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6/12/2023 Feature / Selwyn Parker

Will the energy transition end decades of energy shocks?

After decades of oil and gas price shocks affecting geopolitics, businesses and everyday consumers, energy writer Selwyn Parker asks whether distributed energy systems served by renewable sources can significantly reduce energy cost disruption in the search for long-term stability.

Energy security

Aerial view over LNG tanker moored at port jetty and unloading cargo

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15/1/2025 Feature / Selwyn Parker

Pipeline politics: expiry of Russia-Ukraine gas transit deal exposes Europe’s energy security

Given the termination of the last controversial remnants of the gas transit deal between Russia and Ukraine, the eyes of EU energy czars are on the present, medium and long-term availability of global LNG. Will there be enough gas to get the EU through the rest of the winter and to store for the next one? asks Selwyn Parker.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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24/5/2023 Feature / Sara Siddeeq

Russia’s critical role in the clean energy transition

The invasion of Ukraine compelled governments to improve energy security by extricating themselves from Russian supplies. But Russia is an entrenched and indispensable player in the global energy sphere and its key materials for the energy transition, including nuclear materials and expertise, will protect its energy superpower status, writes Sara Siddeeq.

Nuclear

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1/6/2022 Feature / Keith Nuthall,Liz Newmark,Jens Kastner,Poorna Rodrigo,Andrea Nogueira,Zlatko Conkaš,Martina Marečková,William Tomaney

Ukraine situation shifts Europe’s nuclear power policy balance

It’s not all about oil and gas – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted rethinks of attitudes towards nuclear power in European countries from Portugal to Poland. Liz Newmark, Andreia Nogueira, Jens Kastner, Poorna Rodrigo, Zlatko Conkaš, Martina Marečková, William Tomaney and Keith Nuthall report.

Energy security

Grand room with glass chandelier, filled with men and women seated in rows, listening to man stood at lectern

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30/4/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Sharing visions of energy security for an increasingly polarised world

While not quite a council of war, comments at the Summit of the Future of Energy Security, organised by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and hosted by the UK government in London on 24–25 April 2025, set a combative tone in an age of uncertainty and conflict. New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple was there.

Energy security

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20/4/2022 Feature / Owen McQuade

Securing Ireland’s future energy supply

In the context of the global energy price crisis and the government’s ambitious Climate Action Plan, the supply and security of energy in the Republic of Ireland is a controversial topic. The Energy Institute’s Ireland Branch Chair Owen McQuade reports on how representatives from across the country’s energy sector aim to reduce prices and increase security.

Nuclear

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4/5/2022 Feature / John Pagni and Keith Nuthall

Eventually, Europe’s first new nuclear plant for 15 years opens in Finland

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the extra strategic value of Olkiluoto 3, Finland’s newest nuclear power plant, report John Pagni, in Helsinki, and Keith Nuthall.

Geopolitics

Graphic of European Union flag to left split from Russian flag to right, with pipelines and crossing between the two

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23/3/2022 Feature / Brian Davis

Fundamental change for global energy security

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered a cascade of sanctions with long-lasting implications for geopolitics and global energy security. Brian Davis reports how analysts at Rystad Energy perceive the potential impact in terms of oil and gas supply, and the speed of transition to renewables.

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Will the energy transition end decades of energy shocks?

Pipeline politics: expiry of Russia-Ukraine gas transit deal exposes Europe’s energy security

Russia’s critical role in the clean energy transition

Ukraine situation shifts Europe’s nuclear power policy balance

Sharing visions of energy security for an increasingly polarised world

Securing Ireland’s future energy supply

Eventually, Europe’s first new nuclear plant for 15 years opens in Finland

Fundamental change for global energy security