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E-FWD 2025 Technology and Innovation events – save the dates! 🗓️ We're excited to announce our next E-FWD events, coming early 2025! By attending these events, members will hear first-hand government priorities around technology and innovation in energy. Find out more and register interest for our first event of 2025 - Energy Tech Breakfast with Mr Anas Sarwar MSP, leader of the Scottish Labour Party - here ⏩ https://lnkd.in/eZvrC_2T

Shell has shaken off the 2021 ruling from The Hague over its emissions, but the fight goes on for environmentalists. Opponents of industry will seek new ways to disrupt oil plans, litigation techniques and targets evolving. Read our latest analysis here ⏩ https://lnkd.in/ga3TWrc9

Where do you get electricity when the wind doesn't blow? The race is on to solve the UK's energy storage challenge, with billions at stake and multiple technologies competing to replace gas plants. This is the future of Britain's power grid. Read Oliver Gordon's Deep Dive ⏩ https://lnkd.in/e7UQ2awc

Shell and Equinor are not just combining assets in the North Sea - they're participating in the long-running evolution of the basin. Their new standalone venture shows how mature regions can be reimagined, with focused, agile operations potentially unlocking value where traditional models fall short. Read the latest here ⏩ https://lnkd.in/gQuxFG6X

Developers have welcomed Labour's funding confirmation for HAR1 projects, but the path to hitting the UK's ambitious 2030 green hydrogen targets looks increasingly challenging without more certainty. Steven Gilmore's analysis features insights from Sarah Potts, hydrogen managing director at Storegga. Read more here ⏩ https://lnkd.in/eDXR_gg3

▶️ In Part 2 of this interview with E-FWD member John Underhill, we get an academic view on the role of plugging and abandonment in decarbonisation. Listen in and discover some of the risks posed by wells that were plugged and abandoned 40 years ago, but are now used for carbon storage. John offers excellent insights into the "technical, data-led, evidence-based approach" used by the University of Aberdeen to help inform decision-making at the North Sea Transition Authority, The Crown Estate, the Crown Estate Scotland, and the wider #energypolicy community. #hydrocarbons #spatialplanning #energytransition #decarbonisation 🎦 Patrice Burnside

Why is subsurface #carbonstorage key to a sustainable future? 🌍 We asked E-FWD Founder Member John Underhill, University Director for Energy Transition and Professor Geoscience at the University of Aberdeen. 🎬 Here's what he said: “The reason we conduct research on subsurface carbon storage in the Centre for Energy Transition at Aberdeen University is to protect UK communities and jobs. To decarbonise our existing manufacturing and industrial base, we need to identify credible sites to store carbon emissions. "The alternative is closing factories and sectors down with the inevitable consequences for employment, security and fuel poverty. While closing down industries would lead to the UK reducing its emissions, it will increase global emissions overall, because we will need to import the products that we use — something we wish to avoid because it is detrimental for the climate. Carbon storage, therefore, helps manage and deliver a just transition.” ▶️ Part 1 of the interview is live now! Check it out below. Stay tuned for Part 2 of John’s interview with Patrice Burnside, coming TOMORROW! 🚀 #EnergyTransition #JustTransition #Decarbonisation #CleanEnergy #EFWD

Donald Trump vowed to kill America’s nascent offshore wind industry on “day one”. But others are hopeful he will pull his punches once in office. What’s the outlook for offshore wind under Trump 2.0? E-FWD members can read Seb Kennedy's latest deep dive here ⏩ https://lnkd.in/ezuKjTTu

The Granite City has had some tough years, but Ryan Crighton is feeling positive about the future. New efforts are going into green plans and - whisper it - the oil sector isn't dead yet ⏩ https://lnkd.in/eQ3_mgwi

Ed Reed and Seb Kennedy talk Chinese investment, the CIB and the concerns that go with it. E-FWD members can read Seb's article here ⏩ https://lnkd.in/exBthZh4