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Emissions mitigation

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15/3/2023 News

Report calls for urgent industry decarbonisation ramp up

Without decarbonisation intervention, industrial emissions will grow from 6.7bn tonnes of CO₂ this year to 7.6bn tonnes of CO₂/y by 2050, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Further analysis from BNEF has also found that at least $21.4tn will need to be invested in the electricity grid by 2050 to support a net zero trajectory for the world.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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22/2/2023 Comment / Shaun Kenny

Energy transition – how to pivot from ambition to delivery

Shaun Kenny, President of Infrastructure at Bechtel and a speaker during International Energy Week 2023*, discusses the most logical approach to delivering a just energy transition to net zero.

Human resources

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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.

Technology

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19/4/2023 Comment / Greg Jackson

Using technology to build a cheap, green energy future

We have the technology to enable greater energy efficiency, reduce emissions and drop bills for consumers. Greg Jackson FEI, Vice President of the Energy Institute and Founder and CEO of Octopus Energy Group, discusses the central role of technology in facilitating the green energy transition.

Law and Legal practice

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20/11/2024 News

Shell wins appeal against court order to cut GHG emissions

Shell has won its appeal against a landmark 2021 court ruling that had ordered the company to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45% by the end of 2030. Environmental organisations seeking to accelerate climate action through litigation decried the ruling, vowing to continue their efforts.

Power generation

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31/7/2024 Comment / Emma Bridge

Community energy comes first in Labour’s plans for publicly-owned organisations

The new UK government’s flagship climate policy is to establish Great British Energy, a publicly-owned clean power company with a remit to accelerate investment in renewable energy. According to Labour’s Clean Energy Mission document, GB Energy’s first major programme will be to ‘build cheaper, cleaner power in cities, towns and villages across the country’. Community energy is set to have a major role in delivering on this agenda, writes Emma Bridge, Chief Executive of Community Energy England.

Rare earth materials

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29/3/2023 Comment / Peter Keeley Lopez

Powering the energy transition with critical minerals

Demand for critical minerals, fundamental for many renewable technologies, is set to rise considerably over the coming decades, so obtaining these minerals in a fair and sustainable way is crucial for a just transition. Peter Keeley Lopez, Senior Process Applications Engineer at Tetronics, discusses how plasma technology can help.

Solar

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5/2/2025 Comment / Tarun Agrawal

How large-scale solar is transforming business energy

The clock is ticking on climate change, and large-scale solar projects are taking a central role in the race to decarbonise our energy systems. Tarun Agrawal, CEO of AMPYR Solar Europe, explores how businesses are benefitting.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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13/7/2022 Comment / John Barrett

The urgent need to reduce our energy demand

It’s a combination of reducing demand, together with broader social changes, that is needed for countries to deliver on net zero ambitions, writes John Barrett of the UK’s Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions (CREDS).

Renewables

Head and shoulders photo ofSteveH-optimised-web Steve Hodgson, Editor-at-Large, New Energy World

8/2/2023 Comment / Steve Hodgson

Let’s aim high – only renewables and storage

There is a growing radical edge to the latest academic thinking about global energy futures that is turning against the continued use of fossil fuels as a bridge to the future. New Energy World’s Editor-at-Large Steve Hodgson has been reading about it.

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