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Energy infrastructure

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25/10/2023 News

Pressing need to modernise UK infrastructure

Improved infrastructure to boost economic growth across the UK and meet climate goals is both ‘achievable and affordable’ if the right policy steps are taken now, according to the latest long-term review from UK government’s independent advisers on infrastructure strategy.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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6/11/2024 Comment / Cillian O’Donoghue

Electrifying Europe: Zeroing in on challenges and opportunities

Europe’s power sector is going through an evolution unlike ever before. With the opportunities and challenges that come from such evolution, however, the current picture is mixed, writes Cillian O’Donoghue – Policy Director at Eurelectric.

Grid management

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4/12/2024 Comment / Joanna Carter

The urgent need to expand the UK’s energy grid for net zero

Building a grid able to distribute net zero electricity in the UK by 2030 is possible, but will require enormous cooperation by the relevant stakeholders, argues Joanna Carter, Head of Electricity Connections at EDF Renewables.

Wind

8/3/2023 News

European wind experiencing a crisis of confidence

The European Union (EU) built 16 GW of new wind capacity in 2022, but it isn’t enough to meet the region’s 2030 goals, according to WindEurope, which says there is a clear need to restore investor confidence and ramp up the sector’s supply chain.

International Energy Week

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12/2/2025 Comment / Nicole Payne

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Nicole Payne AMEI

Baringa Energy and Resources Consultant Nicole Payne first attended International Energy Week as a student – and she liked it so much she has joined the Board. As the event returns on 25 February 2025, she explains why she remains passionate about the contributions that young professionals can make inside and outside the Energy Institute.

Energy policy

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves lifting budget box in Downing Street

6/11/2024 News

Energy industry ‘disappointed’ by increase in windfall tax, but reaction to other parts of UK Autumn Budget more positive

Announcing her Autumn Budget last week, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed that oil and gas companies will contribute more as the Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy (EPL; or 'windfall tax') rises from 35% to 38%. Alongside this, the government is removing the 29% investment allowance, and extending the levy until 31 March 2030. The government will retain the availability of 100% first year capital allowances within the EPL, and will consult in early 2025 on how the oil and gas tax regime should respond to price shocks once the EPL ends in 2030.

Diversity

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18/1/2023 Comment / Fiona Hathorn

Why we need board diversity to achieve net zero

Fiona Hathorn, CEO and co-Founder of Women on Boards UK and a speaker at International Energy Week 2023*, discusses the importance of board diversity and outlines some practical steps to improve it within energy companies.

Energy markets

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1/2/2023 News

BP predicts carbon emissions could fall more steeply than estimated previously

The global carbon budget is running out, and oil and gas investment will be needed for another 30 years, are these are two key findings in BP’s latest Energy Outlook report.

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)

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5/10/2022 Comment / Nora Lovell Marchant

Could blockchain and book-and-claim systems help to achieve rapid upscaling of SAF?

Industries across the globe are striving to find solutions to help reach net zero targets – and this is no different for the corporate travel sector. Nora Lovell Marchant, Vice President of Global Sustainability for American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), discusses how a global book-and-claim system could enable sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to slash aviation emissions.

Energy transition

14/12/2022 Comment / Charlie Bush

Are oil and gas companies doing enough to advance the energy transition?

At the close of yet another year likely to be among the hottest on record, Charlie Bush, Senior Editor of New Energy World magazine, reflects on whether the largest energy companies are doing enough to combat climate change by facilitating the energy transition.

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