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Energy infrastructure

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9/7/2025 Comment / Jorge Guillén

Harnessing the power of logistics in the era of net zero

The parallel development of an energy logistics infrastructure to transport and store new, greener fuels is essential to the energy transition, writes Jorge Guillén, Director of bulk liquids handling company Exolum’s Aviation and Spanish Network.

Rare earth materials

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19/7/2023 News

Clean energy demand doubles growth in critical minerals market

Rising demand for clean energy is driving growth in the critical minerals market. However, more work is needed to ensure diversified and sustainable mineral supplies, warns the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Solar

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26/11/2025 Comment / Tony Day

Grid-scale solar PV – an upside-down policy

There is much UK policy support for transmission-scale, ground-mounted solar PV installations, despite their land use and operational problems, while smaller systems, with the output used locally, have several advantages and enormous potential. So argues energy research consultant Tony Day.

Onshore wind power

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16/10/2024 Comment / Jamie Baxter

Capitalising on the new opportunity for UK onshore wind

Commercial building or estate owners can now look again at installing their own onshore wind turbines, following positive changes to the UK planning framework. Jamie Baxter, Associate Partner with property consultancy Carter Jonas, explains how.

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.

Forecasting

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22/10/2025 Comment / Gaurav Gharde

The promise and the proof: insights from 20 years of UK energy scenarios

What can we learn from looking again at 20-year-old energy forecasts? History tells us that some established demand side measures worked, while some new technologies did not. Here, Gaurav Gharde, Research Associate at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, provides some hard-won lessons to inform COP30.

Emissions management - methane emissions

Head and shoulders photo of Esther Bollendorff, Senior Gas Policy Coordinator, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe

13/3/2024 Comment / Esther Bollendorff

EU methane emissions regulation: a piece of the puzzle to tackle major climate threat

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas responsible for about a quarter of the global warming we experience today. With a warming potential over 80 times greater than CO₂, methane emissions reduction is crucial for limiting the climate crisis. The EU has enacted a new methane restriction, but it should be strengthened, argues Esther Bollendorff, Senior Gas Policy Coordinator, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe.

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

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9/7/2025 Comment / Donatas Karčiauskas

Air conditioning is booming – but many are managing it like it’s 1995

There is much concern about the climate impact of the growing use of air conditioning around the world. One step in the right direction would be the adoption of intelligent controls, argues Donatas Karčiauskas, CEO of Exergio, which develops AI-based tools for energy optimisation in commercial buildings.

Aviation

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24/4/2024 News

Clarifying the flight path to aviation decarbonisation

A new report aims to help airlines and policymakers better understand how the aviation sector can achieve net zero by 2050. Meanwhile, a number of new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) contracts have been announced and a hydrogen refuelling pilot project successfully concluded.

Domestic heating

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18/6/2025 News

UK government confirms £13.2bn Warm Homes Plan amid criticism of retrofit policy failures

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed full funding for the government’s Warm Homes Plan. However, a recent Parliamentary report has suggested that previous home energy efficiency government support schemes have actually set back efforts to decarbonise home heating and bring down energy bills.

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