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Barge and shipping containers on the River Thames, London

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3 Nov 2026 Feature / Toby Clark

Electrifying the River Thames

The River Thames remains pivotal to London’s commerce and transportation: it accounts for most of the UK’s inland waterway traffic and Thames passenger numbers have more than doubled in the past decade. This leads to environmental pressures and a new way of regarding the river as a conduit for energy, or even as an energy source itself, writes Toby Clark.

Energy data

Image shows the 10 countries with the largest reductions in GHG emissions (green), and those with the largest increases in emissions (red), between 2017 and 2025

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10 Nov 2026 Feature / Ian Jones,Lorraine Wong

Deep divisions detected in the global energy transition

Recognising that the energy transition is not limited to addressing climate change, the Energy Institute’s Country Transition Tracker uses country-level data contained in the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy to build a picture of energy-specific transition progress across three broad fronts: greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions, efficiency and universal access to energy. It is a deeply fragmented picture, write Ian Jones and Energy Institute Energy Analyst Lorraine Wong.

Circular economy

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3 Nov 2022 Feature / Kim Jackson

TEST COPY 2: From linear to circular: making material reuse work across energy assets

Circular economy principles are moving from aspiration to asset decisions. New cross-sector guidance from the Energy Institute (EI), IPIECA and CIRIA aims to show practitioners how to do it, using case studies that run from nuclear decommissioning to repurposed pipeline steel. New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple MEI, reports.

Air quality

Oliver Linehan standing in front of table in front room of home, with component parts of his invention spread across the table top

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4 Feb 2026 Feature / Will Dalrymple

From moss to microamps: Big Bang award winner

Surbiton-based student Oliver Linehan has won the Energy Institute Climate Change Award at the 2025 Big Bang Competition with his design of a domestic air cleaner filled with sphagnum moss.

Energy storage

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27 Oct 2026 Feature / Ben Clube

Project profile: MESH, potentially the UK’s largest long-duration energy store

The MESH energy storage project is being developed by EnergyPathways in salt caverns beneath the East Irish Sea, with onshore facilities at the Port of Barrow, Cumbria. At 300MW and 55GWh capacity, with more than 100 hours of discharge at full power, MESH is set to be the UK’s largest long-duration energy storage (LDES) facility, writes Ben Clube, EnergyPathways’ Chief Executive Officer.

EI Statistical Review of World Energy

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20 Oct 2026 Feature / Kinga Niemczyk,Gemma Fox

How does the global energy system work?

At first glance, the tables and charts covering every major fuel, region and country in the Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy can seem overwhelming. But a new free guide from the publisher introduces how energy is generated, consumed, stored and traded, as well as helping energy novices find and interpret information in its tables, write guide authors Kinga Niemczyk, Energy Institute Insight Analyst, and Gemma Fox, former Senior Energy Product Lead.

Energy storage

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29 Sep 2026 Feature / Toby Clark

How to build a bigger BESS

Long-duration energy storage (LDES) is increasingly seen as vital to a resilient power grid, and the UK should soon have a lot more of it. Ofgem defines LDES as ‘systems that can store and release electricity for eight hours or more’. Although most battery installations are used for short-term storage (less than four hours), some innovative suppliers, including Field, are using batteries for LDES. Toby Clark explains how.

Oil and gas

Head and shoulders photo of Sir Ian Wood standing at a lecturn and speaking into microphone at a conference

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29 Sep 2026 Feature / Andrew Mourant

Sir Ian Wood: 1942–2026

Sir Ian Wood, who has died aged 84, was one of Scotland’s leading industrialists, philanthropists and public servants. He transformed a family-owned Aberdeen marine business into a global engineering company, helped mould the future of the UK’s energy industry, and dedicated his latter life to creating opportunities for young people and improving communities in Scotland, Africa and beyond, writes Andrew Mourant.

Electrification

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6 Oct 2026 Feature / Will Dalrymple

Netherlands looks ahead to an electrified future

Recent developments in the small northern European country show the opportunities provided by electrification, and lay out the costs as well. New Energy World Senior Editor Will Dalrymple MEI reports.

Health and safety

Head and shoulders pic of Mohammed Rashaad

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14 Jul 2026 Feature / Mohammed Rashaad

Onshore wind safety is on track

Mohammed Rashaad, Technical Officer – Data, of onshore wind health and safety organisation SafetyOn, explains the group’s 2025 Incident Data Report, which was released last month.

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Features

Electrifying the River Thames

Deep divisions detected in the global energy transition

TEST COPY 2: From linear to circular: making material reuse work across energy assets

From moss to microamps: Big Bang award winner

Project profile: MESH, potentially the UK’s largest long-duration energy store

How does the global energy system work?

How to build a bigger BESS

Sir Ian Wood: 1942–2026

Netherlands looks ahead to an electrified future

Onshore wind safety is on track