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COP

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell standing at podium and speaking at the closing plenary session of COP27

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30/11/2022 / Nick Cottam

COP27: Progress on loss and damage; less on emissions reductions

Disappointing, after all the progress made in Glasgow a year ago – that was the general consensus on the outcome of COP27, which closed earlier this month and was held in very different market circumstances. Here, Nick Cottam takes a look at how UK energy policy and practice may proceed as a result.

COP

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30/11/2022 / Nick Cottam

COP27: Progress on loss and damage; less on emissions reductions

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)

Aircraft refuelling truck parked by airplane

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30/11/2022 / Martin Hunnybun

A matter of quality: reducing greenhouse gas emissions from aviation

Replacing the fossil fuels in the aviation sector is recognised to be a serious challenge. Here, Martin Hunnybun, the Energy Institute’s (EI) Head of Sustainable Fuels, describes the latest quality assurance initiatives for handling synthetic jet fuel in aviation supply chains as the sector aims to move towards net zero.

Nuclear

Stylised graphic of black industrial buildings silhouetted against red sun and sky and reflected in still, dark blue water

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30/11/2022 / David Hayes

Japan to revive nuclear power industry to cut LNG import costs

The destabilising effects of the war in Ukraine have spread far and wide, including to Japan, where the government plans to cut gas import costs, ensure stable electricity supplies and pursue a zero-carbon target by rapidly expanding its post-Fukushima nuclear sector again. David Hayes reports.

Innovation

Winners of the Energy Institute’s 23rd annual awards gathered together on stage

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30/11/2022 / Kim Jackson

EI celebrates excellence in energy The winners of this year's Energy Institute ( ...

The Energy Institute’s 23rd annual awards honour some of the energy industry’s outstanding people and projects. They highlight the talent, innovation and expertise in a wide-ranging sector that is being transformed on the road to net zero. Kim Jackson, New Energy World, reports.

Heating and heaters

Cartoon of a hydrogen molecule in the form of a blue teardrop shape wearing boxing gloves in a boxing ring and fighting a green heat pump

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23/11/2022 / Nick Wayth

Decarbonisation of home heating: calling time out

The debate on the decarbonisation of home heat has been gaining intensity. Oversimplified to a fight between heat pumps and hydrogen, the discourse on social media platforms is getting fraught, writes Nick Wayth, CEO of the Energy Institute.

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF)

EI Members only

30/11/2022 / Martin Hunnybun

A matter of quality: reducing greenhouse gas emissions from aviation

Nuclear

EI Members only

30/11/2022 / David Hayes

Japan to revive nuclear power industry to cut LNG import costs

Innovation

EI Members only

30/11/2022 / Kim Jackson

EI celebrates excellence in energy The winners of this year's Energy Institute ( ...

Heating and heaters

EI Members only

23/11/2022 / Nick Wayth

Decarbonisation of home heating: calling time out

News

Energy storage

30/11/2022

Europe’s biggest battery energy storage system now online

A new energy storage system in the UK, which has the capacity to store up to 196 MWh of electricity in a single cycle, has been successfully energised.

Ammonia

30/11/2022

Kick-starting a global low-carbon ammonia industry

As one of the most-used petrochemicals in the world, ammonia offers numerous decarbonisation and energy market opportunities, including the potential to provide 100mn tonnes into the power sector by 2050 in a ‘high-case scenario’, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie. However, without strong policy support, low-carbon ammonia may remain an untapped market.

Energy markets

Map with magnifying glass providing focus over Europe

30/11/2022

New focus on European energy deals

A new ‘Energy Deals Tracker’ has been launched by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) to help present a clearer picture of how European Union (EU) member states’ diversification efforts could shape Europe’s energy policy in the long term – particularly the impact they could have on the bloc’s climate commitments.

Solar

30/11/2022

Mexico’s second largest solar plant commissioned

Atlas Renewable Energy’s La Pimienta solar plant, reportedly the second largest in Mexico, is now fully operational.

Electricity

Person checking their smart meter reading

30/11/2022

UK energy reduction scheme creates 108 MW of grid flexibility in first test session

Octopus Energy has released the preliminary results from its first ‘saving session’, an energy reduction scheme that pays UK households to shift their energy usage out of peak times.

Decommissioning

Aerial view of Pioneering Spirit removing Shell’s Brent Alpha topsides

30/11/2022

New UK oil and gas decommissioning cost efficiency target

A new cost efficiency target for redundant oil and gas infrastructure has been set by the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) that it claims will not only benefit the UK Treasury but will also free up money to be invested in energy security and the transition to net zero.

Comment

Fire fighting

Head and shoulders photo of Laszlo Komaromi, EI Senior Technical Officer

30/11/2022 / Laszlo Komaromi

Forever chemicals – a burning issue for the energy sector

Laszlo Komaromi, Senior Technical Officer at the Energy Institute, outlines the key issues around the transition to PFAS-free firefighting foams used in the energy sector. These are discussed in the latest edition of EI Model Code of Safe Practice Part 19: Fire precautions at petroleum refineries and bulk storage installations (EI 19), authored by Paul Watkins and Dr Niall Ramsden, ENRg Consultants, and due to be published in December 2022.*

Oil and gas

Head and shoulders photo of Steve Hodgson, Editor-at-Large, New Energy World

23/11/2022 / Steve Hodgson

It’s all downhill for fossil fuels now – RMI

While negotiators at COP27 were struggling last week to reach an agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a new report from the US suggests that a successful energy transition is already inevitable and will be rapid. New Energy World’s Editor-at-Large Steve Hodgson takes a look.

Electricity

Head and shoulders photo of Melissa Stark, Global Lead for Energy Transition and Net Zero Transition Services, Accenture

23/11/2022 / Melissa Stark

Building the electricity backbone of our net zero integrated energy system

Over the last few months, the Energy Institute and its Powering Net Zero Board have hosted a series of events featuring panel discussions aimed at engaging a wide audience in the conversation around a net zero electricity system. Melissa Stark, Global Lead for Energy Transition and Net Zero Transition Services at Accenture, looks at the importance of the demand side of the equation.

Nuclear

Head and shoulders photo of David Landon

16/11/2022 / David Landon

Molten salt reactors – a cost-effective nuclear solution to net zero

The combination of molten salt technology and flexible, load-following operation could prove an essential component of efforts to reach net zero in the UK – writes David Landon, CEO of MoltexFLEX.

Fire fighting

30/11/2022 / Laszlo Komaromi

Forever chemicals – a burning issue for the energy sector

Oil and gas

23/11/2022 / Steve Hodgson

It’s all downhill for fossil fuels now – RMI

Electricity

23/11/2022 / Melissa Stark

Building the electricity backbone of our net zero integrated energy system

Nuclear

16/11/2022 / David Landon

Molten salt reactors – a cost-effective nuclear solution to net zero

The combination of molten salt technology and flexible, load-following operation could prove an essential component of efforts to reach net zero in the UK – writes David Landon, CEO of MoltexFLEX.

Quarterly print edition

Welcome to the second New Energy World quarterly, which contains some of the best feature articles and comment pieces that we have published over the last three months.

Who will tackle the energy crisis?

Energy industry people are in the front line of delivering new resilient low carbon solutions and energy efficiency

Also in this issue:

Dogger Bank – building the world’s largest wind farm
The rise of climate change litigation
Nuclear fusion – one small step nearer?
Aviation’s race for sustainability has barely begun

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