Energy in Demand News, September 14-15, 2025

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) moved on Friday to stop requiring thousands of polluting facilities to report the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases that they release into the air, reports New York Times. The EPA proposal “would end requirements for thousands of coal-burning power plants, oil refineries, steel mills and other industrial facilities across … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 14-15, 2025 →

The UK’s net zero policy is “nonsense” according to US Energy Secretary Chris Wright

Fracking baron Chris Wright has increasingly found bedfellows in the UK and Europe for his climate-scepticism and anti-net zero crusade, writes Andrew Warren, who chairs the British Energy Efficiency Federation, and is a former special advisor to the House of Commons environment committee, in an article on the Business Green website. The US Energy … Continue reading The UK’s net zero policy is “nonsense” according to US Energy Secretary Chris Wright →

Energy in Demand News, September 7-8, 2025

As we are decarbonising our economies, electrification become more and more important. A Financial Times newsletter this week, however, notes that EU member states are set to miss a deadline for linking their electricity grids more closely. “By the end of this year, EU member states should have increased cross-border transmission capacity — the maximum … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 7-8, 2025 →

Energy in Demand News, August 31, 2025

The expression Energy Efficiency 1st is not just a PR slogan. This week, 67 Industry players and 26 national and EU industry associations wrote to the EU’s Danish Presidency, concerned about the draft compromise text on the EU Climate Law from 31st July, which removes explicit references to the Energy Efficiency First (EE1st) principle. The … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 31, 2025 →

Thanks to a change in regulations in UK, residents in social housing in London can now access the clean, affordable energy coming from their own roofs

Frampton Park Estate, a series five-story apartment buildings in east London that have rooftop solar, gained microgrid capabilities after Emergent Energy succeeded in lobbying for regulatory change in 2023. Before the change, most of the 1 MW of solar energy was sold back to the grid, so tenants gained no direct benefit, says the article … Continue reading Thanks to a change in regulations in UK, residents in social housing in London can now access the clean, affordable energy coming from their own roofs →

Where batteries reach their limits, green molecules can step in

We often talk about batteries for grid flexibility but there is less discussion of green molecules for decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors. Thomas Brostrøm, Chief Investment and Development Officer, ACWA Power and Sandeep Kashyap, Chief Executive Officer, Renewables, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group write on the World Economic Forum website about their role in our energy transition. Why … Continue reading Where batteries reach their limits, green molecules can step in →

China finds buyers for surplus solar: Africa’s energy-hungry countries

Vivian Chime writes on the Climate Home News website about how Africa’s solar imports from China have jumped 60% in the 12 months to June 2025, reaching an all-time high. Boom in solar panel imports boosts hopes for clean energy take-off in Africa Imports of solar panels from China to Africa rose sharply in … Continue reading China finds buyers for surplus solar: Africa’s energy-hungry countries →

The green energy transition: shifting away from fossil fuels is particularly challenging

In an article on The Conversation website, Martin Brueckner, Charles Roche and Tauel Harper all from Murdoch University in Australia discuss the difficulties in getting off fossil fuels and the little progress that Australia has made to date. How much success is your country having? Getting rid of fossil fuels is really hard – … Continue reading The green energy transition: shifting away from fossil fuels is particularly challenging →

Energy in Demand News, August 24-25, 2025

Encouragingly, the Financial Times reports that solar power generation in Britain so far this year has surpassed the total for 2024 “as panels are rapidly installed amid favourable weather, underlining renewable energy’s increasing importance to the grid. . . . Some 14.08 terawatt hours of electricity was produced from solar in Great Britain by August … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 24-25, 2025 →

Opportunity to create a new form of infrastructure: capturing, storing and sharing the massive amounts of heat lost from industry, electricity generation and communities

James (Jim) S. Cotton, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, McMaster University in Canada and Caleb Duffield, PhD Candidate in Political Science, McMaster University write on The Conversation website about how Canada’s infrastructure could be used as a major energy source. Canada could use thermal infrastructure to turn wasted heat emissions into energy Buildings are the third-largest … Continue reading Opportunity to create a new form of infrastructure: capturing, storing and sharing the massive amounts of heat lost from industry, electricity generation and communities →