Italy-based Lorenzo Totaro specialises in European energy markets. He has an extensive reporting background, including roles at Bloomberg in London, Brussels and Rome. His work covers topics including carbon markets, AI, workforce dynamics and renewable energy, alongside experience in communications management and C-suite advisory roles.
A spectre is haunting Europe: the spectre of a stalled green transition. There is a piece of legislation moving through the institutions in Brussels that most people have never heard of. One that will shape how the Old Continent heats its homes, powers its factories and manages its energy costs for the next decade and beyond.
Europe is entering the summer months with its energy system under renewed strain. Low gas storage levels, tightening global LNG markets, and growing concerns over aviation fuel supply are testing the continent’s resilience. In his latest column for Energy Connects, Lorenzo Totaro explores how a second global energy shock is exposing Europe's energy security transition.
Despite record results, the industry’s stance for 2026 is more considered than expected, with discipline being the real growth strategy amid surging demand, shifting trade regimes and the uneasy balance between climate ambitions and the “energy addition” pragmatism.
H.E. Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, UAE Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology, ADNOC Managing Director and Group CEO, opened ADIPEC 2025 with an unambiguous call, urging the energy industry to “track the signal, tune out the noise” and, in meeting global energy needs, to “focus on the data, not the drama”. That fact-based directive resonated clearly throughout the record-breaking four days of conference and exhibitions last week among executives, experts, and attendees who gathered in Abu Dhabi to define the energy future.
The message from Gastech 2025 was unmistakable: LNG remains the bedrock of energy security, but its future credibility rests on the whole industry’s demonstrable resilience. Climate shocks, cyber threats, the pace of renewables, AI's growing power demand, and looming price volatility expose deep global imbalances.
The EU's forthcoming regulation should not just be about forcing data centres to use less but empowering them to use smarter, experts say. The boom driven by AI could become an unlikely ally in the transition to a cleaner, more efficient energy system.
By exempting most importers from what was set to be the world’s first carbon border tariff, the EU needs to pass a pivotal test —showing that its climate ambition can adopt with the ground realities of the industry. Still, the risk of those policies is that the administrative costs fall on producers in non-EU nations, chiefly the developing countries, writes Lorenzo Totaro in his latest monthly column
The European Union’s approach to grid resilience is seen as a model for how open societies respond to shared threats -- not by hoarding knowledge, but by investing in alliances and innovation. This effort must continue and expand to successfully address future blackouts, writes Lorenzo Totaro in his monthly column.
In his exclusive column for Energy Connects, Lorenzo Totaro highlights the growing threats to global energy infrastructure—from cyberattacks and wars to natural disasters—emphasising the urgent need for cooperation, innovation, and strong government support to bolster resilience and security.
Small footprint, big impact: with costs set to plunge and political and community endorsements increasing, the heat extracted from deep within the Earth looks set to become the favorite renewable source, writes Lorenzo Totaro in his latest column for Energy Connects
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