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Energy and carbon management

14/6/2023 Comment / Chris Rason

The resilience challenge – navigating the EU energy market

Energy resilience is front of mind across all industries in Europe. With costs rising and government support across the European Union (EU) coming to an end in 2024, now is a crucial time for organisations to start putting energy strategies in place. Here, Chris Rason, Head of Energy Services at Aggreko, shares some of these strategies.

COP

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1/11/2023 Comment / Jim Skea

COP28 Perspective: The Global Stocktake and best available science

Jim Skea CBE FRSE FEI HonFSE, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), expresses his views in a personal capacity on the progress of the Paris Agreement.

Grid management

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12/6/2024 Comment / Simon Skillings

The power system challenge for the new UK government

One early task for the upcoming new UK government will be to oversee, along with the National Energy System Operator, development of the electricity grid necessary to support progress towards net zero. Here, Simon Skillings, Senior Associate at climate change think tank E3G, proposes a ‘Power System Delivery Office’ to take on the task.

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).

Energy efficiency / management

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14/12/2022 Comment / Pratima Rangarajan

Resource efficiency is vital for energy security and climate

In a world grappling with an energy and climate crisis, we can’t afford to waste resources. Available, cost-efficient solutions can help address this problem, argues Dr Pratima Rangarajan, CEO of OGCI Climate Investments and a speaker at the EI’s International Energy Week in February 2023.*

Renewables

15/2/2023 News

Renewables to account for 35% of power generation mix by 2025

Renewables are set to dominate the growth of the world’s electricity supply over the next three years, as together with nuclear power, they meet the vast majority of the increase in global demand through to 2025, reports the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Nuclear

6/7/2022 News

Nuclear power could play a major role in the transition to low emissions energy systems

Momentum is building for nuclear power in many countries amid soaring fuel prices and growing energy security concerns, but success will depend on governments and industry, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Energy efficiency / management

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8/6/2022 Comment / Gillian Charlesworth

The case for an energy retrofit programme for UK homes

Reducing our dependence on Russian energy is important, but the need for urgent climate action preceded the recent devastation in Ukraine, writes Gillian Charlesworth, CEO of the Building Research Establishment (BRE).

Renewables

2/11/2022 Comment / Mike Kelly

How to unleash the potential of the UK renewables sector

With the cost-of-living crisis biting ever harder, the need for the UK to move to a self-sufficient, green energy supply has never been stronger. But several barriers to development remain, writes Mike Kelly, Renewable Energy Development Director at RSK Group, which delivers environmental solutions.

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.

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