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Energy efficiency / management

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23/3/2022 Comment / Jonathan Parr

The cleanest energy is the energy never used

Energy efficiency is as important to our sustainable future as wind farms and solar panels, making it a huge investment opportunity, writes Jonathan Parr, Head of Energy, Triple Point.

Banking, finance and investment

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20/4/2026 Feature / Kristy Jooste

Debt and equity bankability for renewable energy project financing

The Energy Industries Council’s March 2026 Bankable Energies conference gathered financiers and borrowers to map out how to bridge the gap between net zero targets and the capital deployment required to reach them. With global investment in the energy transition hitting a record $2.3tn in 2025, the day’s conversation focused on risk mitigation and structured finance. Kristy Jooste AMEI, Senior Content Officer, Energy Institute, was there.

Grid management

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12/3/2025 Feature / Charlie Bush

Overcoming renewable energy variability for a stable grid

Integrating large amounts of solar and wind into electricity grids is a major challenge due to their intermittency. As the world installs more renewables, the peaks and troughs in power generation will extend beyond hourly or daily fluctuations into seasonal patterns. Managing these variations requires flexible energy systems that can adjust output throughout the year to balance intermittency and maintain grid stability, reports Charlie Bush.

Thermal energy

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15/11/2023 Feature / Christian Thiel

Thermal storage technology – one solution to heavy industry’s emissions problem

Thermal energy storage is a means to store renewable energy generated onsite until the time that energy is needed. It can also deliver a range of benefits to industrial energy users, from security, reduced costs and lower CO₂ emissions. Here, Dr Christian Thiel, CEO of ENERGYNEST, explains how.

Energy storage

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24/9/2025 Feature / Andrew Mourant

Weeding out the duds: what’s driving growth of long-duration energy storage in the UK

A big breakthrough or just another small forward step? One key part of the UK government’s drive to hit net zero targets is by boosting national energy storage to help smooth out gaps between supply of intermittent renewables and variation in electricity demand. In spring 2025, energy regulator Ofgem announced plans to incentivise the best schemes while weeding out the no-hopers. The industry is still digesting how this might work out to everyone’s benefit, reports Andrew Mourant.

Energy storage

18/5/2022 Comment / John O’Brien

The future of energy storage in Ireland

The government of Ireland has set itself a target to generate 70% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, and a goal to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 51% by 2030. Battery storage technology will be central to realising these goals, says John O’Brien, a Client Trading Business Partner at ElectroRoute and Honiara Treasurer for the EI’s Ireland Young Professionals Network.

Energy storage

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23/11/2022 Feature / Andrew Mourant

Filling the need for long-term energy storage

The provision of energy storage capacity at points around the UK electricity system is the key to maximising the role that renewable generation can play. But the route to developing sufficient storage projects – using various technologies – is not straightforward, as Andrew Mourant reports.

Batteries

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5/10/2022 Feature / Daniel Aronov

Will all-solid-state batteries dominate the electric vehicle market?

All-solid-state batteries (ASSBs) seem to provide many advantages over the current lithium-ion batteries (LIBs) used in electric vehicles (EVs). However, the technology has yet to be fully industrialised or commercialised. As a result, Dr Daniel Aronov, CTO at StoreDot, questions whether they will supersede the latest LIBs.

Access to energy

Head and shoulders photo of Justin Okafor AMEI, Technical Manager for Jaza Energy Nigeria

18/10/2023 Comment / Justin Okafor

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Justin Okafor AMEI

This Shining a Spotlight on Energy People interview delves into the background and experience of Energy Institute (EI) member Justin Okafor AMEI. A Technical Manager for Jaza Energy Nigeria, he shares his views on expanding energy access in rural Nigeria using renewable energy and battery storage.

Energy storage

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EI Member only

31/7/2024 Feature / Sara Siddeeq

Bidirectional charging turns EVs into mobile power banks

As electric vehicles (EVs) become more prevalent, the focus has been on enhancing their efficiency, range and overall performance. However, just by adding the potential for vehicles to return charge along the same cables provides a number of transformative benefits for the owner, community and the grid, explains Sara Siddeeq.

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The cleanest energy is the energy never used

Debt and equity bankability for renewable energy project financing

Overcoming renewable energy variability for a stable grid

Thermal storage technology – one solution to heavy industry’s emissions problem

Weeding out the duds: what’s driving growth of long-duration energy storage in the UK

The future of energy storage in Ireland

Filling the need for long-term energy storage

Will all-solid-state batteries dominate the electric vehicle market?

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Justin Okafor AMEI

Bidirectional charging turns EVs into mobile power banks