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Heat pumps

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20/11/2024 Comment / Alastair Murray

Electrification – the pathway to affordable, low-carbon heating for homes

Local heat and electricity storage, and local heat sources, plus suitable controls and energy tariffs, can help to optimise the use of individual or networked heat pumps to decarbonise UK heating. Alastair Murray, CEO of UK low-carbon heating company Rendesco, explains how.

Rail transport

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17/9/2025 Comment / Kevin Brundish

All aboard the battery express

Battery-powered trains are no longer a futuristic vision. They are a clean, cost-effective, and climate-friendly solution – and they deserve a central place in the UK’s transport strategy. According to Kevin Brundish MEI CEng, CEO of battery scale-up company LionVolt.  

Road transport

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20/11/2024 Comment / Claire Haigh

How to deliver a decarbonised transport network

Transport has represented one of the most intractable challenges as we try to piece together the decarbonisation jigsaw. Responsible for around a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions, 95% of the world’s transport energy still comes from fossil fuels. Now, we’re at a critical juncture, as many of the developed western economies, including the UK, have set (some legally enforceable) targets for the end of sale of road vehicles powered by fossil fuels. The targets are linked to the ultimate goal of achieving net zero emissions by 2050 which means end-of-sale dates for most categories of road vehicles by 2040, or earlier, writes Claire Haigh, Managing Director of Zemo Partnership, the membership organisation for road decarbonisation.

Electric vehicles

19/11/2025 Comment / Delvin Lane

Powering the future: the need for smarter grid connections for EV charging

As the UK decarbonises its transport network, it shifts the source of energy for vehicle propulsion from fossil fuel supply chains to the electricity grid. But the grid is also experiencing high levels of demand for electrified heating and, increasingly, for power for data centres. This is why we should consider stations with batteries and on-site power generation at scale for rolling out electric vehicle (EV) charging, contends Delvin Lane, Chief Executive Officer of EV charging developer InstaVolt.

Decarbonisation

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9/4/2025 Comment / Derk Swider,Eike Blume-Werry

Ensuring an affordable and effective energy transition in Europe

How much will Europe’s energy transition cost? Here, Derk Swider, Chief Economist, and Eike Blume-Werry, Manager of Energy Policy Analysis, both at E.ON, look at cost optimisation across supply and demand, and stress that early action will pay dividends.

Decarbonisation

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26/3/2025 Comment / Florence Carlot

How energy companies can combat the threat of European deindustrialisation

Europe’s industrial competitiveness is under increasing pressure from high energy costs and growing competition from the US and Asia, which could shift manufacturing activity away from the continent. The situation presents both challenges and opportunities for the energy sector, which could become a cornerstone of efforts to retain energy-intensive industries in Europe, writes Florence Carlot, Partner with Arthur D Little.

Energy infrastructure

Heating engineer crouching down to install heat pump on outside of a brick building

25/10/2023 News

Pressing need to modernise UK infrastructure

Improved infrastructure to boost economic growth across the UK and meet climate goals is both ‘achievable and affordable’ if the right policy steps are taken now, according to the latest long-term review from UK government’s independent advisers on infrastructure strategy.

EI Statistical Review of World Energy

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20/10/2026 Feature / Kinga Niemczyk,Gemma Fox

How does the global energy system work?

At first glance, the tables and charts covering every major fuel, region and country in the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy can seem overwhelming. But a new free guide from the publisher introduces how energy is generated, consumed, stored and traded, as well as helping energy novices find and interpret information in its tables, write guide authors Kinga Niemczyk, Energy Institute Insight Analyst, and Gemma Fox, former Senior Energy Product Lead.

Electrification

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20/4/2026 Comment / Maxine Ghavi

Modern grids will be the foundation for future growth in Europe

Europe stands at a defining moment in its economic and energy transition. Electrification is no longer simply an environmental ambition: it is rapidly building the foundation of economic competitiveness, industrial resilience, national security and long-term prosperity with grids becoming the bottleneck. As Europe seeks to strengthen energy security, stimulate sustainable growth and affordability, and reduce emissions, accelerating electrification and investing in modern grid infrastructure must become urgent priorities, writes Maxine Ghavi, Executive Vice President and Head of Europe at Hitachi Energy.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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6/11/2024 Comment / Cillian O’Donoghue

Electrifying Europe: Zeroing in on challenges and opportunities

Europe’s power sector is going through an evolution unlike ever before. With the opportunities and challenges that come from such evolution, however, the current picture is mixed, writes Cillian O’Donoghue – Policy Director at Eurelectric.

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