuclear

11/12/2024 Comment / Zara Hodgson

How nuclear and renewable energy could work together in the UK

Nuclear reactors could generate useful heat and produce green hydrogen as well as electricity – and thus play a major role in decarbonisation efforts – if the role of civil nuclear power in the energy mix could be reconsidered. Professor Zara Hodgson, Director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute at the University of Manchester, explains how.

Electricity

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15/1/2025 News

Cleanest-ever electricity recorded in the UK

The UK’s electricity was the cleanest ever in 2024, according to a new study from Carbon Brief, with CO₂ emissions per unit falling by more than two-thirds in a decade. The phasing out of coal means the country is now getting less than half as much electricity from burning fossil fuels as a decade ago. Over the same period, renewable generation has more than doubled.

Nuclear

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23/10/2024 Comment / Philip Rogers

Securing the UK’s long-term energy future with nuclear

While the focus on 2030 clean power targets for the UK is important, we must also consider what happens beyond that – intergenerational equality demands it, according to Dr Philip Rogers, Director of nuclear consultancy and project developer Equilibrion.

Finance and investment

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11/6/2025 News

Global energy investment is set to rise to $3.3tn in 2025 amid economic uncertainty and energy security concerns

A surge in global energy investment (clean technologies + oil and gas) to a record $3.3tn in 2025 is forecast by the International Energy Agency (IEA), with clean energy expected to command double the capital of fossil fuels. But a new KPMG survey suggests that investor appetite is being tempered by policy uncertainty and tech risks.

Grid management

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4/12/2024 Comment / Joanna Carter

The urgent need to expand the UK’s energy grid for net zero

Building a grid able to distribute net zero electricity in the UK by 2030 is possible, but will require enormous cooperation by the relevant stakeholders, argues Joanna Carter, Head of Electricity Connections at EDF Renewables.

Electricity

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11/2/2026 Comment / Stephan Rupp

Redefining electricity supply with DC for a world of renewables

Local, low-voltage direct current (DC) networks would work more efficiently with small-scale renewable energy projects than connection to alternating current (AC) networks, particularly where the energy is used locally. So writes Stephan Rupp, who is active in business development of power electronics at Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen, Germany.

Energy prices

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18/6/2025 Comment / Will Blyth,Callum MacIver

Zonal pricing for the GB electricity market, or fix transmission infrastructure first?

The introduction of zonal electricity pricing should come after the transmission grid has been upgraded to deal with a future zero carbon electricity system, argue Will Blyth, from Oxford Energy Associates and Callum MacIver, from Strathclyde University; both also work at the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC).

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