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Electric vehicles

Close up of EV chargepoint with row of cars plugged in behind

16/8/2023 News

Call for UK government to adopt Recharge UK recommendations

The UK government is being called upon to adopt recommendations that aim to accelerate chargepoint deployment to keep up with the growth of electric vehicle (EV) sales. Meanwhile, a new Guiness World Record title has been set in the UK for the greatest distance travelled by an electric van on a single charge.

Hydrogen

31/5/2023 News

Significant investment scale-up required to meet Australia’s hydrogen ambitions

Australia has ambitions to be a major hydrogen exporter as it transitions to a net zero economy; while new analysis suggests that running a hydrogen plane could be cheaper than traditional aircraft by 2035, providing the right taxation is in place. Elsewhere, plans have been announced for what is claimed will be Europe’s first commercial-scale hydrogen truck refuelling station with liquid hydrogen storage; and the world’s largest carbon-free green hydrogen plant reaches financial close.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

Head and shoulders photo of Ir Mohd Yusri Mohamed Yusof set against buff coloured background

2/4/2025 Comment / Ir Mohd Yusri Mohamed Yusof

Fostering innovation ecosystems for a just and sustainable energy future

Achieving a lower carbon future requires not just ambition but purposeful collaboration across the industry. The plans for, and benefits of, a new collaboration are explored by Ir Mohd Yusri Mohamed Yusof, Petronas Senior Vice President, Projects, Technology & Health, Safety, Security & Environment.

Domestic heating

Thermal imaging camera pointed at a house

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.

Hydrogen

22/1/2025 Comment / Matthieu Guesné

Europe’s green hydrogen industry has arrived

Despite the great majority of hydrogen currently being made from fossil fuels, the future relies firmly on green hydrogen produced from renewable electricity and water, argues Matthieu Guesné, founder and CEO of Lhyfe, which is already operating several production sites in Europe.

Electric vehicles

16/10/2024 News

Europe presses ahead with tariffs on Chinese EV manufacturers

The European Commission’s (EC) proposal to impose tariffs on imports of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China has obtained the necessary support from European Union (EU) member states for it to be adopted.

Wind

22/11/2023 News

UK offshore wind strike price rises

The UK government has raised the maximum price that offshore wind and other renewables projects can receive in the next renewables auction round in bid to ensure continued investment in the country’s clean energy sector.

Energy efficiency / management

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1/10/2025 Comment / George Barnes

Decarbonising UK infrastructure – sustaining momentum beyond policy cycles

We have the technology to decarbonise UK infrastructure, but do we have consistent and long-term funding and policy frameworks to succeed? George Barnes MEI Chartered Energy Manager, Technical Director, Building Performance Lead with global engineering company WSP, considers.

Energy transition

Amin H Nasser. Saudi Aramco President and CEO

27/3/2024 News

Saudi Aramco CEO calls phasing out oil and gas a ‘fantasy’

Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin H Nasser said that the current energy transition strategy is ‘visibly failing’ on a number of fronts and has called on countries to abandon the ‘fantasy’ of phasing out oil and gas. The contentious remarks from the head of the world’s largest oil producer were made in the same week as a new report from IRENA concludes that an ‘urgent global course correction’ is needed to meet the COP28 goal of tripling renewables power capacity by 2030.

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.

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