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Hydrogen

12/3/2025 News

Pilot project demonstrates feasibility of large-scale hydrogen storage, as new measurement innovations are also announced

Hydrogen is expected to play an important role in the transition to cleaner energy. Recent advances from the HYBRIT large-scale hydrogen storage pilot project, the launch of a DNV joint industry project focused on hydrogen flow measurement, and sensor developments from Manchester University and Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute are paving the way for its safe storage and deployment across various industry sectors.

Energy efficiency

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14/5/2025 Comment / Erich Labuda

Unlocking Europe’s energy future – energy efficiency can’t wait

Alongside the use of renewables, the potential contribution of improving energy efficiency – an established and well-proven practice – is still under-appreciated. Particularly for Europe’s industrial sites, the scope for cutting emissions is enormous, writes Erich Labuda, Division President with ABB Motion Services.

COP

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11/2/2026 Feature / Paul Cochrane

Post-COP drop? Azerbaijan grows renewables but gas still dominates

Azerbaijan’s renewable energy sector received a major boost after hosting the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Conference of the Parties in November 2024 (COP29), with the government recently upping its green power generation targets. It is, however, facing roll-out challenges, while the country also seeks to maximise exports of natural gas, particularly to Europe as it diversifies its import sources and reduces dependency on Russian gas, writes Paul Cochrane.

Climate change

5/2/2025 News

North Sea oil and gas field developments delayed while third runway at Heathrow airport proposed: a week in the life of the UK energy transition

Two national-scale UK infrastructure developments made headlines last week for opposite reasons, at the same time as the country also filed one of the world’s first NDC climate change reports.

EI Statistical Review of World Energy

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2/7/2025 Feature / Brian Davis

Are we heading towards doom or making progress? What the latest EI Statistical Review reveals

Publication of the Energy Institute’s Statistical Review of World Energy offers striking insights into global energy trends, drawn from a wealth of data collected over the past year. As Energy Institute Chief Executive Officer Nick Wayth CEng FEI pointed out at the launch event: ‘We are living through a period of immense transformation, but not in a linear or coordinated way.’ New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis reports.

Climate change

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30/7/2025 News

International Court of Justice publishes landmark opinion regarding climate change accountability

The UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) gave a landmark ‘advisory opinion’ on 23 July stating that nations can be held legally accountable for their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, the opinion is non-binding.

Aviation

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15/10/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Blue sky thinking: fighting climate change by avoiding contrails

Recent evidence suggests that civil aviation harms the climate not only through carbon emissions, but also by creating cloud layers that trap the sun’s heat like a blanket. Work done as part of European research is finding ways to reduce their effect by preventing these clouds forming in the first place. Technology currently in trial phase is proving able to reduce the climate effects of aviation by nearly 25%, for an additional fuel cost of 3%, or less, finds New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple.

EI Statistical Review of World Energy

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9/7/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Delving into a disorderly transition: the latest EI Statistical Review of World Energy reveals ‘a new mindset’

Romain Debarre, Kearney Partner and Managing Director of its Energy Transition Institute, and Wafa Jafri, KPMG Partner and UK Lead for Energy and Natural Resources Strategy, joined Energy Institute (EI) President Andy Brown OBE FEI and EI CEO Nick Wayth FEI CEng on stage to launch the Statistical Review of World Energy in London in late June. New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple heard their views.

EI Statistical Review of World Energy

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16/7/2025 Feature / Chiko Inneh

Nigeria’s road to net zero

Nigeria’s energy mix is currently at a crossroads, presenting both significant challenges and substantial opportunities as the nation pursues its net zero emissions target by 2050, writes former Energy Institute student intern Chiko Inneh.

Electric vehicles

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2/4/2025 Feature / Jack Carfrae

As EV sales decelerate – what’s going wrong?

European electric car sales fell by 5.9% in 2024 but rebounded at the beginning of this year. Jack Carfrae examines the market’s ups and downs and asks what role Chinese new entrant electric vehicles (EVs) are playing.

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Pilot project demonstrates feasibility of large-scale hydrogen storage, as new measurement innovations are also announced

Unlocking Europe’s energy future – energy efficiency can’t wait

Post-COP drop? Azerbaijan grows renewables but gas still dominates

North Sea oil and gas field developments delayed while third runway at Heathrow airport proposed: a week in the life of the UK energy transition

Are we heading towards doom or making progress? What the latest EI Statistical Review reveals

International Court of Justice publishes landmark opinion regarding climate change accountability

Blue sky thinking: fighting climate change by avoiding contrails

Delving into a disorderly transition: the latest EI Statistical Review of World Energy reveals ‘a new mindset’

Nigeria’s road to net zero

As EV sales decelerate – what’s going wrong?