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Richard Barton MEI
Treasurer
Paul Holmes
Chair
Events and training
International Energy Week 2025
25/2/2025 - 27/2/2025
Convened by the Energy Institute’s sector experts and informed by the EI Statistical Review of World Energy, International Energy Week 2025 is t...
Level 1: Certificate in Energy Management Essentials - April 2025
31/3/2025 - 4/4/2025
About:This introductory 5 day classroom course provides a comprehensive, practical overview of the fundamentals of energy management, equipping p...
Net Zero for Professionals - April 2025
1/4/2025 - 2/4/2025
This course provides a comprehensive, practical overview for those preparing their organisation for their net zero future.About:This 2 day classroom c...
Hazardous Area Classification - April 2025
8/4/2025 - 10/4/2025
This 3-day training course will provide delegates with training on the Energy Institute Model Safe Code of Practice 15, Area Classification for Instal...
Delivering Safety Culture Change using the Hearts and Minds Toolkit - May 2025
20/5/2025 - 22/5/2025
This 3-day interactive classroom course with certificate, will teach delegates the fundamentals of improving safety culture using the award-winning He...
Publications and documents
What's new?
Egypt’s largest wind energy project secures African bank funding while Namibia unveils new local content policy
11/12/2024
Total costs for the Suez Wind project are put at $1.1bn. The AfDB’s financing is in addition to funding expected from a consortium of development fina...
Swedish government rejects 13 offshore wind projects over defense concerns
13/11/2024
The 13 rejected offshore wind projects, proposed by Deep Wind Offshore, Eolus, Freja Offshore, Ørsted, OX2, RWE and Statkraft, would have been locate...
Mercedes-Benz opens recycling factory to close the battery loop
30/10/2024
The recycling plant in Kuppenheim, southern Germany, is expected to have a recovery rate of more than 96%. The 2,500 t/y capacity plant wi...
Renewables continue steady progress to undercut fossil fuels in LCOE price
30/10/2024
For solar photovoltaics (PV), fixed-axis systems average an LCOE of $66/MWh globally, within a wide range of $28–117/MWh. That reflects the influence ...
UK government promotes investment in long-duration energy storage
23/10/2024
The announcement followed a consultation held earlier this year which proposed a cap and floor scheme to encourage LDES investment. Such a model provi...
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