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Rare earth materials

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19/7/2023 News

Clean energy demand doubles growth in critical minerals market

Rising demand for clean energy is driving growth in the critical minerals market. However, more work is needed to ensure diversified and sustainable mineral supplies, warns the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Renewables

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4/6/2025 Comment / Javier Cavada

How Morocco is charting its energy transition journey with gas turbine technology

As well as expanding its solar and wind energy generation capacity, Morocco is also looking to gas turbines and, ultimately, hydrogen to achieve its energy transition, writes Javier Cavada, President & CEO, Europe, Middle East and Africa at Mitsubishi Power.

Oil and gas

Engineer on offshore platform walkway

29/11/2023 News

Oil and gas industry faces ‘moment of truth’ in energy transition

Producers of oil and gas must choose between contributing to a deepening climate crisis or becoming part of the solution as clean energy transitions advance, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA). And emphasis on carbon capture is called ‘an illusion’.

Aviation

Aircraft being refuelled and an airship flying

29/6/2022 News

Commercial flight first for SAF and plans for fleet of helium-filled airships

Regional aircraft manufacturer ATR and Swedish airline Braathens Regional Airlines have flown what they claim is the first test flight with 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in both engines of a commercial aircraft.

Coal

Head and shoulders photo of Steve Hodgson FEI, Editor-at-large, New Energy World

24/4/2024 Comment / Steve Hodgson

Global renewables growth fails to offset the rise in coal use in Asia

It may be pleasing, from a climate health point of view, to watch the decline in coal-to-power use in much of Europe and North America, but things are still done very differently in Asia. New Energy World Editor-at-large Steve Hodgson FEI has been looking at statistics.

Transport

EV charging against background of wind turbines at sunset

24/7/2024 News

Transport’s dependence on fossil fuels holding back the energy transition

As one of the most energy intensive sectors, transport is still heavily dependent on fossil fuels, holding back the energy transition while exacerbating climate change, according to a new report by REN21. Meanwhile, a new partnership has unveiled the UK’s first EV charging station to be powered directly by on-site wind.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

Wind turbines and solar panels in a city

4/5/2022 News

Global energy markets face unprecedented uncertainty and a 1.5°C pathway remains increasingly challenging

The latest Global Energy Perspective report from McKinsey & Company finds that global energy markets ‘face unprecedented uncertainty’ as the economic rebound after the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered price spikes for multiple commodities, and the conflict in Ukraine has led to further increasing energy prices and security of supply concerns. As a result, a 1.5°C pathway remains ‘increasingly challenging’.

Energy policy

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8/10/2025 News

Parties clash as UK energy policy turns into political battleground

Energy has become one of the most fiercely contested issues in British politics, as the main political parties issued new statements setting out sharply diverging visions for the country’s future energy mix. What had once been an area of broad consensus – support for net zero and a transition to cleaner power – is now fracturing under the pressures of rising household bills, industrial competitiveness and ideological divisions over the pace of decarbonisation.

Hydrogen

Graphic showing wind turbines, solar panels and hydrogen tanks

31/5/2023 News

Significant investment scale-up required to meet Australia’s hydrogen ambitions

Australia has ambitions to be a major hydrogen exporter as it transitions to a net zero economy; while new analysis suggests that running a hydrogen plane could be cheaper than traditional aircraft by 2035, providing the right taxation is in place. Elsewhere, plans have been announced for what is claimed will be Europe’s first commercial-scale hydrogen truck refuelling station with liquid hydrogen storage; and the world’s largest carbon-free green hydrogen plant reaches financial close.

Innovation

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7/12/2022 Comment / Sasha Polakov,Josephine Hibou

Empowering the public’s energy autonomy: environmental and cost benefits

Winners of the 2022 Energy Institute Climate Change Special Award* at The Big Bang Competition, Sasha Polakov and Josephine Hibou from St Paul’s Girls’ School, discuss their innovative and novel solar blinds concept, SolUp.

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