Governments interfere with pricing mechanisms to shield consumers and companies from rising energy costs, but such measures only deepen the problems in the long run…
Immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, world oil prices jumped above US$100 per barrel, hitting US$130 for Brent crude on March 8…
LNG production can be a boon to East African nations, but security risks and institutional gaps will pose hurdles to growth…
Short-termism prevailed in the push for nuclear power…
The Fourth Industrial Revolution – artificial intelligence in particular – has the potential to solve some of the current conundrums of the green transition…
The United Kingdom attempts to balance energy and climate security by extending the productive use of its North Sea oil and gas fields…
Russia has long been foreseeing a shift toward Asia when it comes to exporting its fossil fuels, but it was by no means prepared to lose the European market…
Small modular reactors could make nuclear energy accessible to more countries, but their viability still has to be tested on a wider scale.
Many technologies needed for the green transition exist, but there are still significant hurdles before they can be deployed at the scale needed to reach net-zero emissions in the coming decades.
