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28/1/2026 News

UK government unveils £15bn UK Warm Homes Plan aims to accelerate solar, heat pumps and energy efficiency while cutting bills

The UK government has set out its long-awaited plans to accelerate the rollout of solar panels, heat pumps, batteries and insulation in homes, committing £15bn of public funding in what ministers describe as a national push to cut energy bills and tackle fuel poverty.

Energy infrastructure

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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.

Decarbonisation

7/9/2022 News

What would it take to decarbonise the US electric grid by 2035?

A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has found that several key challenges still need to be understood and addressed over the next decade to enable the speed and scale of deployment necessary to achieve 100% clean electricity, or a net zero power grid, in the US by 2035. Achieving this goal would be a major stepping stone to economy-wide decarbonisation in the US by 2050.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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29/1/2025 Comment / Peter Godfrey

2025: A transformative year for ASEAN collaboration?

I’m an optimist! Despite numerous calls for greater regional cohesiveness in the past, ASEAN (the Association of South East Asian Nations) stands on the cusp of a transformative era. With a new President in Indonesia championing greater international engagement and Malaysia taking the ASEAN Chairmanship, 2025 presents a strategic opportunity to advance regional energy security and sustainable growth. So writes Peter Godfrey FEI, the Energy Institute’s Managing Director – Asia Pacific.

Oil and gas

30/7/2025 Comment / David Watson

Deeper waters, shallower gains – why Rosebank and Jackdaw will not secure Britain’s energy future

The UK’s North Sea oil and gas reserves are in rapid decline and the opening of new fields will make hardly any difference to UK energy supplies or bills, or industry jobs. Their weak economic case is outweighed by the potential climate impact, argues David Watson, Principal at energy and utilities advisor the BFY Group.

Energy storage

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10/12/2025 Comment / Oonagh O’Grady

From reliance to resilience: how energy storage can unlock EU energy independence

Long duration energy storage (LDES) capable of storing energy between eight and 24 hours is key to fulfilling Europe’s future flexibility needs. Therefore, European policy should support it, writes Oonagh O’Grady, Vice President International Origination at energy storage developer Hydrostor.

Energy transition

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13/8/2025 Comment / Steve Hodgson

Where are you on the energy transition spectrum?

We live in strange times, with dissent over how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – and whether this is important at all – breaking out in the US and elsewhere. While others see an inevitable clean energy future arriving very soon. Steve Hodgson FEI, Editor-at-Large at New Energy World ponders.

Tidal Power

1/6/2022 Comment / Stuart Murphy

UK government forgetting a key player - tidal range energy

In the transition of our energy system to net zero emissions, wind and solar power provide a growing proportion of the UK’s energy needs, but they are hampered by intermittency issues, leading the government to rely on fossil fuels to provide baseload power. The solution to this problem lies in the seas around Britain, explains tidal power entrepreneur Stuart Murphy, founder of TPGen24.

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.)

Energy policy

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presenting Autumn Statement in Parliament

29/11/2023 News

Full speed ahead for UK grid connection and clean tech – but what’s really new?

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement was fairly-well received across the energy sector, with promise to reform the grid connection process and accelerate connection times; along with a £960mn Green Industries Growth Accelerator to fund carbon, capture use and storage (CCUS), hydrogen and wind projects; and a raft of other initiatives which aim to encourage investment in more energy efficient and low-carbon technologies.

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