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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.

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11/12/2024 / Will Dalrymple

Goal setting: Inside the COP29 NCQG

At November 2024’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, countries agreed a new climate finance goal of $1.3tn/y by 2035, including $300bn/y of public finance. Together, these make up the so-called New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG). But what do these numbers mean, where do they come from, and who will have the power to make the money choices? Experts at the Grantham Institute held a webinar late last year to discuss the outcomes of the so-called ‘financial COP’, with an eye toward COP30 in November 2025 in Belem, Brazil. New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple listened in.

COP

11/12/2024 / Will Dalrymple

Goal setting: Inside the COP29 NCQG

At November 2024’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, countries agreed a new climate finance goal of $1.3tn/y by 2035, including $300bn/y of public finance. Together, these make up the so-called New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG). But what do these numbers mean, where do they come from, and who will have the power to make the money choices? Experts at the Grantham Institute held a webinar late last year to discuss the outcomes of the so-called ‘financial COP’, with an eye toward COP30 in November 2025 in Belem, Brazil. New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple listened in.

Biogases Aerial view of biogas plant round storage tanks and rectangular and L-shaped buildings

11/12/2024 / Raghavendra Verma

The move of an energy major signals shift in the Indian biomass industry

India’s struggling biofuel industry may finally be picking up as the country’s oil refining major, Reliance Industries, announced an INR650bn ($7.72bn) investment plan to set up 500 compressed biogas (CBG) plants over the next three years in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, reports Raghavendra Verma.

Grid management Close up of rear of electric vehicle with cable running to charger, set against night-time skyscraper skyline

4/12/2024 / Alex Howard

Building a flexible energy market is key to the UK’s energy transition

As the UK advances towards its net zero goals, the onus is on electricity networks to enable the transition. Building more physical infrastructure is of course a big part of the solution, but flexibility also has a significant role to play, writes Alex Howard, Head of Flexibility Markets at UK Power Networks DSO.

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Methane CGI images of satellite in space over Earth, with an arc beaming down on the planet's surface to gather emissions data

4/12/2024 / Sara Siddeeq

All that emits is not CO2: tracking methane emissions by satellite

Tracking and reducing methane emissions has long been stymied by outdated estimation methods and unreliable data, leading to widespread underreporting. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that global methane emissions from the energy sector are around 70% higher than what national governments officially report. This striking discrepancy underscores the pressing need for more accurate and effective monitoring systems, reports Sara Siddeeq.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition Row upon row of solar panels in desert, running left to right across image, with setting sun behind

27/11/2024 / Nnamdi Anyadike

Exploring the challenges of net zero: energy security, LNG markets and Saudi Arabia’s decarbonisation plans

Despite numerous governments making plans to move to net zero, and climate activists agitating for faster decarbonisation, consumer behaviours are yet to change. In part this is due to obstacles and roadblocks that were not foreseen when the plans were originally implemented but are now being encountered. These include the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the challenges of delivering a multilateral approach. The WPC Energy UK National Committee Expert Workshop 2024 hosted by Deloitte at its London office on 31 October considered these factors and other challenges. Nnamdi Anyadike reports.

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Biogases Aerial view of biogas plant round storage tanks and rectangular and L-shaped buildings

11/12/2024 / Raghavendra Verma

The move of an energy major signals shift in the Indian biomass industry

India’s struggling biofuel industry may finally be picking up as the country’s oil refining major, Reliance Industries, announced an INR650bn ($7.72bn) investment plan to set up 500 compressed biogas (CBG) plants over the next three years in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh, reports Raghavendra Verma.

Grid management Close up of rear of electric vehicle with cable running to charger, set against night-time skyscraper skyline

4/12/2024 / Alex Howard

Building a flexible energy market is key to the UK’s energy transition

As the UK advances towards its net zero goals, the onus is on electricity networks to enable the transition. Building more physical infrastructure is of course a big part of the solution, but flexibility also has a significant role to play, writes Alex Howard, Head of Flexibility Markets at UK Power Networks DSO.

Methane CGI images of satellite in space over Earth, with an arc beaming down on the planet's surface to gather emissions data

4/12/2024 / Sara Siddeeq

All that emits is not CO2: tracking methane emissions by satellite

Tracking and reducing methane emissions has long been stymied by outdated estimation methods and unreliable data, leading to widespread underreporting. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that global methane emissions from the energy sector are around 70% higher than what national governments officially report. This striking discrepancy underscores the pressing need for more accurate and effective monitoring systems, reports Sara Siddeeq.

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition Row upon row of solar panels in desert, running left to right across image, with setting sun behind

27/11/2024 / Nnamdi Anyadike

Exploring the challenges of net zero: energy security, LNG markets and Saudi Arabia’s decarbonisation plans

Despite numerous governments making plans to move to net zero, and climate activists agitating for faster decarbonisation, consumer behaviours are yet to change. In part this is due to obstacles and roadblocks that were not foreseen when the plans were originally implemented but are now being encountered. These include the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the challenges of delivering a multilateral approach. The WPC Energy UK National Committee Expert Workshop 2024 hosted by Deloitte at its London office on 31 October considered these factors and other challenges. Nnamdi Anyadike reports.

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News

Offshore oil and gas Shearwater Platform with walkway leading to wellhead jacket. Off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland, 2014.

11/12/2024

Shell and Equinor form largest UK North Sea oil and gas joint venture

Oil major Shell and Norway’s Equinor have announced plans to merge their UK North Sea assets to form the ageing basin’s largest oil and gas company.

Electric vehicles Jaguar Type 00 concept car from the rear

11/12/2024

Can Jaguar inject energy into flagging UK EV market?

UK carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has rebranded for its forthcoming, all-EV line up, at a critical point in the country’s decarbonisation of transport.

Wind Close up of two onshore wind turbines with others in background

11/12/2024

Egypt’s largest wind energy project secures African bank funding while Namibia unveils new local content policy

Two energy projects across northern and southern Africa have taken steps toward independence from overseas investment. First, the African Development Bank (AfDB), headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, has approved a loan of up to $170mn to support the development of the 1.1 GW Suez Wind farm, currently Egypt’s largest wind energy initiative. Second, the Nambian government has announced a new upstream local content policy that aims to ensure development of the country’s oil and gas resources directly benefits its citizens.

Carbon capture and storage Aerial view of the plant

11/12/2024

World’s first industrial-scale carbon capture plant at a cement facility moves into commissioning phase

SLB Capturi has reached mechanical completion of the carbon capture plant at Heidelberg Materials’ cement facility in Brevik, Norway.

Heat pumps The ammonia-fed engine

11/12/2024

World’s largest CO2-based seawater heat pump starts operations

MAN Energy Solutions has successfully commissioned the first unit of its industrial-scale heat pump in Esbjerg, Denmark, marking the delivery of its first heat. On the other side of Denmark, testing has begun of a full-scale ammonia engine.

Wind Two engineers working on top of offshore wind turbine

11/12/2024

Global wind workforce requires major expansion to meet 2028 targets

More than 500,000 new wind technicians are needed by 2028 if the industry is to meet global wind energy ambitions, according to a new report from the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and the Global Wind Organisation (GWO). Meanwhile, Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult remains upbeat about the UK offshore wind supply chain, following a new survey.

Comment

Grid management Energy Institute President Andy Brown

11/12/2024 / Andy Brown

A decade of listening to our members

The Energy Institute’s Energy Barometer, published last week, is in its tenth year of providing a window on the views of the energy professional community. EI President Andy Brown OBE FEI gives his top three takeaways.

Fuel poverty Head and shoulders photo of Chloe McLaren Webb, Project Manager, Centre for Sustainable Energy

11/12/2024 / Chloe McLaren Webb

Ensuring a smart, inclusive and fair energy transition

The energy transition will be a failure unless all domestic consumers are able to participate fully with innovative energy products, services and tariffs. Here, Chloe McLaren Webb, Project Manager at the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE), explains how the CSE is helping with this social imperative.

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Young professionals Head and shoulders photo of AbdulHameed Raji AMEI Interim CEng, Energy Consultant, Arup

11/12/2024 / AbdulHameed Raji

Shining a spotlight on Energy People: AbdulHameed Raji AMEI Interim CEng

Having realised there was no Energy Institute Young Professional Network local to his West Midlands home, AbdulHameed Raji set up a new branch. Such enterprise typifies the attitude of this dynamic engineer, who explains how he came to the Energy Institute, and the energy industry, in the first place.

Nuclear Head and shoulders photo of Professor Zara Hodgson, Director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute at the University of Manchester

11/12/2024 / Zara Hodgson

How nuclear and renewable energy could work together in the UK

Nuclear reactors could generate useful heat and produce green hydrogen as well as electricity – and thus play a major role in decarbonisation efforts – if the role of civil nuclear power in the energy mix could be reconsidered. Professor Zara Hodgson, Director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute at the University of Manchester, explains how.

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Grid management Energy Institute President Andy Brown

11/12/2024 / Andy Brown

A decade of listening to our members

The Energy Institute’s Energy Barometer, published last week, is in its tenth year of providing a window on the views of the energy professional community. EI President Andy Brown OBE FEI gives his top three takeaways.

Fuel poverty Head and shoulders photo of Chloe McLaren Webb, Project Manager, Centre for Sustainable Energy

11/12/2024 / Chloe McLaren Webb

Ensuring a smart, inclusive and fair energy transition

The energy transition will be a failure unless all domestic consumers are able to participate fully with innovative energy products, services and tariffs. Here, Chloe McLaren Webb, Project Manager at the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE), explains how the CSE is helping with this social imperative.

Young professionals Head and shoulders photo of AbdulHameed Raji AMEI Interim CEng, Energy Consultant, Arup

11/12/2024 / AbdulHameed Raji

Shining a spotlight on Energy People: AbdulHameed Raji AMEI Interim CEng

Having realised there was no Energy Institute Young Professional Network local to his West Midlands home, AbdulHameed Raji set up a new branch. Such enterprise typifies the attitude of this dynamic engineer, who explains how he came to the Energy Institute, and the energy industry, in the first place.

Nuclear Head and shoulders photo of Professor Zara Hodgson, Director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute at the University of Manchester

11/12/2024 / Zara Hodgson

How nuclear and renewable energy could work together in the UK

Nuclear reactors could generate useful heat and produce green hydrogen as well as electricity – and thus play a major role in decarbonisation efforts – if the role of civil nuclear power in the energy mix could be reconsidered. Professor Zara Hodgson, Director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute at the University of Manchester, explains how.

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