EnergyCents

EnergyCents- Ep 125: Holiday Special: Annual year-in-review and resolutions

21 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In what has become an annual EnergyCents tradition, we welcome back experts Reed Olmstead and David Vaucher for our 5th annual year-in-review and reso...

EnergyCents- Ep 124: Oil Markets: Review of 2023 and thoughts on 2024

14 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Global oil traded within a price band in 2023 that largely supported both consumer mobility, and producer economics. Recent weeks have seen steady pri...

EnergyCents- Ep 123: North Sea Transition Series EP3: Carbon Capture and Storage

07 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The North Sea is one of the greatest tangible examples of a transitioning, or evolving, global energy sector. The offshore play is historically recogn...

EnergyCents- Ep 122: North Sea Transition Series EP2: Offshore Wind

30 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The North Sea is one of the greatest tangible examples of a transitioning, or evolving, global energy sector. The offshore play is historically recogn...

EnergyCents- Ep 121: North Sea Transition Series: Offshore E&P

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The North Sea is one of the greatest tangible examples of a transitioning, or evolving, global energy sector. The offshore play is historically recogn...

EnergyCents- Ep 120: Gas play: European majors test boundaries of Eastern Med success

09 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

After initial enthusiasm, Eni and TotalEnergies announced unsuccessful results in October from the Qana-1 prospect in offshore Lebanon. Attention in t...

EnergyCents- Ep 119: Consolidation: Pipeline deals reshape North America fossil-fuel infrastructure

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

More than $40 billion of North America pipeline deals were announced earlier this year as infrastructure owners reposition themselves for success in a...

EnergyCents- Ep 118: Local expertise: Energy security steers regional explorers to AsiaPac's mature basins

12 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Oil and gas exploration activity in the Asia Pacific region is increasingly focused on mature basins as energy security concerns motivate regional ope...

EnergyCents- Ep 117: Power play: Vietnam looks to grow gas demand in electricity mix

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Vietnam released its long-awaited Power Development Plan VIII (PDP8) in May 2023 outlining power-sector priorities to 2030, which includes a transitio...

EnergyCents- Ep 116: Capital connections: Transmission investment on the Road to Net Zero

14 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Spending on US transmission projects is increasing quickly, but still represents the smallest allocation of capital investment within North America's ...

EnergyCents- Ep 115: Climate Conversations - Energy matters headline Climate Week and COP28

31 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Strategies to manage global climate and energy concerns are known to intersect, occasionally in conflict and often in alignment. Energy production wil...

EnergyCents- Ep 114: Down Under: Australia digs in with CO2 storage initiatives

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Australia has long relied on resource-extraction industries to grow its economy. Recent policies now look to leverage the country's geology to store C...

EnergyCents- Ep 113: New Dawn: Nuclear gets fresh look on back of renewables' intermittency

03 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Nuclear energy plants emit no carbon and can run twenty-four hours per day without relying on wind or sunlight. Recently big-name investors have put t...

EnergyCents- Ep 112: Hot Spot: Enthusiastic E&P industry watches Namibia after string of discoveries

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Shell (Graff-1) and TotalEnergies (Venus 1-X) in 2022 each announced successful offshore exploration wells in Namibia's Orange Sub-basin. Enthusiasm i...

EnergyCents- Ep 111: Drive on: The acceleration of EV adoption

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Government policy and, in many cases, consumer preferences are accelerating new sales of electric vehicles. Automotive expert Devin Lindsay joins Ener...

EnergyCents- Ep 110: Dr. Copper: I've got my own Energy podcast to do

22 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

#Copper is often spoken of as having a phd because its price can be used to quickly diagnose global economic health. The #metal will also be key in re...

EnergyCents - Ep 109: Expectations management: Oil markets wrestle with fresh uncertainties

08 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

China's reopened economy, sidelined shale, and Russian sanctions all add fresh uncertainties to the supply and demand balances shaping global oil-pric...

EnergyCents- Ep 108: Bridge fuel: LPG looks to Africa for market expansion opportunities

25 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG), a byproduct of natural gas production and refined oil, is primarily used in cooking, transportation, and as a petrochem...

EnergyCents- Ep 107: Ghost fleet: Russian barrels find new paths to market

11 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Western sanctions have attempted to limit the market opportunity for Russian oil following the country's invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago. Bar...

EnergyCents- Ep 106: Long and winding road: India looks to net-zero by 2070

27 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Almost 20% of the world's population lives in India, which remains heavily reliant on higher emitting fuels for its energy supply. The potential oppor...

EnergyCents- Ep 105: Molecule Managers: CCUS as an Upstream core competency, if in reverse

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Carbon, Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS) is increasingly viewed as a key to the world meeting its climate goals. The multi-step technology, or ...

EnergyCents- Ep 104: #Goals: Europe reconsiders energy priorities after weathering 2022 gas crunch

30 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

European energy markets largely dodged a crisis during the 2022-23 winter months thanks to the combination of functioning markets, policy influences, ...

EnergyCents- Ep 103: Offshore ambition: Brazil, Petrobras prepare for the energy transition

16 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Petrobras emerged a leader in offshore oil in gas on the back of exploration success throughout the early 2000s, which also coincided with the first p...

EnergyCents- Ep 102: Embarrassment of Riches: How the Upstream sector responds to an influx of cash

02 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Buoyed by high commodity prices in 2022, the global upstream sector enters 2023 with a high-class cash-flow problem: what to do with all this money. A...

EnergyCents - Ep 101: It just keeps going: The evolving business models of battery and auto makers

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Battery and automobile makers often look at the relationship between service stations and internal combustion engines as business-model analogues to s...

Energy Cents - Ep 100 : Alphabet Soup - ESG as Efficiency, Standardization, and Globalization

02 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) investment themes fell out of favor in 2022 as concerns around things like energy security and Wall Street's m...

EnergyCents - Ep 99: Metals and Mining: Fulfilling the promises of cleantech

22 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The success of cleantech innovation is, in many ways, dependent on the world's mining sector delivering an adequate supply of one or more of the follo...

EnergyCents- Ep 98: A year in review: Energy markets, Taylor Swift, and ESG

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In what has become an annual EnergyCents tradition, we welcome back experts Reed Olmstead and David Vaucher for our annual year-in-review and resoluti...

EnergyCents- Ep 97: Reprioritized: The impact of a surge in European gas demand on Southeast Asia

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Russia's Ukraine invasion led to gas supply constraints to Europe that rerouted global gas flows throughout the summer and fall. Gas market expert Joh...

EnergyCents- Ep 96: Structural change: Oil markets brace for volatility heading into winter

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Global oil prices avoided hitting new highs over past months as policy choices from consuming countries helped balanced markets, and Russian supply fo...

Upstream in Perspective- Ep 46: Guyana Basin from mere frontier to production bonanza

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The world has seen an impressive emergence of the Guyana Basin through the discovery of more than 16 billion boe of recoverable resources in less than...

EnergyCents- Ep 95: Gas hub: Geopolitics push development pace of Eastern Mediterranean discoveries

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Eastern Mediterranean's role as a global gas hub is technically advantaged by more than 10 years of exploration success, and strategically advanta...

EnergyCents- Ep 94: Cyclical strength: Revamped U.S. oilfield services prepares for 2023 tightness

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Five oilfield services firms control more than 65% of the hydraulic horsepower capacity available to US shale-focused operators interested in fracing ...

EnergyCents- Ep 93: Permanent Offer: New auction format to speed Brazil pre-salt development

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

More than a dozen operators are preparing to bid in December on up to 12 pre-salt blocks in Brazil's Campos and Santos basins, including the promising...

EnergyCents- Ep 92: National ambition: Green Banks look beyond state and municipal levels

13 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There are more than 20 Green Banks operating in the US with a shared goal of accelerating cleantech investment in underserved communities and filling ...

EnergyCents- Ep 91: Continental fatigue: Energy levels challenge European economies

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Europe's real GDP grew by about 5% during the first two quarters of 2022 on the back of post-pandemic strength from the service sector. Momentum, howe...

EnergyCents- Ep 90: Champagne problems: SAF poised to take off as airlines embark on net-zero trip

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Increasing the mix of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs) in airlines is a key ingredient in the aviation sector reaching its goal of carbon neutrality ...

EnergyCents- Ep 89: Theory of constraints: Service-sector capacity limits shale-sector reinvestment

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The US shale sector is awash in cash on the strength of commodity prices and prudence of operations. North America upstream experts Reed Olmstead and ...

EnergyCents- Ep 88: Getting it done: Climate Week NYC event seeks global action

15 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Climate Week NYC runs September 19-25 in Manhattan, during a week when the city will also be crowded with dignitaries attending the United Nations Gen...

EnergyCents- Ep 87: IRA: How the recently passed legislation affects North America Power markets

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The broad-reaching Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) includes a mix of federal incentives to motivate clean-energy investment that will mitigate emissions...

EnergyCents- Ep 86: Balancing act: COP27 and the influence of energy security on a climate agenda

18 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Egypt hosts the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP27, this November. The event takes place during a year when energy sec...

EnergyCents- Ep 85: Evolving models: Utilities and the rate-case conundrum of distributed generation

11 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Utilities and their commissions are watching customers embrace distributed generation and battery investments that could impact existing rate design a...

EnergyCents- Ep 84: Aligning Incentives: Africa balances oil discoveries with climate ambitions

04 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Governments of resource-rich countries in Africa find themselves at a crossroads as oil and gas operators weigh stranded-asset risk before committing ...

EnergyCents- Ep 83: Stopgap? European energy crisis drives renewed interest in nuclear power

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Policy makers are returning their attention to nuclear power as a potentially low-emission, reliable generator of electricity. Most recently, the Euro...

EnergyCents- Ep 82: Electric factory: building codes look to gas bans as decarbonization goals loom

14 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Washington state in April became the first state to adopt all-electric standards for new commercial and multi-family constructions. The move follows s...

EnergyCents - Ep 81: Throwback: coal markets boom after years of being unfashionable

30 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Global coal prices are at multi-decade highs as post-CoVid demand spikes in the face of underinvested supply. Coal Markets Expert Taylor Kuykendall, a...

EnergyCents- Ep 80: Sail Away: Demand for LNG floating regas units booms post Ukraine invasion

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The LNG industry counts 48 floating regasification and storage units (FSRU) in its global fleet, and demand has exploded as Europe seeks gas-supply op...

EnergyCents- Ep 79: Frenemies: The coexistence of electrons and molecules in meeting climate goals

16 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Energy-directed capital has long been biased to the molecule thanks to the global scale and operational efficiencies of fossil fuels. Focus has, in so...

EnergyCents- Ep 78: Incumbents' dilemma: oil majors and their low-carbon ventures

09 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The global energy sector, largely defined by the traditional businesses of oil and gas companies, is increasingly associated with cleantech investment...

EnergyCents- Ep 77: It's getting hot in here: US natural gas enters summer with unusual tightness

02 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The United States is entering summer with natural gas prices approaching $9/mcf and Lower 48 storage levels 15% below the five-year average, and North...

EnergyCents- Ep 76: Extraordinary times: oil markets adapt to Russian constraints

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Russian sanctions have fundamentally altered commodity market conditions, how oil is priced, and the framework used by market participants to form for...

EnergyCents- Ep 75: Bottlenecks: Mainland China constraints pressure booming solar sector

19 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Global solar installations were expected to grow more than 30% in 2022 before COVID restrictions in mainland China impacted operations of the world's ...

EnergyCents- Ep 74: Leadership Spotlight: Andy Marsh, Plug Power CEO

05 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Plug Power Inc., headquartered in Latham, N.Y. is working to build an "end-to-end green hydrogen ecosystem" with support from large customers and join...

EnergyCents- Ep 73: Drilling on Wall Street: Global upstream M&A bounces from pandemic lows

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Global Upstream merger and acquisition activity increased in 2021 after pandemic-led uncertainty and a reset in the shale sector forced moderation in ...

EnergyCents- Ep 72: Hope floats: Offshore wind industry looks beyond bottom-fixed installations

14 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly 80% of the world's potential offshore wind resources are in waters deeper than 60 meters or in waters with poor seabed conditions. These winds ...

EnergyCents- Ep 71: Ship shape: Waterborne tanker movements reveal commodity-trade clues

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

COVID restrictions and Russia sanctions upended seaborne trade patterns over the past several years and are now contributing to levels of consumer pri...

EnergyCents- Ep 70: Sparks fly: The opportunities and challenges in electrifying Africa

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Many of the more than 1 billion people living in 49 sub-Saharan Africa countries are underserved by reliable electricity generation, leaving a massive...

EnergyCents- Ep 69: A change is gonna come: Digesting oil majors' fourth quarter earnings

16 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What a difference a year makes: energy equities are outperforming the broader stock market, and oil majors are well positioned in 2022 to return cash ...

Upstream in Perspective- Ep 45: Insights on the Vaca Muerta

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Vaca Muerta Shale play is the most important unconventional resource play outside North America. Over the last decade, it has seen significant improve...

EnergyCents- Ep 68: Ukraine: War, sanctions, and implications for European gas markets

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Western governments quickly responded to Russia's late February invasion of Ukraine with economic sanctions to discourage further escalation of confli...

EnergyCents- Ep 67: Top 10: The biggest cleantech trends to watch in 2022

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

IHS Markit's cleantech team released its "Top 10 clean technology trends in 2022" earlier this year, placing bets on the biggest expected movements ac...

EnergyCents- Ep 66: Fuel switching: Refineries consider growth options as traditional demand wanes

25 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Structural declines in fuel demand will lead to reduction in global refining capacity over the coming years and decades. Where then might lie opportun...

EnergyCents- Ep 65: Crew change: EPCs look to apply expertise to large-scale low-carbon projects

17 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Global Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) firms have long embraced project-management opportunities with partners in oil and gas, particular...

EnergyCents- Ep 64: WFH: How the loss of commutes has changed mobility and fuel expectations

10 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Before the pandemic, more than 25% of vehicle miles traveled in the United States came from commuting. Professionals are now working from home some, o...

EnergyCents- Ep 63: Popularity contest: Batteries, hydrogen, and the race for cleantech capital

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Battery and hydrogen technologies have emerged as two of the highest profile ideas to lower the world's carbon emissions. Battery technology is furthe...

EnergyCents- Ep 62: Mind the gap: Asia struggles to attract net-zero investment as targets near

27 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Asian countries will generate about 70% of the world's electricity demand growth between 2021 and 2025. And most of these markets are on track to fall...

EnergyCents- Ep 61: High expectations: Can clean and traditional energy both outperform in 2022?

20 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There's a degree of consensus from financial prognosticators that energy equities from both the low-carbon and traditional sectors will outperform in ...

EnergyCents- Ep 60: Scope creep: Upstream sector shifts attention to emissions

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Oil and gas producers made headlines in 2021 selling "net-zero oil" thanks to the purchase of carbon offset credits to mitigate Scope 1 and Scope 2 em...

EnergyCents- Ep 59: Review and resolution: Shale sector activity in 2021 and 2022

21 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

EnergyCents welcomes back IHS Markit shale sector experts Reed Olmstead and David Vaucher for our annual year-in-review episode. We check in to see ho...

EnergyCents- Ep 58: Good COP, Bad COP: The Road from COP26

08 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After months of high expectations, the UN conference COP26 concluded in November and left many climate enthusiasts wishing there had been more substan...

EnergyCents- Ep 57: Supply anxiety – Physical tightening gives legs to recent oil price rally

17 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Oil markets find themselves at the intersection of fear and greed with supply concerns and fear-of-missing-out enthusiasm pushing prices into a higher...

EnergyCents- Ep 56: Autumn of discontent: Europe wrestles with spiking natural gas prices

04 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

European natural gas prices have more than tripled in 2021 on the back of a post-Covid demand surge that has far outpaced supply – and all before th...

EnergyCents- Ep 55: Energy rations: China seeks balance ahead of seasonal spike in power demand

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The Chinese saying, 摸着石头过河, translates roughly in English to "touching the stones to cross the river" and describes the need to embrace an...

EnergyCents- Ep 54: New configurations: The practicalities of transitioning US gas and power markets

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Transitioning United States power and gas markets to a net-zero economy requires coordinate policy and infrastructure strategies that don't neglect pr...

EnergyCents- Ep 53: Oil sands: Specialists seek opportunity within a more concentrated play

07 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Competition within the Canadian oil sands has concentrated among a few specialists as carbon-concerns contribute to divestments from more diversified ...

EnergyCents- Ep 52: Walking the walk: the diplomatic alliances that may chart success at COP26

30 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The climate-policy arena shifts in November to COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, after a closely watched UN General Assembly session in New York this Septem...

Upstream in Perspective- Ep 44: Exploring the prospects for Brazil's presalt polygon

29 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Brazil's presalt is a world-class resource play that is becoming a core region for several major operators. Nevertheless, challenges remain, namely Br...

EnergyCents- Ep 51: Electric Warriors: EVs, battery networks and the drive for differentiation

23 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Investors, disruptive start-ups and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are hunting for the points of competitive differentiation that will drive ...

EnergyCents- Ep 50: Talent whispers: The quiet potential of natural gas in meeting climate goals

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Not all fossil fuels are created equal, and natural gas holds some advantage relative to its carbon-moleculed peers as climate ambition influences glo...

Upstream in Perspective- Ep 43: Upstream capital costs are on the rise

15 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Upstream Capital Cost Service (UCCS) Discussions is a new addition to the Upstream in Perspective podcast. In these conversations, analysts from the U...

EnergyCents- Ep 49: A delicate balance: Oil giants weigh returns profile of greener portfolios

08 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Low-carbon investment by oil majors has historically generated lower volatility and lower returns relative to capital directed at oil and gas projects...

EnergyCents- Ep 48: Release and catch: CCUS initiatives seek scale as net-zero pledges accelerate

31 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Carbon, Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration projects, or CCUS, involve well-established technologies that have yet to reach the commercial scale t...

EnergyCents- Ep 47: Rationalize or reinvent: The future of fuel retail stations in downstream

17 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Global majors began expanding the footprint of their fuel retail stations in 2017 after more than a decade of site reductions. What explains this rene...

EnergyCents- Ep 46: New ventures: The business of upstream exploration in a decarbonizing world

10 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The role of upstream exploration is changing as oil and gas companies prepare for growth in a lower-carbon business environment. IHS Markit Chief Upst...

EnergyCents- Ep 45: Live wire: Extreme weather challenges a reliable, clean, and affordable grid

27 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Californians approach the anniversary of 2020's unexpected blackouts during a year that has already seen extreme-weather events impact residents of Te...

EnergyCents- Ep 44: A sense of urgency: Why COP26 matters to energy investors

21 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A sense of urgency will define the proceedings at the United Nations' 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) this coming November. Policy makers and p...

EnergyCents- Ep 43: Beyond oil: The growing role of biofuels in a decarbonizing refining sector

13 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Global investment in biofuels continues to ramp up as the refining sector optimizes its portfolio beyond traditional fossil fuels. IHS Markit biofuels...

EnergyCents- Ep 42: Texas Forever: Why Houston will maintain its role as the world's energy capital

30 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

More than 20% of Houston GDP relates to activities in the traditional energy industry – a sector that is being disrupted by innovation in low-carbon...

Upstream in Perspective- Ep 42: Oil and gas labor market challenges and outlook

29 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Upstream Capital Cost Service (UCCS) Discussions is a new addition to the Upstream Perspective podcast. In these conversations, analysts from the UCCS...

EnergyCents- Ep 41: It's complicated: An economy's messy relationship with gas on a path to net zero

23 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Natural gas has historically reduced CO2 emissions when displacing coal in power generation and remains a significant player in the global energy mix ...

EnergyCents- Ep 40: Entrance fees: EU set to consider levy on border-crossing carbon

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

High-carbon imports into the European Union pose challenges to the EU reaching its net-zero ambition by 2050. A proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mech...

EnergyCents- Ep 39: Dear Prudence: Shale sector fortifies balance sheets as cash reinvestment falls

09 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The median first-quarter 2021 cash flow reinvestment rate for the oil-focused US E&Ps came in at an austere 43%, exceeding the expectations of many an...

EnergyCents- Ep 38: Growing pains: Adolescent solar industry challenged by supply-chain tightness

02 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Cleantech investors find themselves on a 'Solar Coaster' as equity volatility reflects the industry's challenge of meeting fast-growing demand through...

EnergyCents- Ep 37: Demand drivers: The promise of hydrogen and the call on capital

26 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

IHS Markit expects annual spending on low-carbon Hydrogen production could increase to $50 billion (with a "b") by 2030, from around $50 million (with...

EnergyCents- Ep 36: Mo money mo problems: Can oil producers hold the line amid rising cash flows?

18 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Oil markets find themselves in a good place as North America shale producers show continued restraint, and OPEC+ manages its response to post-COVID de...

EnergyCents- Ep. 35: Guess who's back (back again)? US grabs the mic in global climate discussions

11 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

President Joseph Biden's proactive commitment to low-carbon energy policy returns the United States to a leadership position within the international ...

EnergyCents- Ep 34: Charged up: Solid-state batteries seek next-generation market share

29 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Specialized start-ups and diversified incumbents are in a race to develop next generation technology that will improve safety and performance of batte...

EnergyCents– Ep. 33: The shape of gas to come: Pipes, politics, and the pursuit of European markets

21 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The fate of Nord Stream 2 remains an open question as strategic interests from the EU, US, and Russia influence the gas pipeline's construction and po...

EnergyCents- Ep 32: Green deals: Financial sector increases commitments to corporate renewables

15 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

US project-specific corporate renewables demand is projected to more than double to $17 billion over the next decade from less than $8 billion in 2021...

EnergyCents- Ep 31: New entrants: The 'prosumer' as potential force in evolving renewables landscape

08 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Nearly all forms of renewable energy continue to attract investment as myriad technologies fight for market share amid a rapidly changing energy lands...