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Renewables

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14/6/2023 Feature / Mark Godfrey

Weathering the strained relationship between China and the US

Sino-American diplomatic and trade stresses could impede growth in green power. However, competition and collaboration between these markets still drive expansion. Mark Godfrey reports.

Geopolitics

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29/1/2025 Feature / Paul Cochrane

Why Iraq still struggles to attract foreign investors in its energy and transition projects

After years of conflict, Iraq is struggling to diversify foreign investment in its energy sector, reduce Iranian gas imports, and meet ambitious carbon emission goals by 2030. Regional instability and uncertainty over the foreign policy of new US President Donald Trump are posing further obstacles to the sector’s development. Paul Cochrane reports.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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11/1/2023 Feature / Brian Davis

What does 2023 hold for the energy transition?

Time to polish that crystal ball again. If there’s one thing that’s predictable, it’s the likelihood that some of the predictions for 2023 will prove contentious in hindsight. Nevertheless, we press on with some perceptive and sometimes provocative forecasts by industry experts on the rapidly changing energy transition – invited for comment by New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis.

Nuclear

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1/6/2022 Feature / Keith Nuthall,Liz Newmark,Jens Kastner,Poorna Rodrigo,Andrea Nogueira,Zlatko Conkaš,Martina Marečková,William Tomaney

Ukraine situation shifts Europe’s nuclear power policy balance

It’s not all about oil and gas – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted rethinks of attitudes towards nuclear power in European countries from Portugal to Poland. Liz Newmark, Andreia Nogueira, Jens Kastner, Poorna Rodrigo, Zlatko Conkaš, Martina Marečková, William Tomaney and Keith Nuthall report.

COP

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13/11/2024 Feature / Brian Davis

Can COP29 live up to expectations?

Given this year’s extreme weather, volatile geopolitics, and continuing global conflicts and economic challenges, can COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, deliver on its ambitions? This is the key question, given the main theme of the ‘Finance COP’, focused on securing increasing contributions from wealthier nations to mitigate climate change and balance the global north-south divide. And the shadow of President-Elect Trump hangs over the summit. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis reports.

Power generation

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26/3/2025 Feature / Maxim Timchenko

Power on the front lines of war

Maxim Timchenko, Chief Executive of private Ukrainian utility DTEK, spoke at International Energy Week about the company’s experiences of surviving, and surprisingly even expanding renewable energy initiatives in a time of war, against all odds. Timchenko was interviewed by International Energy Week Board Member and former US Department of Energy Senior Advisor Melissa Stark. Below is an edited version of this fascinating discussion.

Energy policy

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28/2/2024 Feature / Charlie Bush

Mexico’s zig-zag path towards the renewable energy transition

Although Mexico is ideally positioned to become a clean energy powerhouse, since the election of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador it has swerved from significant focus on renewables back to fossil fuels, despite the urgency for energy transition. How did this happen and what are the implications for the future? Charlie Bush, former Senior Editor of New Energy World, explains.

Energy security

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30/4/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Sharing visions of energy security for an increasingly polarised world

While not quite a council of war, comments at the Summit of the Future of Energy Security, organised by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and hosted by the UK government in London on 24–25 April 2025, set a combative tone in an age of uncertainty and conflict. New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple was there.

Nuclear

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4/5/2022 Feature / John Pagni and Keith Nuthall

Eventually, Europe’s first new nuclear plant for 15 years opens in Finland

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine highlights the extra strategic value of Olkiluoto 3, Finland’s newest nuclear power plant, report John Pagni, in Helsinki, and Keith Nuthall.

Gas

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25/1/2023 Feature / Dr Neil Quilliam

Africa’s difficult choice: gas versus renewables

Africa is faced with a difficult choice: to provide gas for Europe now – with short-term economic gain for Africa – or focus funding on developing renewable energy sources, with long-term energy security, economic growth and stability, and global climate goals in mind. Think Research and Advisory, a Saudi-based research firm, published a provocative research report on Africa’s energy future to coincide with COP27 in Egypt. Dr Neil Quilliam, Director of Energy Research at Think, presents the highlights.

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Weathering the strained relationship between China and the US

Why Iraq still struggles to attract foreign investors in its energy and transition projects

What does 2023 hold for the energy transition?

Ukraine situation shifts Europe’s nuclear power policy balance

Can COP29 live up to expectations?

Power on the front lines of war

Mexico’s zig-zag path towards the renewable energy transition

Sharing visions of energy security for an increasingly polarised world

Eventually, Europe’s first new nuclear plant for 15 years opens in Finland

Africa’s difficult choice: gas versus renewables