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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.

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.

Oil and gas

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8/10/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Phil Kirk FEI: 1966–2025

The UK energy industry is mourning the untimely death of popular oil and gas executive Phil Kirk FEI, who died of cancer aged 59 in August. Kirk, founder of the corporate antecedent of Harbour Energy, was known for his personal charm, common touch and an unconventional approach that brought him great success during the upheaval caused by the US shale gas revolution in the 2000s and 2010s.

Young professionals

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27/4/2026 Feature / Charlie Bush

Students at the frontier of the energy transition

Earlier this year, hundreds of students from around the world gathered deep in the Amazon rainforest for an unusual energy event. The Student Energy Summit (SES) took place in the Brazilian city of Manaus from 18–21 February, bringing together emerging leaders, researchers and entrepreneurs to debate the future of energy. Held just months after the COP30 in nearby Belém, Brazil, the summit sought to channel the momentum of global climate diplomacy into practical action among the next generation of energy professionals, writes Charlie Bush.

International Energy Week

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12/3/2025 Comment / Nick Wayth

Reflections on International Energy Week 2025: Despite the headwinds, why I’m more optimistic than ever on the energy transition

Two weeks after the Energy Institute hosted International Energy Week 2025 – our flagship conference – CEO Nick Wayth FEI looks back on the highlights, and discovers four reasons to be optimistic about the energy transition.

Finance and investment

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2/4/2025 Feature / Sasha Vaswani

Who wants to be a billionaire ‘unicorn’ energy start-up?

The Energy Institute’s Young Professionals Network (EI YPN) London Branch kicked off 2025 with a sold-out event, ‘Fuelling the Dream: Financing challenges of energy start-ups’, held at the Accenture office in London. Sasha Vaswani, a young energy executive in the making, currently on the Shell Graduate Programme, reports.

International Energy Awards

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5/2/2025 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Where are they now? Former International Energy Awards winners look back

Awards schemes like the upcoming Energy Institute (EI) International Energy Awards only capture a moment in time. But in reality life never stops. To find out the sort of things that might happen next for this year’s winners, two energy leaders of today look back on their 2015 awards in the Young Professional Category. They spoke to New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple.

Young professionals

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7/1/2026 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Dinner dances then and now: a history of Energy Institute communities in the UK energy city

Aberdeen, the UK’s energy city, was the home of the first Energy Institute Young Professional Network (EI YPN) and continues to house an EI community. Past chairs looking back over five decades of gathering together energy professionals told their stories to New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple MEI.

International Energy Awards

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20/3/2024 Feature

Winners of the 2024 International Energy Awards

The Energy Institute exists to create a better energy future. In its 25th year, these prestigious awards recognise the best the sector has to offer, and for the first time were presented at the International Energy Week Dinner on 29 February 2024 at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London. This year’s outstanding winners are profiled below.

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Generation 2050: how to cope with redundancy

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

Phil Kirk FEI: 1966–2025

Students at the frontier of the energy transition

Reflections on International Energy Week 2025: Despite the headwinds, why I’m more optimistic than ever on the energy transition

Who wants to be a billionaire ‘unicorn’ energy start-up?

Where are they now? Former International Energy Awards winners look back

Dinner dances then and now: a history of Energy Institute communities in the UK energy city

Winners of the 2024 International Energy Awards