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28/5/2025 Comment / Ryan Penman

Profile: Technician to company director in 15 years

A strong tail wind must have been pushing former wind turbine technician Ryan Penman, who has made company director less than 20 years after starting his career as one of the second-ever intake of the first wind turbine technician apprenticeship at Siemens Gamesa. (As told to New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple.)

Decarbonisation

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9/4/2025 Comment / Mercedes Maroto-Valer

Decarbonising UK industry: IDRIC’s transformative impact

Since its launch in 2021, the UK Industrial Decarbonisation Research and Innovation Centre (IDRIC) has developed an influential network of over 700 industries, trade associations, governmental/public bodies and research institutions, to accelerate the pace and scale of industrial decarbonisation. As the organisation nears the end of its current phase of work, its Director, Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, also the Robert Buchan Chair in Sustainable Energy Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, looks back over four busy years.

Policy and Governance

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20/3/2024 Comment / Esin Serin

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Esin Serin AMEI

In our latest Spotlight on Energy People interview with Energy Institute (EI) members, Esin Serin AMEI, Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics, highlights the formative role that the EI played in her career.

Diversity

Hannah Mary Goodlad speaking from podium during COP26

9/3/2022 Comment / Hannah Mary Goodlad

‘Diversity strengthens all of us, it builds us up and makes us better’

On International Women’s Day, 8 March 2022, Hannah Mary Goodlad AMEI, Head of Baltic Sea Area Development at Equinor and the driving force behind the film ‘The Challenge of our Time’,* which was premiered by the EI’s young professionals at COP26, explained why the environment, energy and diversity matter.

Young professionals

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16/7/2025 Comment / Ubong Essien,Temoefe C Jaho-Kagbare

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Ubong Essien and Temoefe Jaho-Kagbare

What motivated two dynamic young people, working in very different fields, to sign up for student membership to the Energy Institute? Ubong Essien, who is working towards a PhD, University of Strathclyde, in Glasgow, and Temoefe C Jaho-Kagbare, working towards a B Law at the University of Ibadan in Lagos, Nigeria, share their stories.

Onshore wind

EI Member only

14/1/2026 Feature / Darren Taylor

Safety in word and deed: Darren Taylor on psychological safety and operational excellence in onshore wind

Marking Stand Up for Safety Week (12–16 January 2026), New Energy World speaks with Darren Taylor, Head of Onshore Operations UK & Ireland at Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy and newly appointed Chair of SafetyOn, about human factors, leadership and building a safer, more open onshore wind industry.

Skills, education and training

Head and shoulders photo of Sudeep Roy CEng MEI Chartered Energy Engineer, Operations Advisor, Qatargas Operating Company

15/11/2023 Comment / Sudeep Roy

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Sudeep Roy CEng MEI Chartered Energy Engineer

This month’s Energy People article explores the career and insights of Energy Institute (EI) member Sudeep Roy CEng MEI Chartered Energy Engineer and an Operations Advisor for Qatargas Operating Company, based in Doha, Qatar.

Health and safety

Head and shoulders photo of Harry Moss MEI, Founder, IM3R

17/1/2024 Comment / Harry Moss

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Harry Moss MEI

Some 65 million people worldwide work in energy, and a career in this sector can mean collaborating with a multitude of backgrounds in a broad range of countries and regions. The career of Harry Moss MEI, Founder of consultancy IM3R Limited, illustrates this as he reflects on the benefits these experiences have brought him.

Skills, education and training

27/4/2022 News

Women face career barriers at middle management level in UK energy sector

New research shows energy companies have commitments on diversity and inclusion but there is a delivery gap holding back female talent.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition

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4/8/2026 Comment / Nick Wayth

Five years creating a better energy future at the Energy Institute

On his last day as CEO of the Energy Institute in July, Nick Wayth FEI CEng looked back over his career before joining the organisation, the highlights of his five-year tenure, and his thoughts about the Energy Institute’s place in the energy industry.

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