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Decarbonisation

New York City skyline at night

7/9/2022 News

What would it take to decarbonise the US electric grid by 2035?

A new report from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has found that several key challenges still need to be understood and addressed over the next decade to enable the speed and scale of deployment necessary to achieve 100% clean electricity, or a net zero power grid, in the US by 2035. Achieving this goal would be a major stepping stone to economy-wide decarbonisation in the US by 2050.

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)

Head and shoulders photo of Nora Lovell Marchant, Vice President of Global Sustainability for American Express Global Business Travel

5/10/2022 Comment / Nora Lovell Marchant

Could blockchain and book-and-claim systems help to achieve rapid upscaling of SAF?

Industries across the globe are striving to find solutions to help reach net zero targets – and this is no different for the corporate travel sector. Nora Lovell Marchant, Vice President of Global Sustainability for American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), discusses how a global book-and-claim system could enable sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to slash aviation emissions.

Wind

Close up of one offshore wind turbine at sunset, others in background

22/2/2023 News

Global wind projects could meet 20% of worldwide electricity demand

Over 1,100 GW of global wind projects are currently at various stages of development and could meet one fifth of worldwide electricity demand if all come to fruition, according to a new report.

Energy markets

Clean energy compilation - solar panels, crops in a field, wind turbine and electricity pylon

1/2/2023 News

BP predicts carbon emissions could fall more steeply than estimated previously

The global carbon budget is running out, and oil and gas investment will be needed for another 30 years, are these are two key findings in BP’s latest Energy Outlook report.

Steel

Inside a steel factory

9/4/2025 News

Investment in green steel blossoms

Recent steps on the journey towards low-carbon steel production include GravitHy securing €60mn to develop a hydrogen-based ironmaking plant in France, a partnership between supplier SSAB and Putzmeister to integrate fossil-free steel into construction equipment, and mounting pressures on India’s steel sector as the EU tightens carbon regulations.

Finance and investment

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11/6/2025 News

Global energy investment is set to rise to $3.3tn in 2025 amid economic uncertainty and energy security concerns

A surge in global energy investment (clean technologies + oil and gas) to a record $3.3tn in 2025 is forecast by the International Energy Agency (IEA), with clean energy expected to command double the capital of fossil fuels. But a new KPMG survey suggests that investor appetite is being tempered by policy uncertainty and tech risks.

Climate change

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5/3/2025 News

CCC calls for an 87% cut in UK GHG emissions by 2040

The UK’s Climate Change Committee (CCC) has published its Seventh Carbon Budget, advising an 87% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2040, compared to 1990 levels, if the UK government is to achieve its net zero by 2050 ambition. Reactions from trade associations and Greenpeace are also included in this round-up.

Forecasting

Head and shoulders photo of Gaurav Gharde, standing in front of a modern building and arches of an older building, both faded out

22/10/2025 Comment / Gaurav Gharde

The promise and the proof: insights from 20 years of UK energy scenarios

What can we learn from looking again at 20-year-old energy forecasts? History tells us that some established demand side measures worked, while some new technologies did not. Here, Gaurav Gharde, Research Associate at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, provides some hard-won lessons to inform COP30.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

Engineer fixing a heat pump

24/7/2024 News

UK ‘off track’ for net zero, says Climate Change Committee

In its latest progress report to government, the independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) says that the UK is ‘off track’ for net zero, with only a third of the emissions reductions required to achieve the country’s 2030 target currently covered by credible plans.

Renewables

View of solar farm under construction

16/10/2024 News

Renewables on course to meet half of global electricity demand by 2030

Renewables are expected to meet nearly half of global demand for power by 2030, according to the latest analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA), with more than 5,500 GW of new renewable energy capacity forecast to be installed worldwide between now and then. Two significant renewable projects, in Estonia and Australia, demonstrate how low-carbon ambitions are being made real.

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