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Rare earth materials

Aerial shot over opencast mining operations

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

23/10/2024 News

Asia-Pacific needs $88.7tn of funding to meet Paris Agreement climate goals

The Asia-Pacific region must mobilise nearly $90tn in investments and boost public-private cooperation to meet the ambitious climate goals outlined in the Paris Agreement, according to the latest regional report from BloombergNEF (BNEF). Meanwhile, new analysis from Ember suggests that while demand is outpacing renewables growth in the ASEAN member states, falling clean energy costs could help readdress the balance.

Access to energy

Head and shoulders photo of Charlie Bush, Senior Editor, New Energy World

5/7/2023 Comment / Charlie Bush

Reviving the ‘leapfrog’ to renewables approach to energy access

Leapfrogging from no energy straight to green sources used to be the preferred method for making energy access universal. But recently, another approach has been gaining traction, one that posits fossil fuels, even coal, are a necessary and unavoidable steppingstone to modernity. Charlie Bush, Senior Editor of New Energy World, reconsiders the debate.

Energy security

Head and shoulders pic of Fintan Slye by wind turbine

7/7/2026 Comment / Fintan Slye

Why the energy trilemma is not a zero-sum trade-off

Following his appearance at International Energy Week earlier this year, Fintan Slye FEI, CEO of the National Energy System Operator (NESO), sets out his perspective on the challenges facing Great Britain’s energy system, and how to strike the right balance across the energy trilemma for consumers.

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.

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.

Renewables

Head and shoulders photo of Javier Cavada set against white background

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.

Wind

22/11/2023 News

UK offshore wind strike price rises

The UK government has raised the maximum price that offshore wind and other renewables projects can receive in the next renewables auction round in bid to ensure continued investment in the country’s clean energy sector.

Geothermal

18/6/2025 News

Down, down, down: new drilling technologies are improving prospects for geothermal power by reducing project duration, cutting costs and drilling deeper wells

Fervo Energy’s record-breaking Sugarloaf well in Utah showcases the rapid progress of enhanced geothermal systems (EGS), while a new report finds the US Great Basin alone could supply 10% of the country’s electricity. Globally, the International Energy Agency (IEA) projects geothermal could meet 15% of future power demand if costs fall. Meanwhile, Germany and the UK are advancing supportive policies and identifying high-potential regions, signalling a global shift towards making geothermal a scalable, low-carbon energy source.

Energy transition

Amin H Nasser. Saudi Aramco President and CEO

27/3/2024 News

Saudi Aramco CEO calls phasing out oil and gas a ‘fantasy’

Saudi Aramco President and CEO Amin H Nasser said that the current energy transition strategy is ‘visibly failing’ on a number of fronts and has called on countries to abandon the ‘fantasy’ of phasing out oil and gas. The contentious remarks from the head of the world’s largest oil producer were made in the same week as a new report from IRENA concludes that an ‘urgent global course correction’ is needed to meet the COP28 goal of tripling renewables power capacity by 2030.

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