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Renewables

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23/4/2025 Comment / Keith Burns,Greg Dudziak

The evolution of renewable energy: three decades of innovation and growth

The growth of modern renewable energy based on the sun and wind around the world is simply one of the greatest success stories of our time, from modest beginnings in the 1990s to its mainstream, and still growing, role today. Here, Keith Burns, Commercial Director and Greg Dudziak, European Director of Advisory at global renewables consultancy and service provider Natural Power – itself 30 years old – tell the story.

Offshore wind

10/1/2024 News

Boost for UK offshore wind

The UK’s offshore wind sector started 2024 on a positive note with RWE announcing its acquisition of three large offshore wind farm projects in late December, Ørsted making its final investment decision (FID) on Hornsea 3, the biggest consented offshore wind project in the world, and UK wind energy generation hitting a new record high.

Skills, education and training

Gino Antoine Leon at work on top of a wind turbine

16/8/2023 Comment / Gino Antoine Leon

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Gino Antoine Leon AMEI

In the first of our interview series with Energy Institute members: Shining a Spotlight on Energy People, we learn about the career of Gino Antoine Leon AMEI, Wind Turbine Graduate Engineer at the Public Utilities Corporation in Seychelles, and glean his insights about the energy transition in the East African archipelago.

Solar

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26/5/2026 Comment / Carlos David Rodriguez Gallegos

Solar’s next challenge is breaking beyond silicon’s limits – and perovskites could be the answer

Silicon solar cells are approaching their practical efficiency ceiling just as pressure grows to generate more power from limited land, constrained grids and increasingly electrified economies. Perovskite multi-junction solar cells could help unlock the next phase of solar deployment, but commercial scalability and long-term reliability remain critical hurdles, writes Carlos David Rodriguez Gallegos, APAC Renewables Senior Engineering Project Manager at RINA.

Renewables

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10/6/2026 Feature / Kristy Jooste

Can the UK rewire its energy future?

As the UK accelerates renewable deployment, attention is shifting from climate targets to the infrastructure, investment and market reforms needed to deliver them. At the recent All-Energy conference in Glasgow, Scotland, industry leaders warned that network upgrades, supply chains and investment must keep pace with the transition if the country is to capture the benefits of growing renewable generation while shielding consumers from future energy shocks. Kristy Jooste, Senior Content Officer, Energy Institute, reports.

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.

Energy policy

Aerial view of concentrated solar project in the desert

18/3/2026 News

China’s next five-year plan backs clean energy but leaves emissions targets unclear, says CREA

China has released the draft outline of its 15th Five-Year Plan, setting out the country’s economic, energy and climate priorities for the period 2026–2030. The blueprint is broadly supportive of clean energy development, including a target to reduce CO₂ emissions per unit of GDP – carbon intensity – by 17% compared to 2005 levels between 2026–2030.

Grid management

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25/9/2024 Comment / Philip Silk

Responsible grid management could unlock UK renewable energy potential

Delays in connecting new electricity generation projects to the UK are serious, but are being tackled by National Grid ESO. Here, Development Director Philip Silk describes the view from one independent power producer, Conrad Energy.

Energy policy

Close up of offshore wind turbine off Jeju island, South Korea

9/4/2025 News

South Korea’s energy transition gathers pace

South Korea has announced key policy developments in its energy transition. The country’s 11th Basic Plan for Long-Term Electricity Supply and Demand (BPLE) aims to expand renewables’ share in the country’s energy mix, while the new OSW Promotion Act will streamline offshore wind development. Such moves are attracting new investment; for example, Deep Wind Offshore is teaming up with KHNP to develop 3 GW of wind projects offshore South Korea, and Vena Energy is committing $200mn to the Yokji offshore wind farm.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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26/6/2024 Comment / Nick Wayth

Mapping the world’s interconnected energy journeys

Decision makers around the world – around cabinet tables, boardroom tables and even kitchen tables – are turning to the new Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy to understand the energy world around them, and it’s an illuminating read, writes Nick Wayth CEng FEI FIMechE, Chief Executive of the Energy Institute.

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The evolution of renewable energy: three decades of innovation and growth

Boost for UK offshore wind

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Gino Antoine Leon AMEI

Solar’s next challenge is breaking beyond silicon’s limits – and perovskites could be the answer

Can the UK rewire its energy future?

Parties clash as UK energy policy turns into political battleground

China’s next five-year plan backs clean energy but leaves emissions targets unclear, says CREA

Responsible grid management could unlock UK renewable energy potential

South Korea’s energy transition gathers pace

Mapping the world’s interconnected energy journeys