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Global climate statesman Secretary John Kerry to receive prestigious Energy Institute President’s Award 2025
16/01/2025
- The former US Secretary of State and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate will speak as guest of honour at the International Energy Week Awards dinner, on 27 February 2025 at the QEII Centre, London
- High level speaker line-up for International Energy Week now also includes Dr Fatih Birol, Rachel Kyte, Damilola Ogunbiyi, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Patrick Pouyanné and others
UK’s energy professionals welcome Government’s early actions but fear “delivery gap” ahead
05/12/2024
- 10th annual Energy Institute (EI) Energy Barometer reveals views of UK energy professionals
- 84% rate decarbonisation of the grid as biggest UK energy success story, but grid modernisation is now singled out as highest priority for ministers eyeing clean power by 2030
- Confidence in achieving the UK’s 2035 and 2050 emission reduction targets is low, at 15% and 4% respectively
- 70% say energy policy has fallen victim to competing political pressures over the past decade and call for it to be more evidence-based, with efforts to improve energy literacy
Country Tracker exposes vast variety of energy transitions
04/11/2024
An insightful new cut of the data sets behind the EI Statistical Review of World Energy has been published today, highlighting the complex variety of energy and emissions stories unfolding in economies around the world.
Half of survey respondents have experienced or witnessed LGBTQI+ discrimination in the UK energy workplace
18/09/2024
- More visible support and allyship from senior leaders is needed to counter discrimination and negative perceptions
Andy Brown, Cordi O’Hara and Tim Pick take up positions at helm of Energy Institute Council
11/07/2024
The diverse footprint of the Energy Institute (EI) has been cemented today in the appointment of a new President and two new Vice Presidents.
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New Energy World stories
SSE to build biofuels plant in Ireland
12/2/2025
The plant in County Kerry, in the south-west of Ireland, will run on sustainable biofuels with the potential to convert to hydrogen. Full construction...
Welsh government backs largest consented tidal energy project in Europe
12/2/2025
Owned and managed by the Menter Môn social enterprise, Morlais will see a range of tidal energy technologies installed in a 35 km² area of the seabed ...
‘Ambitious policy’ is needed to support decarbonisation of the global buildings sector, says ETC
12/2/2025
The global buildings sector currently contributes a third of greenhouse gas emissions (12.3 GtCO2 in 2022), according to the International Energy Agen...
India budget aims to scale up civil nuclear power and develop local renewables supply chains
12/2/2025
India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has announced plans to expand India’s nuclear capacity to 100 GW by 2047, building on the announcement she...
Global investment in the energy transition in 2024 exceeded $2tn for the first time, but the pace of growth has slowed
12/2/2025
Electrified transport remained the largest investment driver, reaching $757bn in 2024, finds the analysis. This figure includes spending on passenger ...
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Become an EI volunteer and help create a better energy future
3/1/2023
We are seeking volunteers to join several committees of Council, including the Energy Advisory Panel, Professional Affairs Committee, HR Committee and...
New Fellowship route recognises the best in energy
2/11/2022
The Energy Institute launches its new route to Fellowship this month – the aim, to recognise the people who make a real difference in energy. The move...
“Stellar” International Energy Week 2022
1/3/2022
The implications of COP26 for the energy sector’s transition to net zero, and fresh concerns about energy security sparked by the Ukraine crisis, were...
Energy in Conversation Season 2 continues with ‘the silent tsunami’
23/9/2021
This season on the EI’s podcast, it’s all about the future. Every episode discusses a different perspective on the possible future of the industry, an...
EI gears up for COP26
26/8/2021
With just two months to go until the world’s governments gather for the COP26 global climate talks in Glasgow, the EI has a busy autumn of related act...
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