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Could electrified roads be the future of driving?

As several new field trials have demonstrated, hitting the open road and never having to refuel could soon be a reality for drivers, writes Lucy Woods

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Industry gets ready for global sulphur cap

IMO 2020 is the latest regulation by the International Marine Organization (IMO) to reduce sulphur content in fuel oil used on board ships to 0.5% mass by mass (m/m) from 3.5% m/m.

From 2020, IMO rules will ban ships from using fuels with a sulphur content above 0.5%. EIC Senior Downstream Analyst Dina Abieva looks at what compliance means for shipowners and refiners 

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Vision 2050: A roadmap for refiners

The aspirations of Europe’s refiners for greenhouse gas reduction, technology leadership and renewables focus will help to define the global direction of travel in the decades ahead.

Europe’s refiners have set out their ambitions for switching to low-carbon liquid fuels in a programme called Vision 2050. To make this happen, they must rethink and rebuild their industrial and technological strategies, says Stephen George at KBC

On the road with LNG

Heavy-duty freight transport is a key economic sector in Europe.

To support the transition to a carbon neutral future, Europe’s heavy-duty transportation sector needs alternative fuels. Andrea Gerini at NGVA Europe champions LNG as the fuel of the future for long haulage

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Energy Focus speaks with Damien Gerard, Commercial Director at Climate Investments

What is OGCI Climate Investments?

- a US$1bn fund based in London that is part of the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI) created in 2014

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Making virtual power plants a reality

The hot topic in the UK energy industry is the transformation from a centralised system, based on a small number of large power stations, to a decarbonised, decentralised and digitalised system, wi

Energy Focus looks at how energy technology disruptor Limejump is turning the industry on its head

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The next wave of power generation

The energy market across the world is changing rapidly.

How can power plants be brought to inaccessible areas where the infrastructure for conventional solutions is lacking? Wesley Tivnen at Siemens UK says the answer lies out at sea

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Powering the electric car revolution

By all accounts, the market for electric vehicles (EVs) is set to grow exponentially.

Securing demand, growing infrastructure and managing energy consumption will be fundamental to catalysing market growth, writes Fiona Howarth at Octopus Electric Vehicles

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Making nuclear new build an investment vehicle

While other countries in Western Europe such as Germany, Switzerland and France have decided, to varying degrees, to move away from nuclear power in favour of renewables, the UK has embraced nuclea

Vincent Zabielski at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman explains how to make nuclear new build a viable institutional investment

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The role of nuclear in a low-carbon Europe

Europe is leading the world’s response to climate change.

Tim Yeo at the New Nuclear Watch Institute on why Europe needs nuclear

Low Carbon BNFL Nuclear Power Station Sizewell Suffolk United Kingdom
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