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Young professionals

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6/8/2025 Comment / Nicki Vass,Karolina Zieba,Shamus Hardie

Generation 2050: how to cope with redundancy

One of the scariest scenarios for any worker is finding out that their job may not be secure. Without doubt difficult and stressful, redundancy does come with upsides, reports Nicki Vass AMEI, Chair of the Energy Institute’s Aberdeen Young Professionals Network (YPN) chapter, alongside contributions from two other rising energy professionals, Karolina Zieba AMEI and Shamus Hardie.

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.

Oil and gas

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EI Member only

29/9/2026 Feature / Andrew Mourant

Sir Ian Wood: 1942–2026

Sir Ian Wood, who has died aged 84, was one of Scotland’s leading industrialists, philanthropists and public servants. He transformed a family-owned Aberdeen marine business into a global engineering company, helped mould the future of the UK’s energy industry, and dedicated his latter life to creating opportunities for young people and improving communities in Scotland, Africa and beyond, writes Andrew Mourant.

Energy efficiency / management

18/3/2026 Comment / Omega Young

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Omega Young MEI Chartered Energy Manager

Progressing towards an oil and gas qualification, Trinidadian Omega Young discovered her lifelong interest in a related field, energy management, which has led to a chartership and ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme) qualification in the UK through the Energy Institute.

Energy efficiency / management

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17/4/2024 Comment / Paul Walker

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Paul Walker CEng MEI

In our latest Spotlight on Energy People interview with Energy Institute (EI) members, Paul Walker CEng MEI, Electrical Technical Authority, Centrica, explains why even in the latter stages of his career he continues to expand his knowledge in a fascinating and wide-ranging career.

Wind

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

Photo of Esin Serin, Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE, sat at table with laptop in front of her

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.

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