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Energy efficiency / management

Head and shoulders photo of Jude Hughes standing outside, in front of sandy coloured stone wall

17/7/2024 Comment / Jude Hughes

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Jude Hughes MEI Chartered Energy Manager

Jude Hughes MEI Chartered Energy Manager CWM CIWM CEnv MEMA works at the Natural History Museum as an energy manager. She reflects on the role the Energy Institute has played in her career progression and achieving Chartered Energy Manager status.

Skills, education and training

Lam Ka Ho (Polex) in high-vis jacket standing to right foreground of photo with port cranes and piles of coal in background

29/5/2024 Comment / Lam Ka Ho (Polex)

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Lam Ka Ho (Polex) MEI Chartered Energy Manager CEnv

The transition to net zero cannot just happen in the west; it must take place around the world. One prominent member and strong supporter of the Energy Institute in Hong Kong is Lam Ka Ho (Polex), Managing Director of Lianhe Green Development.

Jobs

Head and shoulders photo of Jo Alexander, standing in front of a brick wall

11/3/2026 Comment / Jo Alexander

Leavers’ party

Life After Oil is a new and growing community of people who have left oil and gas careers behind. We’re finding ways to support each other, using the experience of those who left some while ago, as well as those who have done so more recently. We’re trying to grow the community in order to strengthen that support as well as to make the scale and reasons for this exodus unignorable, writes Core Advisor Jo Alexander.

Human factors

Head and shoulders photo of Juliet Davenport OBE HonFEI, President, Energy Institute

15/2/2023 Comment / Juliet Davenport

65 million is not enough

Ahead of hosting International Energy Week 2023*, which is gearing up for discussions on transitioning out of the energy and climate crises, EI President Juliet Davenport OBE HonFEI warns we ignore workforce issues at our peril.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

Head and shoulders photo of Ir Mohd Yusri Mohamed Yusof set against buff coloured background

2/4/2025 Comment / Ir Mohd Yusri Mohamed Yusof

Fostering innovation ecosystems for a just and sustainable energy future

Achieving a lower carbon future requires not just ambition but purposeful collaboration across the industry. The plans for, and benefits of, a new collaboration are explored by Ir Mohd Yusri Mohamed Yusof, Petronas Senior Vice President, Projects, Technology & Health, Safety, Security & Environment.

Young professionals

Two younger men and one woman sat at an office table listening to an older woman stood between them

29/1/2025 Comment / Will Dalrymple

Generation 2050: How to up your game to connect with senior managers and executives

Five dynamic young energy professionals describe how they are climbing their own personal career ladder. They spoke to New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple.

Skills, education and training

9/10/2024 Comment / Oana Penu

Bridging the skills gap to empower Europe’s solar future

Europe’s solar PV industry ideally needs a standardised system of training programmes and certification, argues InnoEnergy Skills Institute Director, Oana Penu.

Diversity

Head and shoulders photo of Fiona Hathorn, CEO and co-Founder, Women on Boards UK

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.

Skills, education and training

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14/1/2026 Comment / Lydia Balogun-Wilson

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Lydia Balogun-Wilson FEI FRAEng

The senior leader shares her story, reflects on the benefits of involvement in the Energy Institute, and on her sense of responsibility toward the next generation of engineers.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

Head and shoulders photo of Professor Paul de Leeuw,, with trees and grass behind him

19/6/2024 Comment / Paul de Leeuw

Delivering our energy future – pathways to a ‘just and fair’ transition

Transforming the North Sea to a multi-energy basin is certainly possible, but action on employment and skills retention is needed now if the transition is to be in any way just or fair, argues Professor Paul de Leeuw, Director, Energy Transition Institute, Robert Gordon University.

New Energy World™

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Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Jude Hughes MEI Chartered Energy Manager

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Lam Ka Ho (Polex) MEI Chartered Energy Manager CEnv

Leavers’ party

65 million is not enough

Fostering innovation ecosystems for a just and sustainable energy future

Generation 2050: How to up your game to connect with senior managers and executives

Bridging the skills gap to empower Europe’s solar future

Why we need board diversity to achieve net zero

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Lydia Balogun-Wilson FEI FRAEng

Delivering our energy future – pathways to a ‘just and fair’ transition