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21/5/2025 Comment / Boma Douglas

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Dr Boma Douglas CEng FEI Chartered Energy Engineer

The distinguished engineer and energy manager discusses what has motivated him in his career and what lies behind his nearly two-decades long involvement with, and support of, the Energy Institute.

Hydrogen

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1/11/2023 Comment / Victoria Judd

Can the UK get hydrogen moving?

Achieving the UK’s ambitions to produce 10 GW of low-carbon hydrogen by 2030 will require significant and rapid advances in the scale of current capacity. Victoria Judd, Counsel at law firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, discusses ways to attract investment into hydrogen infrastructure projects to meet the target.

Offshore wind

19/2/2025 News

Focus on offshore energy storage and conversion infrastructure as Danish energy island project secures €645mn of public EU funding

A new North Sea energy island project has secured €645mn in grant funding, while a new European initiative aims to accelerate the adoption of offshore electricity storage within the offshore wind sector.

Finance and investment

29/3/2023 News

Call to pick up pace of financing the energy transition

Investments in clean energy must double, and in some countries quadruple, within the next two decades, according to a new report from the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC).

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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22/6/2022 Comment / Adrian del Maestro

Decarbonising UK industrial clusters – potential and risks to manage

Adrian Del Maestro, Director of PwC Strategy&, looks at the prospects and funding challenges facing industrial hubs as they move to decarbonise operations.

Oil and gas

11/9/2024 News

Increased oil and gas windfall tax will lose UK economy £13bn, says industry trade body

Offshore Energies UK (OEUK) has released new data modelling the impact of the government’s recently announced stronger Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy (EPL), also known as the windfall tax, on the oil and gas sector’s contribution to UK economic growth. It claims that the proposed fiscal policy would generate a loss in economic value of around £13bn compared to the economic contribution generated under the current windfall tax regime.

Tidal Power

11/9/2024 Comment / Rémi Gruet

Tidal energy – finally moving towards commercialisation

With outputs predictable decades in advance, tidal energy technologies will eventually contribute to decarbonisation of Europe’s electricity system – and projects are now ready to enter European waters. Rémi Gruet, CEO of Ocean Energy Europe, outlines the current picture.

Aviation

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29/11/2023 News

World firsts for sustainable aviation fuel

Virgin Atlantic yesterday became the first commercial airline to fly across the Atlantic in a Boeing 787 Dreamliner fuelled by 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), while last week Emirates became the first airline to operate an Airbus A380 demonstration flight with one of the aircraft’s four engines powered by 100% SAF. Meanwhile, UK government funding has been awarded to a project demonstrating what is claimed to be the world’s first direct CO₂ hydrogenation process, turning CO₂ directly into SAF.

COP

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22/11/2023 Comment / Damilola Ogunbiyi

COP28 Perspective: My hopes and fears ahead of UN Climate Summit

COP28 could be the moment when the world goes beyond commitments and starts taking meaningful action for a clean energy transition; although, equally, it may not be. Damilola Ogunbiyi HonFEI, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy, previews the event.

Solar

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2/7/2025 Comment / Owen Power

Turning UK business’ rooftops into strategic energy assets

The roofs of commercial and industrial sector buildings remain underused as sites of new, decentralised solar power stations. But such systems could deliver serious business advantages to the building occupiers. Owen Power, CEO of renewable energy developer Greenvolt UK, makes the case for installing them.

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