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Awards recognise professionals across continents creating a better energy future
27/02/2025
- Changemakers from Africa, Asia, Europe and North America recognised at London awards ceremony rounding off International Energy Week 2025
- Global climate statesman Secretary John Kerry honoured with EI President’s Award
Global energy firm PETRONAS joins as Energy Institute Technical Partner
26/02/2025
The Energy Institute, the chartered professional membership body for people who work across the energy sector, has today announced global energy leader PETRONAS as its latest Technical Partner.
Ørsted leader to Chair industry health and safety group
18/02/2025
Against a backdrop of continued growth in the international offshore wind sector, the G+ Global Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation (G+) has today announced Lisbeth Norup Frømling as its new Chair.
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
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China outlines plans to accelerate offshore wind and green trade measures to reach climate goals
19/3/2025
The initiatives were announced by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and detailed in the Government Work Report at the 14th Nationa...
UK publishes detail on long duration energy storage ‘cap and floor’ investment framework
19/3/2025
The TDD sets out how the cap and floor scheme will operate, application window timelines, eligibility criteria and the potential LDES capacity needed,...
Northvolt’s collapse dents Europe’s battery ambitions
19/3/2025
The filing comes after Northvolt’s prolonged financial struggles, which saw it seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US late last year, followe...
US Energy Secretary vows to reverse Biden-era climate policies
19/3/2025
Speaking at S&P Global’s CERAWeek conference in Houston, Wright vowed a reversal of the Biden administration’s ‘very poor direction in energy poli...
Making solar projects cheaper and faster with portable factories
19/3/2025
US-company Charge Robotics is developing solar installation factories to speed up the process of building large-scale solar farms. The company’s facto...
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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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