Market design
Is Mexico’s 55% power market nationalisation an anti-business move?
Mexico’s government has consolidated its control over more than half of the country’s power generation market following state utility Comision…
Analysis: cancellations threaten Biden’s 2030 offshore wind target
The US suffered another serious setback to its offshore wind plans just days into 2024, when oil majors bp and…
New EU gas directive has big implications for hydrogen
In December, negotiators from the European Parliament and EU national governments reached a deal on a new EU gas directive,…
EU electricity market reform: what’s in it
In the spring of 2022, tempers were running high at an EU summit of national leaders in Brussels as they…
How COP28 accelerated the conversation on coal phase-out
DUBAI – COP26, which took place in Glasgow in 2021, was supposed to be the COP that “consigned coal to…
Global Stocktake text signalling ‘end of fossil fuels’ is adopted at COP28
DUBAI – COP28 closed on Wednesday with a landmark Global Stocktake text that “calls on parties” to begin “transitioning away…
Brazilian biofuels look for an opening at COP28
DUBAI – The world’s attention in the closing days of COP28 in Dubai has been firmly focused on the likelihood…
EU pushing ahead on cleantech trade battle with China
In September, as she delivered her annual State of the EU speech to the European Parliament, European Commission President Ursula…
Can EU green manufacturers ever compete with low-cost imports?
Economic security – an idea that encompasses a broad set of interconnected elements including supply chain resilience, research integrity, and…
Weekly data: how captive coal plants are driving global coal growth
At the end of 2021, it seemed that coal was on its way out. The previous year, China's leader Xi…