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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.
Record 7.5 million hours worked in UK onshore wind industry last year
26/06/2024
- 2023 saw a 3% increase in the total hours worked, reaching a record 7.5 million hours across SafetyOn member sites.
- While total incidents rose 16%, their severity has decreased - a 22% reduction in incidents requiring emergency response.
“A year of record highs in an energy hungry world”, EI Statistical Review reveals
20/06/2024
- Full energy data released for 2023, a year of geopolitical, economic and environmental uncertainty
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New Energy World stories
Global alliance targets billions in funding to decarbonise buildings at scale
20/11/2024
The Building Transition: How to Scale and Finance an Inclusive Transition for the Built Environment report focuses on the 75% of lower-performing buil...
China starts producing power from ‘world’s largest open-sea’ solar project
20/11/2024
The project is claimed to be the first and largest of its kind in the world, and is being developed by CHN Energy subsidiary Guohua Energy Investment ...
‘World first’ green hydrogen transport and storage demo to use existing terminal infrastructure
20/11/2024
LOHCs are organic compounds that can absorb and release hydrogen through chemical reactions and can therefore be used as a means of storing and transp...
EU steps up efforts to abate methane emissions at COP29
20/11/2024
This new roadmap, announced at COP29 last week, provides directions for cooperation between fossil fuel importing and exporting countries, which will ...
Historic London flats bust heat pump myths as plans for UK’s biggest district heating network unveiled
20/11/2024
Constructed in 1913, the Sutton Dwellings estate in Chelsea is the oldest social housing block in the UK to adopt a networked heat pump system. The re...
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EI News stories
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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