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Energy Focus

Energy Focus is the EIC’s flagship magazine, delivering regional market insights, expert commentary and in-depth features on the global energy industry.

Newly redesigned and now produced four times a year, it is packed with high quality independent editorial written by leading figures from operators, contractors, industry bodies and academic institutions from around the world, covering the oil and gas, power, nuclear and renewables sectors.

Energy Focus puts the spotlight on emerging markets, technologies and innovation across the energy industry, making it a must-read publication for those looking to identify and understand industry trends and business opportunities worldwide.
Editions:
Summer 2017
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • Building the next generation of engineers: As the energy sector struggles to bridge the gap, we can ask how can we encourage more women to consider a career in the industry?
  • View from the top: Atlantis Resources CEO Tim Cornelius on MeyGen and global tidal power.
  • Brexit: Routes to success as the UK leaves the European Union.
  • Oil and gas: Premier Oil's Russell Dandie on making the UKCS viable.
  • Power: India's 'power for all' programme could present huge opportunities for the UK supply chain.
  • Nuclear: Nuclear AMRC's Andrew Storer explains how O&G manufacturers can find new opportunities in nuclear.
  • Renewables: Still in its infancy in the US, offshore wind offers huge opportunities as the country looks to draw on UK and European expertise, writes the EIC's Amisha Patel.
  • My business: We go behind the scenes with EIC member Blaze Manufacturing Solutions.
Autumn 2017
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top: Abdulaziz Alhajri, Director of the Downstream Directorate at ADNOC.
  • A world of opportunity: Minister for Investment Mark Garnier on UK energy exports.
  • Evolving in the new energy era: How is the energy industry adapting to the changing markets?
  • Oil and gas: North America shale and oil sands special report.
  • Power: ABB Technology Strategy Manager Peter Jones on why distribution networks are key to the UK’s energy future.
  • Nuclear: Laban Coblentz gives an update on ITER – the world’s largest fusion experiment.
  • Renewables: ESTELA President Dr Luis Crespo on solar thermal energy.
  • My business: Find out what makes EIC member company Booth welsh tick.
Winter 2018
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top: The Rt Hon Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
  • Special report: We look at what digital means for the future of energy.
  • Cybersecurity: Increased interconnectivity has created new opportunities for cybercriminals. How are the big firms tackling these risks?
  • Oil and gas: Ian Philips, Chief Executive Officer at the Oil & Gas Innnovation Centre on taking the Internet of Things offshore.
  • Power: AVEVA Solutions' Bob Aldridge explains the benefits of full lifecycle digitalisation.
  • Nuclear: In a double article special, NuScale and Rolls-Royce talk through their big SMR plans.
  • Renewables: Energy Focus looks at how trailbrazer Tesla is using energy storage to address global demand.
  • My business: Owner Mike Shortall on life at EIC member company ABLE.
Spring 2018
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top: A double header with Carl Ennis, MD at Siemens, and Ian Funnell, MD at ABB – two of our founding member companies
  • 75 years in energy: The EIC celebrates 75 years of energy
  • A blast from the past EIC CEOs: Dai Somerville-Jones and Mike Major share their memories
  • Oil and gas: Chris Stones, Sales Director at EIC member Servelec Controls, talks to Energy Focus about how automation offers an alternative to decommissioning
  • Power: EIC Analyst Oliver Metcalfe looks at the rise of battery storage and the opportunities on offer for the supply chain
  • Nuclear: China’s push into nuclear power offers concrete opportunities for British SMEs, writes Catriona Knox, Head of Energy, DIT, British Embassy Beijing
  • Renewables: EIC Analyst Richard Vale asks, where does energy from waste stand in the circular economy?
  • My business: EIC member company YPS Valves wife and husband team, Rachel and Jonathan Wormald
Summer 2018
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top: Dominic Emery, BP’s Vice President of Group Strategic Planning, talks about the company’s commitment to a low-carbon future
  • Energy transition: How is the industry is adapting to the challenges of a decarbonised world?
  • Is green the new black? Our special report on how the oil and gas industry is facing up to the new energy landscape
  • Oil and gas: What does the future hold for O&G? DNV GL’s Graham Bennett forecasts the energy mix through to 2050
  • Power: Creating a multi-billion-pound CCS economy in the UK
  • Nuclear: Brexiting Euratom: NIA CEO Tom Greatrex on keeping the industry on track
  • Renewables: Decarbonising heating systems to meet our climate change objectives
  • My business: Meet Arc Energy’s Managing Director Andrew Robinson
Autumn 2018
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top: IHS Markit Vice Chairman Dr Daniel Yergin on Trump, China and the GCC
  • A shifting energy landscape: The UK’s electricity system is changing dramatically
  • The path to a diversified energy future: The GCC states are facing up to the challenge of combining energy diversity with security
  • CCS to meet Europe’s climate targets: How the Oil & Gas Authority is making Vision 2035 a reality
  • Oil and gas: Small nuclear reactors could be powering the UK by 2024. Find out how they offer a faster and cheaper way of building new nuclear plants
  • Power: Is electricity the fuel of the future?
  • Nuclear: Advancing nuclear through innovation
  • Renewables: Repowering onshore wind in the UK
  • My business: Paul Hennessey takes Energy Focus behind the scenes at atg UV Technology
Winter 2018
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top: Claire Perry, Minister of State for Energy and Clean Growth
  • Sustainable shipping: Charting a course to a low-carbon industry
  • Electric highways: Could electrified roads be the future of driving?
Spring 2019
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top: Gordon Birrell, BP Upstream Chief Operating Officer for Production, Transformation and Carbon
  • Artificial intelligence powers up: Next generation technologies that will reshape the energy sector
  • Fuelling the future: Where will oil and gas be in 50 years?
Summer 2019
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top: Dr Liam Fox, former Secretary of State for International Trade, on UK export growth
  • Going Global: Tips and advice for UK businesses wanting to break into new markets
  • Case studies: Members' export success stories utilising EIC Launchpad across the globe
Autumn 2019
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top: ADNOC Group CEO Dr Al Jaber on driving transformation
  • Hydrogen: The key to the UK's zero-carbon energy system?
  • Digital disruption: Unlocking the full potential value of data downstream
Winter 2019
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top: Mary Quaney, Group CFO Mainstream Renewable Power
  • Special report: Paris Agreement: Lucy Woods on the importance of the Article 6
  • Rising above the storm: Jeremy Bowden on adapting the energy sector to climate change
Spring 2020
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • Navigating another perfect storm: EIC Chief Executive Stuart Broadley: Weathering winds and safe haven markets
  • View from the top: Q&A with Campbell Keir, EIC President
  • Global Britain: The coronavirus has affected post-Brexit talks, but it has not killed them
Summer 2020
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top: Q&A with Talal Al-Marri, President and CEO, Aramco Overseas
  • The future of European gas: The giant Groningen gas field has been refuelling Europe's energy needs for decades.
  • Reinventing refineries: The transition to a low-carbon economy will require downstream organisations to invest in low-carbon technologies.
Autumn 2020
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top: Q&A with Sir Ian Wood KT GBE, Chair of Opportunity North East (ONE)
  • The big question: How can we encourage more businesses to export?
  • Exporting post-Brexit: Jeremy Bowden on trade after the transition
  • The next great LNG player: Paulo Chachine, Country Director Mozambique, UK Department for International Trade
  • Building the energy transition: Eric Woods, Research Director for Smart Cities, Guidehouse Insights
  • Make your move into the US$250bn global decom market: Rodney Berkeley, Director, Energy and Infrastructure, Department for International Trade
  • Turning the tide on marine energy: Eileen Linklater, External Relationship Manager, EMEC
Winter 2020
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • Countdown to net zero. The call for the 2020s to be a decade of action and progress for sustainable development is loud and clear, but can we deliver net zero by 2050?
  • Energy Transition. Australia's energy overhaul offers opportunities for UK low-carbon solutions.
  • Renewables. Floating Offshore wind, the key to a net-zero North Sea.
  • Oil and Gas. LNG: The ideal bridge to a lower-carbon future.
  • Power. UK innovation needed to help Morocco meet 100% renewables target.
Spring 2021
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • Moving to a low-carbon future - where are the real energy transition export opportunities and how can you access them?
  • Energy transition - Europe: leading the world in green hydrogen technology
  • Renewables - Floating offshore wind is set to take off this decade
  • Oil & gas - PETRONAS on net-zero ambitions, CCUS and hydrogen
  • Power - Paving the way for hydrogen-based energy systems
Summer 2021
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • Branching out into non-energy - As more companies move away from traditional energy sectors, is there cause for concern?
  • Energy Transition - Capturing opportunity in the energy transition
  • Renewables - Shift to offshore wind
  • Oil & gas - BP on Five tips for digital success, Wood on Digital twins for cybersecurity
  • Power - C-Power on Innovating to net-zero
  • Nuclear - New Nuclear Watch Institute on Hydrogen revolution offers huge opportunities in nuclear
Autumn 2021
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • On your marks COP26 - starts the firing gun on a make-or-break decade for urgent climate action
  • Special report - Empowering the next generation of energy leaders
  • COP26 Special - COP26 a platform to raise ambition climate | Engineering our way to net zero
  • Energy Transition - Net-zero just transition and the energy supply chain
  • Renewables - Global appetite for offshore wind accelerates
  • Oil and Gas - Tackling the Scope 3 emissions challenge
Spring 2022
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • Positioning for an inflationary boom - Can the energy industry capitalise or are the opportunities out of reach?
  • Energy Transition - North Sea CCUS hubs in action
  • Renewables - Hotspot for but wind renewables powers ahead
  • Oil and Gas - Ambitious North Sea transition deal makes strong progress
  • Power - Floating an idea for fossil-free platform power
  • Nuclear - Is nuclear back on the table?
Summer 2022
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • From COP26 to Ukraine: Rethinking energy, climate and security
  • Energy Transition - Tap into Australia’s big clean energy opportunities
  • Renewables - A brighter future for Solar
  • Oil and Gas - Unlock new oil and gas opportunities in Africa
  • Power - The energy transition needs virtual power plants
  • Nuclear - The future is safer, cleaner, cheaper nuclear energy
Autumn 2022
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • Oil and Gas to the rescue - Hydrocarbons: the hero of the hour?
  • Energy Transition - Newfound sense of pragmatism reshapes oil and gas decarbonisation
  • Renewables - The next big thing in clean energy?
  • Oil and Gas - Thinking of exporting to the Middle East?
  • Power - Decarbonisation: a holistic approach to the UK’s energy system
  • Nuclear - South Korea returns to nuclear power
Winter 2022
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • Happy 80th Anniversary EIC!
  • View from the top with Stuart Broadley, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Industries Council
  • Energy transition - Energy transition starts at home
  • Renewables - Massive connector offers UK energy crisis lifeline
  • Oil and gas - Is gas the new green fuel?
  • Power - Overhauling Europe’s energy system
Spring 2023
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • Pipe dream? Beyond the hype and hope of energy transition
  • View from the top with Ali Al-Janabi, Country Chairman, Shell Group of Companies UAE and Iraq
  • Energy Transition - Collaboration is key to scaling floating offshore wind
  • Renewables - Is the US climate bill about to spur a clean energy boom?
  • Oil and Gas - LNG: Europe’s solution to the unfolding energy crisis
  • Nuclear - A new era for nuclear energy
Summer 2023
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top with Andrew Cuniah, Chair, EIC and Supply Chain Manager, Bechtel Limited
  • Opportunities abound in the Americas offshore wind market
  • Energy Transition - Oman, Saudi Arabia and UAE lead GCC clean energy investments
  • Renewables - Brazil braces for offshore wind
  • Oil and Gas - Look beyond traditional markets for growth
  • Nuclear - Nuclear power roars back in Central Europe
Autumn 2023
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top with Alex Grant, UK Country Manager for Equinor
  • Energy Transition - The clock is ticking
  • Renewables - Profits prove elusive in the clean energy transition
  • Oil and Gas - Is oil and gas recession-proof?
  • Power - The power grid bottleneck of the energy transition?
  • Nuclear - Is nuclear in trouble?
Winter 2023
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top Jacques Besnainou,?Chief Commercial Officer, Westinghouse Electric Company
  • Where is the money in energy? - Which sectors are thriving and where are the opportunities going in 2024?
  • Nuclear - 32 A world of global nuclear opportunities on the rise
  • Oil and Gas - 28 All eyes on LNG: Key to tackling energy security and climate goals
  • Energy Transition - 20 Slow burn, bright prospects: 16 opportunities on the horizon for hydrogen and carbon capture
  • Renewables - Unlocking opportunities in global wind energy
Spring 2024
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top with Abel Martins-Alexandre, MD and Head of Infrastructure, Energy and Industrials, Lloyds
  • Renewables - It is time to take geothermal energy seriously
  • Oil and Gas - Petrobras’ big spending presents lucrative supply chain prospects in Brazil
  • Power - Navigating coal’s complexities for a sustainable energy future
  • Energy Transition - 22 Africa’s clean energy revolution Idoko Isaac, Head of Technical Sales and Hope George, Commercial Manager, LES Energy
  • Nuclear - UK invests in high-tech nuclear fuel Tim Yeo, Chairman, New Nuclear Watch Institute
Summer 2024
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top with Ana Amicarella, CEO, EthosEnergy
  • Renewables - Renewable energy prospects across Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Americas, and Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Oil and Gas - Expanding horizons Oil and gas opportunities across Europe and the Americas Muhammad Arif
  • Power - 30 Japan’s leadership in Southeast Asia’s energy transition
  • Energy Transition - Unveiling global leaders: carbon capture around the world
  • Nuclear - The geopolitics of nuclear energy: partnerships, progress, and prospects
Autumn 2024
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top with CEO Scott Strazik on GE Vernova’s bold path to energy transformation
  • Renewables - 26 Stable policies and collaboration needed to fuel renewable energy growth
  • Oil and Gas - Balancing conventional and emerging technologies for a greener energy future
  • Power - 30 Urgent upgrades needed for UK power grid
  • Energy Transition - Net zero needs stable policies, financial incentives and skilled workers
  • Nuclear - UK’s US$140bn nuclear pipeline: Opportunities, challenges and SMRs
Winter 2024
Highlights of this issue of Energy Focus include:
  • View from the top with Flotation Energy CFO Jon Dobson on floating wind and bankability
  • Renewables - Barriers slow progress in clean energy
  • Oil and Gas - Oil and gas thrives amid energy transition delays
  • Power - Powering the future
  • Energy Transition - Transition technologies face development hurdles
  • Nuclear - Dual path to energy resilience