Blog - Guest Blogs & Editorials

Will the 2020s be the decade of the fuel cell? Five reasons to be optimistic

• 5 years ago (2020-02-10)
• Junior Isles

 If the 2010s was the decade of the lithium-ion battery, research shows the 2020s could be the decade of the fuel cell.  

By David Hart, Director for Fuel Cells and Hydrogen at E4tech

Non-energy costs in Europe

• 5 years ago (2020-01-09)
• Junior Isles

The complexity of the make-up of the non-energy costs and resulting non-standardisation across Europe means that even with a Single Energy Market for wholesale costs, we are a long way off having a single way of costing retail energy.

By Martyn Young Co-founder and Director of ZTP

The Energy and Utilities sector needs a cyber security revamp

• 5 years ago (2020-01-02)
• Junior Isles

By Rich Turner, SVP EMEA at CyberArk

The introduction of IoT sensors, smart meters, and integrated cloud services requires a proactive and up-to-date mindset when it comes to cyber security.

Renewables in 2020 and beyond

• 5 years ago (2020-01-02)
• Junior Isles

Paul Sheffield, Managing Director, Haven Power, Drax Customers, explores how the next ten years will turn up the heat for using renewable energy.

Get C-level Executives to Understand It’s ‘Crunch Time’ for Sustainability Initiatives

• 5 years ago (2019-11-15)
• Junior Isles

By Paul Marushka, CEO of Sphera

When it comes to getting a buy-in for a sustainability project—or any other plan that could be perceived as low priority—you cannot pull any crunches.

Number crunches, that is.

How to tackle environmental compliance in a decentralised energy market

• 5 years ago (2019-11-01)
• Junior Isles

Malcolm Gray, CFO and co-founder of Libryo, discusses the challenges energy businesses face with ever-changing legislation.

Merchant renewables: a viable investment or a bubble fit to burst?

• 5 years ago (2019-10-03)
• Junior Isles

Like many other nations, Spain has incentives to encourage investment in renewable energy production. After several years with a ‘moratorium’ on incentives and no new build, the need for incentives has disappeared almost overnight as renewable energy sources have reduced costs and have now achieved “grid parity”, meaning that they can be developed without government subsidies. Whilst this has encouraged an increase in renewable energy projects, it could be harmful to profits and have serious economic risks for investors. So what are the potential risks of taking a long-lasting grid parity in Spain for granted, how can these problems be mitigated and why is it relevant to us all?

By Javier Revuelta, ÅF Pöyry Management Consulting  

Regulatory support can power Latin America’s utilities

• 5 years ago (2019-09-26)
• Junior Isles

Although policy uncertainty is spreading across Latin America, strong regulatory frameworks are keeping the region’s utilities on the right track.

By Julyana Yokota, Senior Director and Sector Lead, Infrastructure and Utilities, Latin America, S&P Global Ratings.

Digital Revolution: how blockchain is lagging behind investors’ expectations

• 5 years ago (2019-09-08)
• Junior Isles

Despite the large levels of investment in blockchain, the question remains: when will we see scalable, commercial blockchain solutions that can drive real value in the utility industry?

By Robert Schwarz, Principal Consultant, ÅF Pöyry

Taking a shared value approach to energy

• 5 years ago (2019-07-09)
• Junior Isles

Climate-conscious companies across the globe and across industries are starting to invest more in shared value strategies for business growth.  The electricity landscape is a prime example of this. As it undergoes a transformation, becoming more complex than ever before with rapidly evolving technologies, declining costs, and shifting regulatory landscapes, the electricity grid’s shared infrastructure provides the underserved with access to affordable services.

By Marga Hoek