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Renewables

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30/7/2025 Feature / Ángela Martínez

On a knife edge: why Mexico’s new President faces significant challenges to her energy transition plans

Mexico’s new President Claudia Sheinbaum is certainly well-qualified to reform her country’s energy system. But her ambitious plans may be curtailed by political expediency. Ángela Martínez reports from Mexico City.

Electricity

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10/5/2023 Feature / Stephenie Overman

Ageing grid threatens US renewable energy progress

A disjointed and elderly electricity transmission grid, hobbled by a complex planning and regulatory system, threatens the expansion of renewable energy in the US. Stephenie Overman, in Washington DC, reports.

Access to energy

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31/7/2024 Feature / Samuel Okocha

Nigeria pushes for switch to clean cooking, despite energy market challenges

The release of a National Clean Cooking Policy in Nigeria in April 2024 is poised to impact the energy sector and environment of West Africa’s dominant country. Designed to offer clean cooking systems to the 30 million households in Nigeria that currently burn wood in their kitchens, it could transform the economy of Nigeria and West Africa, write Samuel Okocha, Andreia Nogueira and Keith Nuthall.

Renewables

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16/11/2022 Feature / Brian Davis

Africa’s microgrid innovation champions

The 2022 Ashden Awards celebrate transformative climate change innovators and their clean tech solutions across the globe on the pathway to net zero in a just transition. New Energy World’s Brian Davis reports.

Renewables

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21/6/2023 Feature / Selwyn Parker

Financing green power projects in the tropics

Small Island Developments (SIDs) – in the Indian Ocean and Pacific – typically faced an uphill struggle to raise finance for green energy projects. But prospects are improving, reports Selwyn Parker.

Electricity

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21/5/2025 Feature / Charlie Bush

Will Texas still steer towards renewables despite many grid challenges?

Texas is famous for rodeos, oil and barbeques. In 2023, the Lone Star State was the number one oil and gas producer, supplying 43% of the US’ crude oil from 32 petroleum refineries, and 27% of its natural gas gross withdrawals. Surprisingly, Texas is also the nation’s leader in wind and solar energy generation, accounting for 28% of all US wind-sourced electricity, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). It also has over 28 GW of total installed solar capacity, surpassing even sunny California in 2024. Charlie Bush reports.

Circular economy

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6/12/2023 Feature / Sara Siddeeq

How dirty is clean tech when it comes to the circular economy?

As renewable energy generation accounts for an increasing share of global power, the environmental impact of these clean energy sources must be carefully considered. Demand for wind turbines, batteries and solar panels is exploding and so creating a circular economy for the new energy system is fundamental to a more sustainable relationship with the environment. Sara Siddeeq reports.

Minerals

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20/3/2024 Feature / Michelle Meineke

The ‘greening’ of the mining industry – a stepping stone towards net zero

Tackling the looming supply squeeze for minerals is pivotal to achieving net zero. But a multi-faceted, often challenging, road lies ahead, explains Michelle Meineke.

Pumped storage plants

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31/7/2024 Feature / Roderick MacLeod

Unlocking pumped storage hydro for net zero Britain

The global energy network requires a very large build-out of long-duration energy storage (LDES) to reach net zero emissions. While pumped storage hydro (PSH) is a mature and reliable technology that can meet a large portion of this need, the business model it would be applied to is new. In the UK, the government is exploring a cap and floor scheme to unlock investment into PSH development. Its implementation could distort the market. Alterations of that scheme, which could overcome those problems, are proposed by Roderick MacLeod, Director, Glen Earrach Energy (GEE).

Solar

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14/2/2024 Feature / Brian Davis

Space-based solar power gets ready to lift off

The idea of harvesting the sun’s energy and beaming it back to earth as space-based solar power (SBSP) was originally conceived in a science fiction story by Isaac Asimov in 1941. Today, this ambitious concept is no longer fiction but being developed by universities and start-ups with early government backing in the UK, US, Japan, India and China. New Energy World Features Editor Brian Davis reports.

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On a knife edge: why Mexico’s new President faces significant challenges to her energy transition plans

Ageing grid threatens US renewable energy progress

Nigeria pushes for switch to clean cooking, despite energy market challenges

Africa’s microgrid innovation champions

Financing green power projects in the tropics

Will Texas still steer towards renewables despite many grid challenges?

How dirty is clean tech when it comes to the circular economy?

The ‘greening’ of the mining industry – a stepping stone towards net zero

Unlocking pumped storage hydro for net zero Britain

Space-based solar power gets ready to lift off