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Lorenzo Totaro

Carbon markets: the difficult balancing act of pricing emissions

In his exclusive monthly column, Lorenzo Totaro underscores the vital role of carbon markets in reducing greenhouse gas emissions, while emphasising that their current pricing mechanisms are insufficient to meet global climate goals.

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Robin Mills

US energy and climate legacy: the crucial impact of long-term policies

In his latest monthly column for Energy Connects, Robin Mills dives deep into President Biden's potential legacy as a transformative energy President, which hinges on the long-term impact of his clean energy initiatives.

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Gaurav Sharma

US is now a global energy superpower giving the market a makeover

In his latest monthly column for Energy Connects, Gaurav Sharma dives deep into how the remarkable transformation of the US from being a net importer to the world’s leading energy producer is ushering in profound market shifts

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Vandana Hari

Skewed oil demand narrative makes calls for $90 crude questionable

Crude’s month-long rally, which propped up Brent futures by almost US $10/barrel to a nine-week high settlement of $87.43/barrel on July 4, split the market between bulls predicting $90 and sceptics saying seemed like a stretch.

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Robin Mills

Climate on the Caspian: a COP of ambition and action in Baku

The sites of the latest three UN climate talks – COP27, COP28 and COP29 – outline a triangle about 2,000 kilometres long on each side, that contains almost half the world’s oil and gas reserves. Sharm El Sheikh in 2022, Dubai in 2023, and Baku in Azerbaijan, coming up this November, have nevertheless delivered or aim to deliver serious and real progress on climate, not the fossil fuel stitch-up many campaigners feared. As climate talks on the Caspian concludes this trio, what can we look forward to?

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Lorenzo Totaro

Sticker shock? The hidden costs threatening the energy transition

It might be time to ask whether we severely underestimated the economic toll of going green. The world has set ambitious goals for expansion of renewable power and low-carbon technologies to fight climate change. From the International Energy Agency's Net Zero by 2050 roadmap calling for renewables to reach nearly 90% of global electricity, to the EU's target of cutting emissions by 55% this decade – nations are racing to reshape their energy systems. However, concerns are mounting that the costs of this massive transition are proving much higher than anticipated just a few years ago. Did policymakers, businesses, and consumers grossly underestimate the hidden costs?

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Gaurav Sharma

Green hydrogen's fate in a net zero economy hinges on upscaling

In his exclusive monthly column for Energy Connects, Gaurav Sharma catches up with the use case reality of hydrogen and explores what it would take to deploy green hydrogen as a heat source at scale. He writes that green hydrogen accounts for less than 1% of total global hydrogen production. This must change for it to play a key role in a future net zero economy.

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Mickael Vogel

Africa’s hydropower capacity grows amid challenges and calls for action

Africa’s hydropower capacity has surged, adding 2 gigawatts (GW) in 2023, according to the preliminary findings of the World Hydropower Outlook from the International Hydropower Association (IHA). Despite this growth, the continent has harnessed only 10% of its vast potential.

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Robin Mills

US hurricane season: turbulence ahead for the energy industry?

As an intense, above-average hurricane season approaches this year, Robin M. Mills analyses the possible scenarios and the potential impact on the oil and gas infrastructure along the US Gulf coast, and on the international energy industry, in his exclusive monthly column

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Lorenzo Totaro

Talent gap threatens to hold back progress on the global energy transition

In his exclusive monthly column, Lorenzo Totaro outlines how a skills and talent gap across the energy industry can hamper its shift toward renewables. The quality of education, investments, and recruitment processes is key as it is an innovative culture of policymakers and managers, while excessive incentives can lead to misallocations and potentially derail the whole transition, according to experts.

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