• Opinion

  Competition heats up for the top three US residential solar installers

  • 29 3月 2022

  Impressive growth and market consolidation amid the top five US solar players could threaten Sunrun’s dominance in 2022.

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: The IPCC climate report uncovered

  • 25 3月 2022

  The gang explores how major US companies may be required to report climate risks and emissions, Canada's new emissions reduction plan and the new IPCC report.

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: Lessons from the Texas power crisis

  • 25 2月 2022

  Ed Crooks is joined by Emily Chasan and Joshua Rhodes to discuss the Texas Blackouts and how to avoid it happening again, the situation in Eastern Europe and how the current conflict affects the net-zero pledges made at COP26.

• Opinion

  Mass-market electric vehicles create new challenges for the grid

  • 18 2月 2022

  In this year’s Super Bowl, six companies showed ads that showcased their electric vehicles, two included EVs in their commercials, and one advertised EV chargers.

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: Saving Build Back Better

  • 28 1月 2022

  President Biden's climate agenda has been reformed. What are the implications for the Build Back Better Act? The gang also looks at EVs, and the growing problems that clean energy is currently facing.

• Opinion

  Will private operators keep pushing Permian production higher?

  • 01 2月 2022

  Private operators’ booming activity levels took Permian oil production to new highs in 2021. Can private operators sustain this momentum and continue to grow at an outlier pace?

• Opinion

  The Interchange Recharged podcast: Innovation and data are revolutionising the grid

  • 21 1月 2022

  The American Electrical Grid is in need of physical updates and digital modernisation. A constantly growing energy demand has seen the strength of the existing grid tested to the limit. How can we use data and new tech to enable the grid to cope with the new demands?

• Opinion

  Policy changes threaten California’s solar industry

  • 28 1月 2022

  Distribution generation has grown rapidly in California, Brent Crude breaks US$90 a barrel, and winners and losers from an accelerated energy transition.

• Opinion

  Inflation Reduction Act tailwinds – and other tales from the grid edge

  • 26 10月 2022

  Three key trends from the latest grid edge quarterly briefing.

• Opinion

  US gas exporters target a changing European market

  • 21 10月 2022

  Europe is replacing its lost imports from Russia with LNG. The shift is putting its gas infrastructure under strain.

• Opinion

  The grid edge of the future: delivering distributed energy and electrification at scale

  • 18 10月 2022

  From EV charging infrastructure ownership to the future of microgrid technology: a preview of the Grid Edge Innovation Summit 2022.

• Opinion

  What will REPowerEU and the Inflation Reduction Act mean for hydrogen?

  • 05 10月 2022

  Flagship climate policy in the EU and the US could give hydrogen the jumpstart it needs.

• Opinion

  The Interchange Recharged podcast: solving the food-cooling conundrum - making storage sustainable

  • 02 9月 2022

  David is joined by Manik Suri from Therma, a tech start-up that builds safety and sustainability tools to eliminate food waste and improve energy efficiency. They are focused on solving this often overlooked but important piece in the energy transition puzzle.

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang podcast: exploring the great American climate bill

  • 12 8月 2022

  The gang discuss The Inflation Reduction Act. Is the bill an indication the energy transition is finally getting the momentum it needs? What new technologies will benefit?

• Opinion

  Lower 48 oil and gas economics Q4 2023: three key takeaways

  • 16 4月 2024

  As winter 2023 comes to an end in the US, read about some of the key gas production and pricing updates from the last quarter

• Opinion

  Home energy storage booms in the US

  • 15 4月 2024

  Residential solar in the US suffered two damaging blows last year: higher interest rates and changes to net metering rules in California. The upside has been a boom in sales of solar systems with battery storage attached.

• Opinion

  China’s solar growth sends module prices plummeting

  • 05 4月 2024

  Excess capacity has sent solar panel prices tumbling. In the early 2010s, the stretch goal was to get the cost down to 50c a watt. Now they are selling in China for just 11c. That is great for solar deployment, but less good for manufacturers.

• Opinion

  How the MENA region and its NOCs are diversifying into new energies

  • 05 4月 2024

  The Middle East is faced with a significant challenge – building a new energy economy means accelerating nascent diversification efforts and pushing towards ambitious net zero goals.

• Opinion

  The biggest takeaways from our PJM and ERCOT spring outlook webinars

  • 28 3月 2024

  How these major US electricity grid operators are using new policies, planning and technologies to improve their services

• Opinion

  US distributed solar and storage competitive landscapes shift in 2023

  • 12 3月 2024

  Top residential solar installers see market shares decrease

• Opinion

  US solar shattered records in 2023, but will this continue in 2024?

  • 06 3月 2024

  Solar has a strong growth outlook, but many uncertainties lie ahead

• Opinion

  Demand growth creates new challenges for the power industry

  • 01 3月 2024

  Utilities already grappling with decarbonisation and climate risks now face growing demand from data centres to support AI applications.

• Opinion

  Evolving power: the impact of electric vehicles on energy utilities

  • 01 3月 2024

  In this bonus episode from Distributech, Ed is joined by Quinn Nakayama, from Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). They have an in-depth discussion on how the rise in EVs is forcing utilities to rethink infrastructure, optimise energy use, and plan for a very different future.

• Opinion

  The Energy Gang at Distributech 2024 in Orlando

  • 28 2月 2024

  Recorded live from the Distributech 2024 conference, Ed Crooks is joined by industry leaders to discuss the role of AI within the renewable energy marketplace.

• Opinion

  Cold weather impacts on US natural gas

  • 28 2月 2024

  A round up of the impact of severe cold weather on the US LNG market so far in 2024

• Opinion

  US gas enters an era of increased price volatility

  • 23 2月 2024

  A mild winter has driven US gas prices down to levels last seen during the pandemic. After the spike in prices in 2022, it seems as though the market has become more volatile. One key reason is that the US has not been building enough gas storage.

• Opinion

  2023 was a tough year for clean energy investment. Will 2024 be better?

  • 20 2月 2024

  Join Ed Crooks, Amy Myers-Jaffe and Dan Goldman as they discuss the downturn in climate-focused funds and venture capital flows. What’s impacting clean energy shares?

• Opinion

  Black gold to green future? Incentives uncertainty clouds Pathways Alliance economic feasibility

  • 14 2月 2024

  World’s largest CCUS project up for FID in 2025, but long-term incentives in question

• Opinion

  Cutting the red tape around geothermal energy | Podcast

  • 13 2月 2024

  We discuss the legislation and the technology that underpins the geothermal sector with Dr Joseph Moore and Lauren Boyd. Together they examine the cost, operation and scope for geothermal energy in the US.

• Opinion

  The energy transition sparks new interest in copper mining

  • 09 2月 2024

  A startup backed by Bill Gates hopes to accelerate copper development in Zambia, to increase supplies needed for low-carbon energy.