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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.

Circular economy Aerial view over row upon row of solar panels

6/12/2023 / Sara Siddeeq

How dirty is clean tech when it comes to the circular economy?

As renewable energy generation accounts for an increasing share of global power, the environmental impact of these clean energy sources must be carefully considered. Demand for wind turbines, batteries and solar panels is exploding and so creating a circular economy for the new energy system is fundamental to a more sustainable relationship with the environment. Sara Siddeeq reports.

Circular economy Aerial view over row upon row of solar panels

6/12/2023 / Sara Siddeeq

How dirty is clean tech when it comes to the circular economy?

As renewable energy generation accounts for an increasing share of global power, the environmental impact of these clean energy sources must be carefully considered. Demand for wind turbines, batteries and solar panels is exploding and so creating a circular economy for the new energy system is fundamental to a more sustainable relationship with the environment. Sara Siddeeq reports.

Energy security Aerial overview of The Port of Haifa showing industrial buildings, port infrastructure and vessels docked

6/12/2023 / Selwyn Parker

Will the energy transition end decades of energy shocks?

After decades of oil and gas price shocks affecting geopolitics, businesses and everyday consumers, energy writer Selwyn Parker asks whether distributed energy systems served by renewable sources can significantly reduce energy cost disruption in the search for long-term stability.

Renewables Row of wind turbines set in dusty landscape heading off into distance, with some livestock sat in front of large turbine mast in foreground

6/12/2023 / Andreia Nogueira

How Brazil beats many richer nations in renewables

Brazil looks set to be a world-leading trailblazer in adopting renewable energy. Andreia Nogueira looks at how abundant natural resources, imported know-how and technology, combined with new regulation, have helped grow clean energy adoption by Latin America’s largest country.

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Renewables Aerial view of the solar panels set in grid pattern

29/11/2023 / Fernando Zúñiga

Latin American and Caribbean nations poised to lead the transition

It is perhaps not widely known that countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are among world leaders in adopting renewable energy, led by hydroelectric schemes, writes Fernando Zúñiga, Managing Director for Latin America & Caribbean with MPC Energy Solutions (MPCES).

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition Two rows of solar panels with three wind turbines in the background

29/11/2023 / Adrian del Maestro, Frank Sweet

Is the energy transition moving fast enough?

A new report on the Future of Infrastructure by AECOM offers a wide-ranging survey of nearly 850 senior executives in nine industry sectors and 22 countries, examining their challenges and opportunities in the energy transition. Frank Sweet, Chief Executive, Environment & Energy Global Business Line, AECOM, and Adrian Del Maestro, Vice President, Global Energy Advisory, AECOM, share some key findings.

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Energy security Aerial overview of The Port of Haifa showing industrial buildings, port infrastructure and vessels docked

6/12/2023 / Selwyn Parker

Will the energy transition end decades of energy shocks?

After decades of oil and gas price shocks affecting geopolitics, businesses and everyday consumers, energy writer Selwyn Parker asks whether distributed energy systems served by renewable sources can significantly reduce energy cost disruption in the search for long-term stability.

Renewables Row of wind turbines set in dusty landscape heading off into distance, with some livestock sat in front of large turbine mast in foreground

6/12/2023 / Andreia Nogueira

How Brazil beats many richer nations in renewables

Brazil looks set to be a world-leading trailblazer in adopting renewable energy. Andreia Nogueira looks at how abundant natural resources, imported know-how and technology, combined with new regulation, have helped grow clean energy adoption by Latin America’s largest country.

Renewables Aerial view of the solar panels set in grid pattern

29/11/2023 / Fernando Zúñiga

Latin American and Caribbean nations poised to lead the transition

It is perhaps not widely known that countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are among world leaders in adopting renewable energy, led by hydroelectric schemes, writes Fernando Zúñiga, Managing Director for Latin America & Caribbean with MPC Energy Solutions (MPCES).

Net zero / decarbonisation / energy transition Two rows of solar panels with three wind turbines in the background

29/11/2023 / Adrian del Maestro, Frank Sweet

Is the energy transition moving fast enough?

A new report on the Future of Infrastructure by AECOM offers a wide-ranging survey of nearly 850 senior executives in nine industry sectors and 22 countries, examining their challenges and opportunities in the energy transition. Frank Sweet, Chief Executive, Environment & Energy Global Business Line, AECOM, and Adrian Del Maestro, Vice President, Global Energy Advisory, AECOM, share some key findings.

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News

Geothermal Aerial view of geothermal site amongst mountains in Nevada

6/12/2023

Google’s first geothermal project starts up

Google has announced that its geothermal project in Nevada, US, has begun providing power to the local grid in an effort to fuel its data centres with clean energy.

COP Flooded village in the Philippines

6/12/2023

COP28 opens with over $400mn pledged to loss and damage fund

In what was billed as a ‘historic’ announcement at the start of the COP28 climate summit, governments collectively pledged more than $400mn to a loss and damage fund for developing countries that have suffered the effects of climate change. The figure rose to some $660mn within days as more countries pledged funds.

Electricity Graphic of a group of pylons with glowing cables connecting them

6/12/2023

EC sets out action plan to accelerate roll-out of grid networks

The European Commission (EC) has set out an action plan to accelerate the roll-out of electricity grids in the European Union (EU). It has also proposed a 12-month extension of the emergency measures introduced last year in response to the energy crisis.

Nuclear fusion JT-60SA nuclear fusion device in Naka, Japan

6/12/2023

Europe and Japan celebrate breakthrough in fusion energy

The world’s biggest operational experimental nuclear fusion reactor has been inaugurated in Japan.

Aviation Close up of aircraft wing and engine during flight

6/12/2023

New global target set for aviation emissions

The international aviation sector has taken what it claims is a ‘giant leap’ to accelerate its decarbonisation, with the adoption of a new global framework that aims to scale-up development and deployment of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), lower carbon aviation fuels (LCAF) and other aviation cleaner energies on a global basis.

Renewables Solar panels in Beijing with city skyline in background

6/12/2023

China leads renewables race in 2023

Currently on target to reach a record-breaking 230 GW of wind and solar installations this year, China is leading the global renewables market, according to a new report.

Comment

Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) Iain Gilmore, Senior Manager, Catalyst Technologies, Johnson Matthey (left) and David Kettner, President and General Counsel of Virent (right)

6/12/2023 / Iain Gilmore, David Kettner

Take-off for sustainable aviation fuel?

Media coverage promoted the recent 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) Virgin Atlantic trans-Atlantic flight as a milestone for the aviation sector. However, challenges in terms of scalability and cost remain. Iain Gilmore, Senior Manager, Catalyst Technologies, Johnson Matthey, and David Kettner, President and General Counsel of Virent, discuss the importance of the flight and how new technology made it possible.

Methane Head and shoulders photo of Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund

29/11/2023 / Fred Krupp

More ambitious climate action needed from the fossil fuel industry

The climate crisis requires a substantial reduction in fossil fuel use over the next 30 years, says Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund. What’s more, there is a crucial need for the oil and gas sector to reduce methane emissions as well as CO2.

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COP Head and shoulders photo of Dr Waddah S Ghanem Al Hashmi FEI, Honorary Chair of EI Middle East and a senior director in the energy sector

29/11/2023 / Waddah S Ghanem Al Hashmi

COP28 Perspective: The UAE – contradiction or blueprint?

With COP28 starting in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dr Waddah S Ghanem Al Hashmi FEI, Honorary Chair of EI Middle East and a senior director in the energy sector, reflects on the duality of the UAE’s energy story and how this year’s Energy Institute (EI) Energy Barometer survey offers a fresh perspective on his country’s role in tackling the climate crisis.

COP Head and shoulders photo of Damilola Ogunbiyi

22/11/2023 / Damilola Ogunbiyi

COP28 Perspective: My hopes and fears ahead of UN Climate Summit

COP28 could be the moment when the world goes beyond commitments and starts taking meaningful action for a clean energy transition; although, equally, it may not be. Damilola Ogunbiyi HonFEI, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy, previews the event.

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Sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) Iain Gilmore, Senior Manager, Catalyst Technologies, Johnson Matthey (left) and David Kettner, President and General Counsel of Virent (right)

6/12/2023 / Iain Gilmore, David Kettner

Take-off for sustainable aviation fuel?

Media coverage promoted the recent 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) Virgin Atlantic trans-Atlantic flight as a milestone for the aviation sector. However, challenges in terms of scalability and cost remain. Iain Gilmore, Senior Manager, Catalyst Technologies, Johnson Matthey, and David Kettner, President and General Counsel of Virent, discuss the importance of the flight and how new technology made it possible.

Methane Head and shoulders photo of Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund

29/11/2023 / Fred Krupp

More ambitious climate action needed from the fossil fuel industry

The climate crisis requires a substantial reduction in fossil fuel use over the next 30 years, says Fred Krupp, President of the Environmental Defense Fund. What’s more, there is a crucial need for the oil and gas sector to reduce methane emissions as well as CO2.

COP Head and shoulders photo of Dr Waddah S Ghanem Al Hashmi FEI, Honorary Chair of EI Middle East and a senior director in the energy sector

29/11/2023 / Waddah S Ghanem Al Hashmi

COP28 Perspective: The UAE – contradiction or blueprint?

With COP28 starting in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dr Waddah S Ghanem Al Hashmi FEI, Honorary Chair of EI Middle East and a senior director in the energy sector, reflects on the duality of the UAE’s energy story and how this year’s Energy Institute (EI) Energy Barometer survey offers a fresh perspective on his country’s role in tackling the climate crisis.

COP Head and shoulders photo of Damilola Ogunbiyi

22/11/2023 / Damilola Ogunbiyi

COP28 Perspective: My hopes and fears ahead of UN Climate Summit

COP28 could be the moment when the world goes beyond commitments and starts taking meaningful action for a clean energy transition; although, equally, it may not be. Damilola Ogunbiyi HonFEI, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy, previews the event.

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Quarterly print edition

Welcome to our November 2023 New Energy World quarterly, which contains some of the best features and comment pieces that we have published over the last three months.

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Will COP28 get the world on track to net zero?

With all eyes on COP28, can the oil-rich UAE unite the world around the bold action demanded by the latest climate science?

Also in this issue:

  • End of the ICE age looms as EV sales accelerate
  • CCUS: a silver bullet for a clean energy future?
  • Middle East plays catch-up on the road to net zero
  • What must the UK do to be a low-carbon leader?

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