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Electricity

13/11/2024 News

NESO sketches out its roadmap to 2030

The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has released a report detailing how Great Britain can achieve a clean power system by 2030.

Wind

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13/8/2025 Comment / Hafiz Salim

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Hafiz Salim AMEI, Senior HV Equipment Engineer, Ørsted

The electrical engineer has crossed the Pacific Ocean and North America and is now working on one of the US’ first-ever offshore wind projects. He reflects on the support he has received along the way from the Energy Institute.

Grid management

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7/5/2025 Comment / Elena Pravettoni

The many benefits of demand flexibility

The ability of electricity consumers to reduce and/or time-shift their loads to fit in with local power grid constraints could reap considerable rewards, to both consumers and grid operators. It is time demand-side flexibility was used to the full, writes Elena Pravettoni, Head of Analysis at the Energy Transitions Commission.

Power purchase agreements

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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

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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

14/1/2026 News

Vietnam commissions its first LNG-fired power project, and one of south-east Asia’s biggest oil discoveries is confirmed

Vietnam’s evolving energy landscape is under the spotlight with two major developments: the start of commercial operations at the country’s first LNG-powered combined-cycle gas plant, and confirmation of one of south-east Asia’s largest oil discoveries in two decades.

Artificial Intelligence

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22/6/2026 Feature / Kristy Jooste

Why the energy transition increasingly depends on AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving up electricity demand through data centres and advanced computing. Yet speakers at All-Energy argued that AI may also be essential for managing the increasingly complex, decentralised energy systems needed to achieve net zero, writes Kristy Jooste, Senior Content Officer, Energy Institute.

Grid management

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22/10/2025 Comment / Elena Pravettoni

Making grids smarter: the case for innovative grid technologies

As the world electrifies, meeting rising electricity demand and connecting new wind and solar generation will require large-scale investment in transmission and distribution infrastructure. Building new infrastructure is essential, but it is not the only solution, as innovative grid technologies (IGTs) – both hardware and software-based – offer a complementary route, writes Elena Pravettoni, Head of Analysis, Energy Transitions Commission.

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