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Three engineers in high-viz clothing and hard hats, working to install new equipment from a gantry suspended under electricity transmission line connection to pylon

1/6/2026 News

High wire act

This month, the UK’s National Grid will start work to refurbish the final 40-km section of high-voltage overhead electricity transmission line running from the Mannington substation in East Dorset to the Nursling substation in Southampton, Hampshire.

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

Welder in protective wear inspecting pipeline

30/6/2026 News

Cross-border hydrogen pipeline project launches on North Adriatic region

European engineering firms CRC Evans and Monter Strojarske Montaže have partnered to deliver a hydrogen pipeline infrastructure project that will create a cross-border energy network from Croatia’s Adriatic coast into Central and Eastern Europe.

Engineering

Head and shoulders photo of Alif Zharfan M Zamri

10/8/2026 Comment / Alif Zharfan M Zamri

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Alif Zharfan M Zamri, student member

The engineering student at the Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) is President of the Energy Institute’s first student chapter, which launched last year. He discusses how being a student member has enriched his studies.

Engineering

Head and shoulders photo of Rafael Frias

9/6/2026 Comment / Rafael Frias

Builders’ mate: perspectives from an engineering EPC

Rafael Frias, Vice President and Managing Director of EMEA operations at engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm Black & Veatch, offers an overview of some of the company’s current and recent energy projects, ranging from biofuels to battery energy storage systems (BESS) to hydrogen.

Skills, education and training

Head and shoulders photo of John Burnett in orange high-viz jacket, with write mesh fence and close up electricity pylon behind.

12/11/2025 Comment / John Burnett

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: John Burnett FEI CEng

Now based in Manama, Bahrain, John Burnett FEI CEng has come a long way from Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire, which he first visited in boyhood. The CEO of Al Ezzel Power Company and Al Dur Power & Water Company reflects on his career journey and the benefits he has received along the way from participating in the Energy Institute.

Skills, education and training

Head and shoulders photo of Hilary Leevers, Chief Executive of EngineeringUK

22/3/2023 Comment / Hilary Leevers

Why and how we must secure tomorrow’s engineers for a greener future

Critical roles in engineering and technology still do not attract enough people to fill them. If the UK is to meet its net zero targets there needs to be significant growth in engineers and technicians, bringing more talent into what are often called ‘green’ jobs, says Hilary Leevers, Chief Executive of EngineeringUK, a charitable organisation that promotes education and engagement in engineering and technology.

Skills, education and training

Head and shoulders photo of Austin Lim, with green foliage behind

13/11/2024 Comment / Austin Lim

Shining a spotlight on Energy People: Austin Lim AMEI Interim CEng

Malaysia-based Austin Lim AMEI is an Environmental Sustainability Design (ESD) Engineer at WOHA Architects. He explains the value of Interim Registration at the Energy Institute on his path towards becoming a Chartered Engineer.

Young professionals

Head and shoulders photo of AbdulHameed Raji AMEI Interim CEng, Energy Consultant, Arup

11/12/2024 Comment / AbdulHameed Raji

Shining a spotlight on Energy People: AbdulHameed Raji AMEI Interim CEng

Having realised there was no Energy Institute Young Professional Network local to his West Midlands home, AbdulHameed Raji set up a new branch. Such enterprise typifies the attitude of this dynamic engineer, who explains how he came to the Energy Institute, and the energy industry, in the first place.

Wind

Photo of person in yellow high-viz jacket and hard hat standing on walkway leading to large industrial platform, with lots of pipework and equipment, standing in the sea

13/8/2025 Comment / Hafiz Salim

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Hafiz Salim AMEI, Senior HV Equipment Engineer, Ørsted

The electrical engineer has crossed the Pacific Ocean and North America and is now working on one of the US’ first-ever offshore wind projects. He reflects on the support he has received along the way from the Energy Institute.

Engineering

Zubin Jehangir in high-vis jacket and work clothing, standing outside in front of metal fence surrounding industrial equipment

11/5/2026 Comment / Zubin Jehangir

Shining a spotlight on energy people: Zubin Jehangir MEI CEng Chartered Petroleum Engineer

While a CEng qualification is a desirable destination for many early-career engineers, Zubin Jehangir’s application for CEng as a Chartered Petroleum Engineer at the Energy Institute (EI) was just the start of a globe-trotting journey that has led to new connections with the Aberdeen, Highlands & Islands Young Professionals Network (YPN) and unique insights as an assessor.

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High wire act

Cross-border hydrogen pipeline project launches on North Adriatic region

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Alif Zharfan M Zamri, student member

Builders’ mate: perspectives from an engineering EPC

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: John Burnett FEI CEng

Why and how we must secure tomorrow’s engineers for a greener future

Shining a spotlight on Energy People: Austin Lim AMEI Interim CEng

Shining a spotlight on Energy People: AbdulHameed Raji AMEI Interim CEng

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Hafiz Salim AMEI, Senior HV Equipment Engineer, Ørsted

Shining a spotlight on energy people: Zubin Jehangir MEI CEng Chartered Petroleum Engineer