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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).

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.

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.

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.

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 transition

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18/3/2026 Comment / Peter Godfrey

The new energy trilemma – why national security is reshaping the global energy transition

Reflecting on what was said at International Energy Week 2026, it seems the energy transition is now unfolding in a far more complex strategic environment than first envisaged, defined by geopolitical competition, supply chain fragmentation, technological rivalry and climate-related disruption. In this new landscape, energy systems are no longer viewed simply as economic infrastructure. They are increasingly understood as strategic national assets – critical to economic resilience, industrial competitiveness and national security. As a result, the traditional energy trilemma is evolving into a new framework, writes Peter Godfrey FEI, Energy Institute Asia-Pacific (APAC) Managing Director, and Founder & CEO of CarbonSync Technologies (Singapore.)

E&P

12/10/2022 News

UK launches new offshore licencing round while new report says North Sea oil and gas development is at odds with climate goals

The UK’s North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) has launched a new offshore licensing round as part of government plans to boost security of energy supplies. However, a new report from Global Energy Monitor claims that emissions from new oil and gas development in the North Sea could contribute to the UK exceeding its carbon budget for 2023–2037 by a factor of two.

Nuclear

17/1/2024 News

Life of UK nuclear power plants to be extended

EDF Energy, which manages the UK’s fleet of nuclear power stations, is planning to invest a further £1.3bn in order to maintain output at current levels until at least 2026, and hopefully beyond. Meanwhile, the UK and US governments are looking to establish domestic supplies of the high-assay low enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel required to power next-generation nuclear reactors in a bid to reduce Russia’s market domination.

Coal

Head and shoulders photo of Steve Hodgson FEI, Editor-at-large, New Energy World

24/4/2024 Comment / Steve Hodgson

Global renewables growth fails to offset the rise in coal use in Asia

It may be pleasing, from a climate health point of view, to watch the decline in coal-to-power use in much of Europe and North America, but things are still done very differently in Asia. New Energy World Editor-at-large Steve Hodgson FEI has been looking at statistics.

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