Energy in Demand News, October 12-13, 2025

EiD is always trying to encourage zero carbon transport. It was a pleasant surprise to see such an article in The Economist this week. Entitled Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport, the article provides strong evidence that the cities that have promoted cycling have really benefited from lower congestion to better air quality. “In London … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, October 12-13, 2025 →

World’s largest oil, gas companies involved in under 1.5 % renewable energy projects

Despite public promises by many fossil fuel firms that they are investing in the green transition, it turns out that they have made little contribution to the growth of renewable energy. In an article on the New Scientist website, Chris Stokel-Walker discusses how leading oil and gas companies have investment in renewables. Top 250 … Continue reading World’s largest oil, gas companies involved in under 1.5 % renewable energy projects →

Energy in Demand News, October 5-6, 2025

Extreme weather and climate change caused more financial damage in Europe between 2020 and 2023 than it did in the whole preceding decade, the Financial Times reports. “The average annual economic losses in the EU associated with increasingly intense heat, floods and other extreme weather amounted to €44.5bn between 2020 and 2023, two and a … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, October 5-6, 2025 →

IEA’s Energy Business Council discuss market developments

Some 60 senior executives from leading companies shared their views this week on key trends for oil, gas, critical minerals, renewables, power systems and more. The IEA Energy Business Council (EBC) brings together some of the world’s largest companies involved in energy exploration, production and consumption, ranging from oil, natural gas and coal companies … Continue reading IEA’s Energy Business Council discuss market developments →

China, unlike many other countries, tends not to make climate commitments that it doesn’t understand or intend to keep

Myles Allen, Head of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics, University of Oxford and Kai Jiang, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford write on The Conversation website that China’s targets aren’t just slogans or aspirations. When China makes a climate pledge, the world should listen A few years ago, one of us … Continue reading China, unlike many other countries, tends not to make climate commitments that it doesn’t understand or intend to keep →

Energy in Demand News, September 28-29, 2025

Trump to World: Green Energy Is a Scam and Climate Science Is From ‘Stupid People’ That was quite a headline for the New York Times account of President Trump berating everyone at the UN General Assembly this week… everyone who fell for “the greatest con job ever perpetrated”, the carbon footprint “hoax” and the “green … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 28-29, 2025 →

Our energy transition: a recent breakthrough in fuel cell design

In a groundbreaking advancement for the energy sector, researchers have unveiled a revolutionary ceramic fuel cell design that promises to dramatically reduce weight and enhance efficiency, potentially transforming applications across aerospace and renewable energy industries. Eirwen Williams discusses the developments in an article on the Sustainability Times website. “Ceramics Crushed All Metal Technology”: Danish … Continue reading Our energy transition: a recent breakthrough in fuel cell design →

Uruguay’s energy transition: a model for other countries?

Ramón Méndez Galain helped Uruguay decarbonise its grid in just five years, with 98 % of its energy coming from renewable sources. Allyson Chiu writes on the Washington Post website about how he accomplished this. He got an entire country running on clean energy. Can he do it again? When Ramón Méndez Galain’s phone … Continue reading Uruguay’s energy transition: a model for other countries? →

No, it’s not – Australia’s climate and energy minister described energy efficiency as ‘embroidery’ for renewables and electrification

Alan Pears writes on the Renew Economy website about how improved energy efficiency underpins our energy transition and is not merely “embroidery.” Efficiency is not “embroidery” for renewables and electrification – it’s fundamental How can energy efficiency compete with batteries and solar? Answer: It shouldn’t have to compete. It underpins cost-effective and socially beneficial … Continue reading No, it’s not – Australia’s climate and energy minister described energy efficiency as ‘embroidery’ for renewables and electrification →

China is rapidly expanding its global footprint in clean-tech manufacturing

A transformative wave of capital flowing from China is fundamentally defining the map of global clean technology manufacturing. Since 2022, Chinese firms have rapidly accelerated overseas investments into green technologies, with 75 per cent of the projects being located in the Global South. Upamanyu Das writes on the downtoearth website about the new report from … Continue reading China is rapidly expanding its global footprint in clean-tech manufacturing →