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Access to energy

Cooking pots on a wood fire

2/8/2023 News

Clean cooking access for all is a gamechanger, says IEA

Nearly one in three people around the world still cook their meals over open fires or on basic stoves, resulting in significant damage to health, living standards and gender equality – and yet this challenge can be overcome this decade through a relatively modest amount of investment, suggests a new report.

Solar

Officials looking at plans in between solar panel rows

9/10/2024 News

Solar set to deliver environmental and economic benefits while driving Europe’s energy transition

RWE’s new UK Solar Developers Charter and its expanded solar portfolio, alongside biodiversity research initiatives and advanced projects from companies like INEOS Inovyn and Qair, underscore the significant role solar power is playing in Europe’s energy transition, while also delivering environmental and economic benefits.

E&P

Herd of caribou in field

22/3/2023 News

US approves Willow oil project in Alaska

The US Department of the Interior has approved a scaled-back version of the controversial Willow oil project, in a move decried by environmental campaigners.

Environment

Biomass domes at Drax power station

4/9/2024 News

UK’s biggest carbon emitters revealed

A new report from think tank Ember finds the Drax power station is ‘by far the largest emitter of CO₂ in the UK’, although steelworks and gas power plants are also listed.

Solar

Head and shoulders photo of Harriet Parker, standing by window with horizontal white blinds to left and white wall behind

26/3/2025 Comment / Harriet Parker

Using solar farms to boost biodiversity

Far from damaging nature, well-designed solar farms can actually boost flora and fauna diversity locally, argues Harriet Parker, ESG and Sustainability Director at international renewable energy project developer and operator Low Carbon.

Health and safety

Head and shoulders picture of Dr Stephen Bater FEI, Director of Process Safety Auditing Limited

14/9/2022 Comment / Dr Stephen Bater

Why are process safety incidents still happening and what can we do to stop them?

Identifying, evaluating the risks of, and ultimately preventing accidents and incidents should be of the utmost importance to anyone working with hazardous chemicals, but this is not always the case. Dr Stephen Bater FEI, Director of Process Safety Auditing Limited, recommends implementing the EI Process Safety Management Framework to maintain safe operations.

Human resources

Head and shoulders photo of Dugald McIntosh

2/11/2022 Comment / Dugald McIntosh

How young talent can transform the energy sector from the inside out

Dugald McIntosh, Energy & Utilities Practice Director at Grayce, suggests that the employment of enthusiastic Generation Z people into energy industry workforces is an essential part of both success for the company and the achievement of sustainability targets.

Fire fighting

Head and shoulders photo of Laszlo Komaromi, EI Senior Technical Officer

30/11/2022 Comment / Laszlo Komaromi

Forever chemicals – a burning issue for the energy sector

Laszlo Komaromi, Senior Technical Officer at the Energy Institute, outlines the key issues around the transition to PFAS-free firefighting foams used in the energy sector. These are discussed in the latest edition of EI Model Code of Safe Practice Part 19: Fire precautions at petroleum refineries and bulk storage installations (EI 19), authored by Paul Watkins and Dr Niall Ramsden, ENRg Consultants, and due to be published in December 2022.*

Climate change

Group of Fossil Free London activists protesting with banners and smoke bombs outside International Energy Week 2023 venue

5/4/2023 Comment / Fossil Free London

Why activists disrupted International Energy Week

Last month, activist group Fossil Free London disrupted the Energy Institute’s (EI) annual International Energy Week conference. Over the three-day event, they blockaded the venue’s entrance, protested outside and infiltrated the conference itself to demand no new oil and gas, and an end to the industry's ‘obscene’ profiteering. The EI wants to include all voices in the energy transition discussion, so we asked them to outline their views for New Energy World.

Wind

Close up of offshore wind turbine with drone carrying cargo in the background

14/8/2024 News

New support for offshore wind: from delivery drones to favourable financing

While Ørsted deploys drones at offshore wind farms and the European Investment Bank launches a supply chain initiative, a new report from think tank Ember warns that global offshore wind capacity is still not growing fast enough.

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