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Power generation

Head and shoulders photo of Emma Bridge standing in front of green conifers and leafy trees

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

UK Prime Minister Liz Truss outside No 10 Downing Street

14/9/2022 News

New UK Prime Minister unveils new energy bills support package

Just days after being announced as the new UK Prime Minister, Liz Truss set out a package to support people and businesses with their energy bills, as well as action that aims to tackle the root causes of the issues in the UK energy market through increased supply.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

Head and shoulders photo of Steve Hodgson, standing in front of blue door

25/2/2026 Comment / Steve Hodgson

Renewables and efficiency, yes, but fossil fuel use has to fall

What have 30 years observing the energy industry taught Steve Hodgson FEI, Editor-at-Large at New Energy World? That increasing green energy is not enough; the world also has to begin an exit from fossil fuels to prevent a climate catastrophe that has already started.

Banking, finance and investment

Head and shoulders photo of Michiel de Haan, Global Head of Energy Sector, ING, inside room with windows to right and behind

27/11/2024 Comment / Michiel de Haan

Putting financial muscle behind renewable energy’s push into 2030

Renewable energy is competitive, but 2030 targets are challenging. Coordinated action, including continuing political support, will be essential if these are to be met, writes Michiel de Haan, Global Head of Energy Sector at Netherlands-based ING bank, which aims to play its part in accelerating the energy transition through financing.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

Head and shoulders image of Juliet Davenport

6/7/2022 Comment / Juliet Davenport

We must never stop pioneering

Decarbonisation and energy security have always gone hand in hand. But the current energy crisis has thrown that into stark relief, while reinforcing the importance of the sector’s people and their pioneering spirit, says the Energy Institute’s new President, Juliet Davenport OBE HonFEI.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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

11/10/2023 Comment / Steve Hodgson

Net zero: one step forward, two steps back?

With new reports, whitepapers and press releases declaring contradictory messages around the energy transition on a daily basis, it can be difficult to know where we actually are in the global race to net zero. Here, New Energy World’s Editor-at-Large Steve Hodgson FEI, pulls together the latest authoritative research to consider this all-important question.

Renewables

Solar panels on roof against a city background

14/6/2023 News

Renewable power on course to shatter more records

Global additions of renewable power capacity are expected to jump by a third this year as growing policy momentum, higher fossil fuel prices and energy security concerns drive strong deployment of solar and wind power, according to the latest update from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

International Energy Week

Nick Wayth ,CEO, Energy Institute, presenting from conference lectern

7/2/2024 Comment / Nick Wayth

COP28 goals frame the debate as global energy sector heads to London

As International Energy Week 2024 approaches, the Energy Institute’s CEO Nick Wayth CEng FEI FIMechE says this coming year will be a big test for the public support and political will needed to accelerate the energy transition, but that progress is achievable.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

24/5/2023 News

Europe needs over $32tn of investment to reach net zero

Europe’s transition to a net zero economy will require more than $32tn of investments in energy and related technologies between now and 2050, according to a new report from BloombergNEF (BNEF).

Carbon emissions

16/3/2022 News

Global carbon emissions rose to their highest ever level in 2021

The world’s energy-related CO₂ emissions increased by 6% last year to 36.3bn tonnes, their highest level in history, a repercussion of the world economy using mostly coal to power its rebound from the COVID-19 crisis, according to new IEA analysis.

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

New UK Prime Minister unveils new energy bills support package

Renewables and efficiency, yes, but fossil fuel use has to fall

Putting financial muscle behind renewable energy’s push into 2030

We must never stop pioneering

Net zero: one step forward, two steps back?

Renewable power on course to shatter more records

COP28 goals frame the debate as global energy sector heads to London

Europe needs over $32tn of investment to reach net zero

Global carbon emissions rose to their highest ever level in 2021