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Features

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The Editorial Team is taking a break - there will be no new issues of New Energy World magazine on Wednesdays 24th and 31st of August. We will return with a new issue on Wednesday 7th September with fresh content providing insights on the global energy industry’s transition towards net zero. In the meantime, you can continue to explore all of our articles below.

Climate change Group of older women smiling and raising wine glasses in the air in celebration

24/7/2024 / Jennifer Johnson

Climate battles reach the courtroom

Can lengthy legal battles produce positive outcomes in terms of reducing CO2 emissions, asks Jennifer Johnson.

Climate change Group of older women smiling and raising wine glasses in the air in celebration

24/7/2024 / Jennifer Johnson

Climate battles reach the courtroom

Can lengthy legal battles produce positive outcomes in terms of reducing CO2 emissions, asks Jennifer Johnson.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition Man seated on stage to left of picture, chatting to woman sat to right, both smiling

24/7/2024 / Andy Brown, Juliet Davenport

EI Presidential debate: passing the baton

On 11 July, the day of his appointment as the Energy Institute’s new President, Andy Brown OBE FEI, Ørsted Non-executive Director, spoke informally with Past President of the Energy Institute and founder of Good Energy Juliet Davenport OBE Hon FEI. They discussed their respective professional careers, appreciating energy engineering and the role of the Energy Institute in the energy transition. An edited version of their remarks is below.

Solar power Woman in blue hard hat squatting on rooftop helping a man in a red hard hat install a solar panel

24/7/2024 / Will Dalrymple

Africa’s climate innovators triumph at Ashden Awards

Top low-carbon innovators from Africa have claimed every international category in the 2024 Ashden Awards, an annual scheme that recognises green jobs, skills and livelihoods from the public, private and non-profit sectors in the UK and the Global South. Will Dalrymple, Senior Editor of New Energy World, reports.

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Hydrogen Aerial overview of Hamburg port, showing port infrastructure, buildings, containers and cranes

17/7/2024 / Heike Tipmonta

Green hydrogen hub takes shape in northern Germany

Germany’s five northern states of Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) and Schleswig-Holstein have set ambitious goals for green hydrogen development. In view of climate change and the reduction of fossil fuel resources, such as oil and gas, green hydrogen is increasingly set to become a source of energy and hope for a more sustainable world. Heike Tipmonta, Director Business Services, Hamburg Invest and HY-5 representative, describes the wide-ranging initiatives forming the HY-5 North German Green Hydrogen Strategy.

Biomass Industrial buildings with blue roofs and with chimney and tanks, with straw coloured fields behind

17/7/2024 / Ragha Vendra Verma

India boosts biomass by strengthening supply chains

A $100mn national programme is enabling the use of cattle dung, biomass and urban and industrial biowaste for energy recovery in India. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), these initiatives by the government may produce about 15% of India’s total energy demand. Currently, there are over 800 biomass power projects, along with bagasse and non-bagasse cogeneration projects, reports Raghavendra Verma.

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Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition Man seated on stage to left of picture, chatting to woman sat to right, both smiling

24/7/2024 / Andy Brown, Juliet Davenport

EI Presidential debate: passing the baton

On 11 July, the day of his appointment as the Energy Institute’s new President, Andy Brown OBE FEI, Ørsted Non-executive Director, spoke informally with Past President of the Energy Institute and founder of Good Energy Juliet Davenport OBE Hon FEI. They discussed their respective professional careers, appreciating energy engineering and the role of the Energy Institute in the energy transition. An edited version of their remarks is below.

Solar power Woman in blue hard hat squatting on rooftop helping a man in a red hard hat install a solar panel

24/7/2024 / Will Dalrymple

Africa’s climate innovators triumph at Ashden Awards

Top low-carbon innovators from Africa have claimed every international category in the 2024 Ashden Awards, an annual scheme that recognises green jobs, skills and livelihoods from the public, private and non-profit sectors in the UK and the Global South. Will Dalrymple, Senior Editor of New Energy World, reports.

Hydrogen Aerial overview of Hamburg port, showing port infrastructure, buildings, containers and cranes

17/7/2024 / Heike Tipmonta

Green hydrogen hub takes shape in northern Germany

Germany’s five northern states of Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony) and Schleswig-Holstein have set ambitious goals for green hydrogen development. In view of climate change and the reduction of fossil fuel resources, such as oil and gas, green hydrogen is increasingly set to become a source of energy and hope for a more sustainable world. Heike Tipmonta, Director Business Services, Hamburg Invest and HY-5 representative, describes the wide-ranging initiatives forming the HY-5 North German Green Hydrogen Strategy.

Biomass Industrial buildings with blue roofs and with chimney and tanks, with straw coloured fields behind

17/7/2024 / Ragha Vendra Verma

India boosts biomass by strengthening supply chains

A $100mn national programme is enabling the use of cattle dung, biomass and urban and industrial biowaste for energy recovery in India. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), these initiatives by the government may produce about 15% of India’s total energy demand. Currently, there are over 800 biomass power projects, along with bagasse and non-bagasse cogeneration projects, reports Raghavendra Verma.

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News

Nuclear Chimney stacks at the Dukovany power plant

24/7/2024

Czech Republic selects South Korean technology for nuclear reactors

In a surprise announcement, the Czech government has selected a South Korean consortium to build two APR1000 reactors at the ČEZ Group-operated Dukovany nuclear power plant, rather than the bid from rival French company based on its EPR1200 reactor design. It is believed to be the first time that a South Korean design would be exported to Europe.

Gas markets Liquified gas storage tanks against a blue sky

24/7/2024

Looming end of Russian gas transit through Ukraine to West sets the stage for LNG and pipeline diversions

The European Union (EU) aims to ban Russian fuel imports by 2027. However, nearly half of Russia’s pipeline gas supplies to Europe and Moldova are still passing through Ukraine, totalling 13.7bn m3 in 2023, according to Rystad Energy. But the current five-year gas transit agreement between Russia and Ukraine is set to expire by the end of 2024, leading to concerns about the future flow of these gas volumes, warns the market analyst as the EU discusses the possibility of involving Azerbaijan in a future transit deal.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition Engineer fixing a heat pump

24/7/2024

UK ‘off track’ for net zero, says Climate Change Committee

In its latest progress report to government, the independent Climate Change Committee (CCC) says that the UK is ‘off track’ for net zero, with only a third of the emissions reductions required to achieve the country’s 2030 target currently covered by credible plans.

Solar Aerial view of True North solar farm

24/7/2024

Solar capacity additions are reshaping Texas’s energy landscape

Iberdrola’s True North solar farm in Falls County, Texas, US, has produced its first power. The project underscores the broader shift occurring in Texas’s energy landscape. Traditionally known for its oil and gas production, the state is rapidly becoming a model for green energy in the US, with an increasing focus on solar.

Transport EV charging against background of wind turbines at sunset

24/7/2024

Transport’s dependence on fossil fuels holding back the energy transition

As one of the most energy intensive sectors, transport is still heavily dependent on fossil fuels, holding back the energy transition while exacerbating climate change, according to a new report by REN21. Meanwhile, a new partnership has unveiled the UK’s first EV charging station to be powered directly by on-site wind.

Renewables Company representatives during signing of agreement ceremony

24/7/2024

New Chinese partnerships to help transform Saudi Arabia into a key hub for renewable energy components

Chinese companies have signed three new joint venture agreements with Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund that will see them building new plants in the Middle East country to manufacture and assemble equipment and components for the solar and wind industries.

Comment

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition Nick Wayth standing behind lectern, gesticulating with arms to emphasis a point he is talking about

24/7/2024 / Nick Wayth

What if we imagined planet Earth as one country?

In the second part of this three-part series on the energy transition, Energy Institute Chief Executive Nick Wayth CEng FEI considers the climate costs of the lack of unity in global energy policy, via a thought experiment.

Energy from waste Head and shoulders photo of Andy Jones standing in front of green bushes

24/7/2024 / Andy Jones

Waste not want not – how Europe could better treat its refuse

Waste-derived fuel (WDF) can play an important part in the European Union’s (EU) transition towards a circular economy and an energy-secure, net-zero society – particularly if an integrated tax regime for waste was in place, writes Andy Jones, Managing Director at Totus Environmental and Chair of the RDF Industry Group.

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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 / 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.

EI Statistical Review of World Energy Nick Wayth sat in a chair, gesticulating with hands while talking

17/7/2024 / Nick Wayth

Lessons from previous energy transitions

Welcome to the first part of a three-part series exploring the implications of the recently published Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy on the pace of the energy transition from Energy Institute Chief Executive Nick Wayth FEI. In part 1, he’ll discuss how energy transitions have occurred historically; what might be the same this time and what might be different. In part 2, he’ll explore a hypothetical version of the world in which the energy transition could be taking place very differently. And finally, in part 3, he’ll try to draw some conclusions on implications for the real world.

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Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition Nick Wayth standing behind lectern, gesticulating with arms to emphasis a point he is talking about

24/7/2024 / Nick Wayth

What if we imagined planet Earth as one country?

In the second part of this three-part series on the energy transition, Energy Institute Chief Executive Nick Wayth CEng FEI considers the climate costs of the lack of unity in global energy policy, via a thought experiment.

Energy from waste Head and shoulders photo of Andy Jones standing in front of green bushes

24/7/2024 / Andy Jones

Waste not want not – how Europe could better treat its refuse

Waste-derived fuel (WDF) can play an important part in the European Union’s (EU) transition towards a circular economy and an energy-secure, net-zero society – particularly if an integrated tax regime for waste was in place, writes Andy Jones, Managing Director at Totus Environmental and Chair of the RDF Industry Group.

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

17/7/2024 / 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.

EI Statistical Review of World Energy Nick Wayth sat in a chair, gesticulating with hands while talking

17/7/2024 / Nick Wayth

Lessons from previous energy transitions

Welcome to the first part of a three-part series exploring the implications of the recently published Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy on the pace of the energy transition from Energy Institute Chief Executive Nick Wayth FEI. In part 1, he’ll discuss how energy transitions have occurred historically; what might be the same this time and what might be different. In part 2, he’ll explore a hypothetical version of the world in which the energy transition could be taking place very differently. And finally, in part 3, he’ll try to draw some conclusions on implications for the real world.

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