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Special report: Evolving in the new energy era

Until very recently, governments and oil companies feared the prospect of peak oil, a time of expensive and declining supplies.

Nicholas Newman looks at how companies are adopting more creative strategies and more flexible business models to grow in a new dynamic energy market.

Evolving in the new energy era

The big question: how can companies working in the energy sector move into new markets

Danny Donald

Managing Director at Aiken Group

With Brexit fast approaching and the energy industry still facing tough times, we ask: How can supply chain companies widen their horizons? Energy Focus puts the big question to four members.

The Big Question

Overseas delegation to Uganda

Why attend? The EIC’s oil and gas trade delegation to Uganda will be led by Lord Popat, Prime Minister's Trade Envoy to Uganda and Rwanda.

When: 20–24 November 2017

News & Events

My business: Martin Welsh, Booth Welsh

Can you tell us a little bit about Booth Welsh?

Energy Focus caught up with Managing Director Martin to find out what day-to-day life is like at Booth Welsh.

My Business: Martin Welsh, Booth Welsh

China and Taiwan delivering on Eastern promise

Although Europe remains the global leader in the offshore wind sector, having a total installed capacity of 12.6GW, Asia is catching up fast.

The EIC’s Amisha Patel analyses China and Taiwan’s offshore wind markets, both of which are keen to draw on the UK supply chain’s expertise.

China and Taiwan delivering on Eastern promise

A brighter future

Solar thermal electricity (STE), also known as concentrated solar power, is a carbon-free source of electricity best suited to areas with strong solar radiation including southern Europe, the Middl

Solar thermal electricity has the potential to meet the challenging demands of the changing global energy landscape, writes ESTELA’s Dr Luis Crespo.

A brighter future

Global nuclear prospects: bust or boom?

Nuclear energy plants currently supply about 11% of global electricity.

Worldwide nuclear energy is growing and industry prospects have been recovering ever since the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011. However, the current rate of expansion is nowhere near enough if we truly care about avoiding climate change and improving the lives of billions of people says David Hess at the World Nuclear Association.

Global nuclear prospects:bust or boom?

Is fusion the fuel of the future?

Fusion is the most prevalent source of energy in the universe, but stars create fusion at their core using gravitational force.

As 35 countries collaborate to ‘build a star on earth’ in the South of France, Laban Coblentz gives an update on ITER – the world’s largest fusion experiment.

View from the top: Abdulaziz Alhajri, Director, Downstream Directorate at ADNOC

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Energy Focus meets Abdulaziz Alhajri, the man tasked with driving Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC’s) ambitious downstream expansion plans to double refining capacity and triple petrochemical production by 2025.

Q&A: View from the top: Abdulaziz Alhajri

Breaking Brazil: Q&A with Jeferson Leite, Marketing and Sales Manager

As Bridon’s first-ever Brazilian employee can you explain why the company decided to make the move to Brazil?

Having started by working out of the EIC’s Rio office, Bridon-Bekaert The Ropes Group now has two factories in Brazil and facilities in Argentina, Mexico and Peru. Marketing and Sales Manager Jeferson Leite tells Energy Focus about the company’s incredible South American journey.

Breaking Brazil
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