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Environment / Climate

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14/5/2025 Comment / Steve Hodgson

Smoke on the horizon – time to get radical with the energy transition

Facing a moorland wildfire not far from his home, Steve Hodgson FEI, Editor-at-Large at New Energy World, wonders when we might see reductions in fossil fuel use as well as growth in greener alternatives.

EI Statistical Review of World Energy

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2/7/2025 Comment / Andy Brown

Energy for the developing world: trends and drivers from the Statistical Review of World Energy

Energy Institute President Andy Brown OBE FEI reflects on the organisation’s statistical snapshot of global energy published last week, with a particular focus on the needs of the developing world.

Energy transition

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16/7/2025 Comment / Christopher Hammond

Beyond targets: why the UK energy transition needs a new story

As Britain swelters through another heatwave, we’re launching into an equally red-hot topic: how to rebuild support for climate action when the political consensus is fracturing, argues Christopher Hammond, UK100 Chief Executive.

Coal

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4/3/2026 Feature / Brian Davis

Time flies: from coal scuttles to AI

By coincidence I happen to be about the same age as the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy, which celebrates its 75th edition this year. What’s more, I have spent the majority of my career as a journalist covering energy. Here I tell my story, which also touches on bigger energy themes, writes former New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis.

Energy transition

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11/3/2026 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Tomorrow’s benefits and today’s problems: CEOs agree to disagree at International Energy Week

Only weeks before the Iran war broke out, senior leaders of oil and gas majors and utilities differed in their perspectives about the importance of the transition away from oil and gas, and the relationship between the transition and energy security, writes New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple.

Energy transition

Bernard Looney, CEO of BP, standing at lecturn at International Energy Week 2023

1/3/2023 Comment / Bernard Looney

Investing in today’s energy system AND – not OR – the transition

BP CEO Bernard Looney’s attendance at International Energy Week 2023 attracted attention from climate activists on the first day of the conference. Nevertheless, he delivered a robust speech and explained why the company believes it needs to continue to invest in both oil and gas and ‘transition growth engines’ as part of an ‘orderly transition’. Here follows a transcript.

Skills, education and training

27/4/2022 News

Women face career barriers at middle management level in UK energy sector

New research shows energy companies have commitments on diversity and inclusion but there is a delivery gap holding back female talent.

Energy transition

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4/3/2026 Feature / Beyza Gündüz

Türkiye’s renewable energy transformation

Türkiye’s industrial heartland is undergoing a green transformation, with organised industrial zones (Organize Sanayi Bölgesi – OSB) emerging as critical engines of decarbonisation and green energy development. Beyza Gündüz reports from Istanbul.

Young professionals

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27/4/2026 Feature / Charlie Bush

Students at the frontier of the energy transition

Earlier this year, hundreds of students from around the world gathered deep in the Amazon rainforest for an unusual energy event. The Student Energy Summit (SES) took place in the Brazilian city of Manaus from 18–21 February, bringing together emerging leaders, researchers and entrepreneurs to debate the future of energy. Held just months after the COP30 in nearby Belém, Brazil, the summit sought to channel the momentum of global climate diplomacy into practical action among the next generation of energy professionals, writes Charlie Bush.

Energy policy

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3/12/2025 Feature / Charlie Bush

Why the IEA is boosting focus on Southeast Asia’s energy transition

The International Energy Agency (IEA) opened its first regional office outside Paris at the end of 2024. Its choice of Singapore for the new Regional Cooperation Centre reflects both the city-state’s status as a financial and energy hub and Southeast Asia’s rising strategic importance. Charlie Bush reports.

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Smoke on the horizon – time to get radical with the energy transition

Energy for the developing world: trends and drivers from the Statistical Review of World Energy

Beyond targets: why the UK energy transition needs a new story

Time flies: from coal scuttles to AI

Tomorrow’s benefits and today’s problems: CEOs agree to disagree at International Energy Week

Investing in today’s energy system AND – not OR – the transition

Women face career barriers at middle management level in UK energy sector

Türkiye’s renewable energy transformation

Students at the frontier of the energy transition

Why the IEA is boosting focus on Southeast Asia’s energy transition