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Technology

Head and shoulders photo of Greg Jackson, Vice President of the Energy Institute and Founder and CEO of Octopus Energy Group

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.

Energy policy

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves holding red box in Downing Street

3/12/2025 News

In the Autumn Budget, UK government aims to reduce fuel poverty, introduces charges for EV drivers, but keeps the North Sea Energy Profits Levy

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Autumn Budget will raise taxes to record levels over the next five years, introducing electric vehicle (EV) road charging, but also promises to reduce energy bills by £150 from next April. However, North Sea oil and gas operators were disappointed to see no relief on the Energy Profits Levy (EPL).

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.

Energy efficiency

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23/7/2025 Comment / Mike Umiker

Breaking down barriers to industrial energy efficiency

Is there anything new to say about energy efficiency in industry? Plenty, writes Mike Umiker, Executive Director of the Energy Efficiency Movement – particularly about modern digital transformations and new equipment-as-a-service offerings.

COP

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2/8/2023 Comment / Peter Godfrey

Strategic intervention is needed to reshape global energy markets

We will continue to require fossil fuels for years to come, but we cannot rely on the shareholders of oil and gas companies to lead the energy transition – their investors will never let them. Here, Peter Godfrey FEI, the Energy Institute’s Managing Director Asia-Pacific, argues reforms of global markets will be needed for the transition to really gather pace.

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