• Opinion

  The Texas energy crisis: its causes and consequences

  • 19 2月 2021

  Freezing conditions in the southern US led to blackouts and a slump in gas production. What can we learn from the crisis?

• Opinion

  The challenge of negative emissions

  • 12 2月 2021

  Elon Musk is offering $100 million in prizes for carbon removal technologies. Costs need to come down a long way for them to be viable

• Opinion

  Carbon emissions: a new challenge for US LNG

  • 05 2月 2021

  President Joe Biden adds to the pressure on US gas exporters to consider climate impacts

• Opinion

  What President Biden’s first day means for energy

  • 22 1月 2021

  Blocking the Keystone XL pipeline, rejoining the Paris climate agreement, and a 60-day restriction on drilling permits on federal lands and waters are a statement of intent from the new administration

• Opinion

  Nord Stream 2 nears the finish line

  • 24 6月 2021

  The gas pipeline from Russia to Germany has been acknowledged as a “fait accompli” by the US. The European market will still need more LNG

• Opinion

  Alerts send warnings about the future of power

  • 18 6月 2021

  As a heatwave hit the southwest US this week, electricity demand surged, putting strain on the grids in Texas and California. Grid operators issued alerts urging customers to conserve electricity where possible by turning up thermostats and not running appliances in the late afternoon and evening. The measures worked: blackouts were avoided in both states. But the alerts were a reminder of the pressures facing grids in extreme weather conditions, which will increase as their reliance on wind and solar power grows. Demand response programmes and other measures to improve the flexibility of the grid are becoming increasingly important.

• Opinion

  The US government speeds up drilling permit approvals

  • 04 6月 2021

  The Biden administration this week issued an order suspending further work on oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska, pending a new environmental review. The order follows through on a commitment that President Joe Biden made on his first day in office. Drilling in ANWR has always been highly controversial, and the lease sale in January attracted only limited interest.

• Opinion

  Pressures from investors and governments change the shape of the US tight oil industry

  • 09 4月 2021

  Pioneer’s US$6.4 billion deal for DoublePoint shows how demands for higher returns and lower emissions are driving consolidation among US E&Ps.

• Opinion

  Demanding new emissions goals set course for low-carbon future

  • 23 4月 2021

  At a US-hosted climate summit this week, large economies discussed their ambitious objectives for cutting emissions. Now comes the hard part.

• Opinion

  The US energy transition rides on the electric F-150

  • 21 5月 2021

  Ford has launched the electric version of its best-selling F-150 truck. Its success or failure will have a big impact on the electrification of transport in the US, and on climate policy.

• Opinion

  Will carbon costs destroy the added value from refinery-petrochemical integration?​

  • 10 11月 2021

  Earlier this year, we published a case study exploring S-Oil’s decision to add steam cracking capacity to its Onsan refinery. In this update, we have used REM-Chemicals and PetroPlan to scrutinise the possible impact of carbon costs.

• Opinion

  Trade becomes a new tactic for curbing emissions

  • 05 11月 2021

  On the eve of the COP26 climate talks, the US and EU announced a plan to draw up the first ever trade agreement based on carbon emissions. Under the proposed deal, steel and aluminium from high-emitting producers would be penalised in US and EU markets, while metal produced with low emissions would be favoured, subject to other conditions.

• Opinion

  Horizons podcast: One giant leap

  • 27 10月 2021

  Dr. Melissa Lott and Chief Analyst Simon Flowers join Horizons to talk Biden’s vision for repowering America.

• Opinion

  The nuclear moment

  • 22 10月 2021

  Gas and coal prices have soared while governments commit to ambitious goals for cutting emissions. Nuclear power can be part of the solution.

• Opinion

  The Interchange podcast: The crypto vs climate showdown

  • 06 8月 2021

  Digging deeper into the divide over crypto’s environmental impact

• Opinion

  The Interchange podcast: Form Energy unveils its Iron-Air battery

  • 30 7月 2021

  Mateo Jaramillo, CEO of Form Energy, pulls back the curtain on a new long-duration battery

• Opinion

  The Interchange podcast: How Biden’s clean electricity standard might work

  • 18 7月 2021

  This week, we’ll take a peek at the news. President Biden unveiled his administration's plan for a...

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: As profits rise, oil majors face new pressures

  • 13 8月 2021

  We started the Covid pandemic at negative oil prices. Today, benchmark prices are above $70. And t...

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: What emerging climate tech sectors are ready for growth?

  • 03 8月 2021

  After 30 years of R&D and commercial proof, hundreds of billions in institutional dollars are pour...

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: Why this IPCC climate report is different

  • 30 8月 2021

  The world’s most scrutinized and peer-reviewed document is out: the IPCC report on climate change....

• Opinion

  The Interchange Recharged podcast: the future of solar storage

  • 29 11月 2021

  David joins Rebecca Ciez to discuss the US' need for additional solar storage, and the batteries for it: the materials, technology and supply chain.

• Opinion

  US Infrastructure bill bets on breakthrough technologies

  • 12 11月 2021

  The US Congress has been debating two bills with big implications for energy. The first, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, has finally been passed by both House and Senate, and will be signed into law by President Biden.

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: innovation, agreements and earthshots

  • 22 11月 2021

  Ed Crooks joins Melissa Lott and Amy Myers-Jaffe to ask COP26: success or failure? The gang also looks at innovation in CCS, nuclear and hydrogen.

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: Can aviation be made sustainable?

  • 17 1月 2022

  Exploring sustainable aviation fuel and electric planes, if venture capital and private equity investment is going to the right technologies, the EU's Green Taxonomy and discussing the hit Netflix film Don't Look Up.

• Opinion

  A new production record in the Gulf of Mexico

  • 14 1月 2022

  US deepwater output will rise to a record high in 2022. What you need to know: The Biden administration aims to build a better grid, the electricity cost outlook in the Asia Pacific region and Burning Man versus geothermal.

• Opinion

  The US LNG boom is back

  • 07 1月 2022

  US LNG export plants are working flat-out to meet strong global demand for gas that has been reflected in soaring prices. With new capacity coming on stream late in 2021 and early in 2022, the US is emerging as the world’s largest LNG exporter.

• Opinion

  The Interchange Recharged podcast: a conversation with Alight – the commercial side of solar

  • 23 12月 2021

  Harald discusses the future of large scale commercial solar projects, the benefits of a PPA for businesses and investors, the role of co-located storage and the policies and legislation in the US that impede (or accelerate) progress in the sector.

• Opinion

  Predictions for 2022

  • 17 12月 2021

  2022 could see rising carbon prices, greater distributed solar capacity, tighter supply chains for renewable energy and a double-digit market share for EVs.

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: Power after carbon

  • 14 9月 2021

  The electric grid is a central pillar of a zero-carbon economy. But in an era of unrelenting ...

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: Will Direct-Air Carbon Capture be viable

  • 20 9月 2021

  Carbon capture has long been criticized as too nascent, too expensive, and too distracting. I...