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2/9/2025 Feature / Paul Cochrane,Samuel Okocha,Andreia Nogueira,Roland Mbonteh

New financial models advance clean energy in Africa

New financial models are being implemented in Africa to boost renewable energy investments. These are of critical importance for a continent with abundant solar, wind, hydro and geothermal resources, but where around 600 million people (out of 1.5 billion in total) still lack reliable access to electricity. Samuel Okocha, Roland Mbonteh, Paul Cochrane and Andreia Nogueira describe recent initiatives, from pay-as-you-go schemes to large-scale leasing and government funding.

Electricity

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3/8/2022 Feature / John Langley-Davis

How artificial intelligence will make the electricity grid smarter

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and deep machine learning (ML) have the potential to make the electricity transmission and distribution grids more reliable and better able to cope with historic changes in the way power is generated and consumed – including the predicted mass uptake of electric vehicles (EV), explains John Langley-Davis, Head of Technology at Fundamentals.

Cooling

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19/7/2023 Feature / Karolin Schaps

How Europe’s cooling problem is heating up

As Europe experiences another sweltering summer, policymakers need to pay closer attention to the growing need for space cooling. Energy journalist Karolin Schaps investigates whether Europe can address its rising need for cooling down in a sustainable way without further straining the region’s electricity grids.

Solar

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10/5/2023 Feature / Saif Islam,Finn Bee

Joined up thinking – the benefits of sector coupling for Germany's energy transition

Energy is consumed in three sectors: transport, industry and to heat and cool buildings. Connecting these three sectors will be crucial for the energy transition and is termed ‘sector coupling’. Here Saif Islam, a Senior Consultant, and Finn Bee, Research Analyst, at EUPD Research, describe the key benefits of sector coupling for Germany’s energy transition.

Electricity

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5/2/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Baltic states synchronise electricity grid with Europe

This week, the energy systems of the Baltic States will disconnect from Russia’s energy system and join the energy system of continental Europe. This project, the largest energy independence and regional security project in recent decades, is jointly being implemented by the Baltic power transmission system operators Augstsprieguma tīkls (AST) of Latvia, Litgrid of Lithuania and Elering of Estonia, writes New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple.

Solar

16/3/2022 Comment / Kevin McCann

UK solar – a leading light, with more to come

Who doesn’t like a success story? And the UK’s solar energy industry is doing just fine, writes Solar Energy UK’s Kevin McCann AMEI, although it is also ready to step up to meet further growth targets.

Electricity

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22/11/2023 Feature / Andrew Mourant

How shifting demand for power helps green the grid

UK grid operator ESO and several retailers are operating schemes that allow both domestic and corporate consumers to time-shift some of their electricity load in order to cut the use of expensive and carbon-heavy generating plant. And consumers are paid for their efforts. Andrew Mourant reports.

Grid management

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15/5/2024 Feature / Janet Wood

Why Great Britain is going towards a ‘whole system’ network transmission approach to energy operations

To deliver a ‘net zero carbon’ economy, Great Britain has to remake its energy system, both physically with expanded networks and economically with new markets. A new National Energy System Operator (NESO) will have responsibility for delivering the change across both electricity and gas, reports Janet Wood FEI.

Renewables

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6/8/2025 Feature / Mohua Mukherjee

Energy transition in India: what’s happening on the demand side

Mohua Mukherjee, Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES), looks at the state of play of the energy transition on the demand side, with useful lessons for all developing countries.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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21/9/2022 Feature / Soumya Singhal

What does India require to achieve net zero?

India has the world’s second largest population and one of the fastest growing economies. It is currently heavily reliant on coal for its energy needs but has pledged to achieve net zero emissions by 2070. Soumya Singhal, Associate and Coordinator for Research and Partnerships at SPRF India, reports on how this could be achieved.

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New financial models advance clean energy in Africa

How artificial intelligence will make the electricity grid smarter

How Europe’s cooling problem is heating up

Joined up thinking – the benefits of sector coupling for Germany's energy transition

Baltic states synchronise electricity grid with Europe

UK solar – a leading light, with more to come

How shifting demand for power helps green the grid

Why Great Britain is going towards a ‘whole system’ network transmission approach to energy operations

Energy transition in India: what’s happening on the demand side

What does India require to achieve net zero?