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Energy prices

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18/6/2025 Comment / Will Blyth

Zonal pricing for the GB electricity market, or fix transmission infrastructure first?

The introduction of zonal electricity pricing should come after the transmission grid has been upgraded to deal with a future zero carbon electricity system, argue Will Blyth, from Oxford Energy Associates and Callum MacIver, from Strathclyde University; both also work at the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC).

Wind

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11/6/2025 Comment / Kate Harvey

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Kate Harvey FEI

The Managing Director of offshore wind health and safety body G+ describes how she got into the industry, her love for project management and the positive role that the Energy Institute has played in her career.

Boilers

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11/6/2025 Comment / Robert Presser

Electric boilers could hasten Europe’s clean energy transformation

At the forefront of the EU’s transition, Finland is accelerating its clean energy agenda by deploying high-efficiency electrode boilers across district heat networks, writes Robert Presser, President of Acme Engineering.

Energy prices

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18/6/2025 Comment / Baroness Taylor of Bolton

Zonal pricing should lower the cost of UK electricity by encouraging generators and consumers to come together – report

Following an inquiry into energy grid and grid connections, the UK Parliament’s House of Lords Industry and Regulators Committee suggests that regional zonal pricing should enable better use of existing grid capacity and lower the cost of electricity, provided that the transition and its risks are managed well. Chair of the 12-member Select Committee is Baroness Taylor of Bolton.

Access to energy

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21/5/2025 Comment / Boma Douglas

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Dr Boma Douglas CEng FEI Chartered Energy Engineer

The distinguished engineer and energy manager discusses what has motivated him in his career and what lies behind his nearly two-decades long involvement with, and support of, the Energy Institute.

Renewables

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4/6/2025 Comment / Javier Cavada

How Morocco is charting its energy transition journey with gas turbine technology

As well as expanding its solar and wind energy generation capacity, Morocco is also looking to gas turbines and, ultimately, hydrogen to achieve its energy transition, writes Javier Cavada, President & CEO, Europe, Middle East and Africa at Mitsubishi Power.

Power generation

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28/5/2025 Comment / Rob Grimmond

How islands can escape diesel dependency

Connecting the often unstable and diesel generator-dominated power systems to larger power grids that contain a diversity of generation technologies offers island communities multiple benefits. So argues Rob Grimmond, Managing Director of contractor Offshore Marine Subsea International (OMSI).

Wind

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28/5/2025 Comment / Ryan Penman

Profile: Technician to company director in 15 years

A strong tail wind must have been pushing former wind turbine technician Ryan Penman, who has made company director less than 20 years after starting his career as one of the second-ever intake of the first wind turbine technician apprenticeship at Siemens Gamesa. (As told to New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple.)

Wind

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23/4/2025 Comment / Emma McIvor

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Emma McIvor AMEI

An early interest in the environment has propelled Emma McIvor to work at the Energy Institute as a Technical Manager. She explains how her membership of the Energy Institute supports and facilitates her work for wind power organisation SafetyOn.

Liquefied natural gas

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21/5/2025 Comment / Mark Davis

Trump vs US LNG? The contradictory state of oil and gas diplomacy today

The threats of tariffs and trade wars of the Trump 2.0 administration could undermine the foundations of US LNG production, argues Mark Davis, Chief Executive Officer of flare solutions firm Capterio.

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