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Solar

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29/9/2026 Comment / Graeme Hutchison

From blackout risk to batteries: can local networks help stabilise solar on our grids?

With UK balcony solar now legalised, Graeme Hutchison, Managing Director of Grid Consultancy at Eclipse Power, explores the question of solar instability, arguing that demand – and intelligently designed grids – can help.

Engineering

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22/9/2026 Comment / Matthew Henderson

Shining a spotlight on energy people: Matthew Henderson CEng MEI Chartered Energy Engineer

The Senior Project Manager spools back his career to a fateful careers fair in 2012 that set him on a renewables trajectory. That, plus support from the Energy Institute along the way, has led to a role working with a diverse set of stakeholders to improve future renewables projects.

Jobs

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28/9/2026 Comment / Will Dalrymple,Hannah Baker

Salary and success: what an Energy Institute members’ survey says about pay and professional qualifications in energy work

One of the biggest taboos in polite conversation today revolves around money and salaries. While there is much movement towards non-discriminatory hiring practices, the actual salary taken – which often comes down to the brutal facts of supply and demand – remain hidden to colleagues and the general public. A new survey of Energy Institute members about money, recruitment and professional qualification shines a ray of light on this taboo subject. New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple MEI and Hannah Baker ACIM, Senior Marketing Officer, Energy Institute, explain.

Diversity

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15/9/2026 Comment / Nick Turton FEI

The culture war has no place in our energy workplaces

With National Inclusion Week under way, Pride in Energy board member Nick Turton FEI digs into the advocacy group’s new 2026 survey, which finds some UK energy employers ‘pinkhushing’ and a quarter of LGBTQIA+ people in the sector retreating back towards the closet. But there are glimmers of hope.

Heat

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22/9/2026 Comment / Chris Carver

Decoupling demand: engineering a heat battery boiler

Heat pumps may be the best technology to decarbonise heating for 70–80% of UK homes. But even so, that leaves out a significant fraction of housing that is unable to transition to fossil fuel alternatives due to space constraints, planning restrictions, or the sheer cost of upgrading radiators and pipework. Such properties might suit the Tepeo ZEB heat battery boiler. Heat batteries were recently included in the UK government’s Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS), and will attract a £2,500 subsidy later this year, writes Tepeo Engineering Director Chris Carver.

Solar

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15/9/2026 Comment / Tim Humpage

The next phase of the energy transition must deliver value for communities, not just the grid

For much of the past decade, the renewable energy sector has focused, quite rightly, on deployment. The challenge was clear: build more renewable energy, connect it to the grid and accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels. That challenge remains, and the UK’s clean energy ambitions will only be achieved through continued investment in renewable infrastructure at scale. Yet as the sector matures, another challenge is emerging, writes Tim Humpage, CEO of British Solar Renewables.

Renewables

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8/9/2026 Comment / Stuart Gourley

Enabling landowners to play their part in the energy transition

Across the UK, utility-scale solar, wind and battery energy storage projects are becoming an increasingly important part of the rural economy. For the landowners who host them, they can also create something less frequently discussed: an income-producing asset, writes Stuart Gourley, Founder Director and Chief of Product of renewable energy leasing specialist RELA.

Engineering

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10/8/2026 Comment / Alif Zharfan M Zamri

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Alif Zharfan M Zamri, student member

The engineering student at the Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) is President of the Energy Institute’s first student chapter, which launched last year. He discusses how being a student member has enriched his studies.

Heat pumps

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8/9/2026 Comment / Dr Lin Gao

Living with a heat pump: why behaviour matters as much as technology

In this personal account, Dr Lin Gao, a researcher at Energy Bridge Research, tells how installing a heat pump in a domestic property became a two-year journey of research, renovation, frustration, learning and, ultimately, surprise.

Data centres

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27/7/2026 Comment / Fredrik Jansson

Data centre ecosystems: a new wave of sustainable infrastructure

Data centre operators must demonstrate environmental sustainability, responsible planning, transparent operations and clear community benefit – or risk losing both clients and development opportunities, writes Fredrik Jansson, Chief Strategy and Marketing & Communications Officer at Nordic data centre services company AtNorth.

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