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*REPOST* Lost in transition: Big Oil searches for purpose as peak demand looms

BP’s decision to slash its crude production this decade is brave. But its assumption that pivoting to low carbon will be profitable is heroic

May 29 •

Scope 3 hyperopia

The energy industry can barely tame its own emissions, let alone yours and mine

May 11 •

April 2023

Zombie pipelines taunt Pakistan

Pakistan is the Asian ‘energy bridge’ that never got built. Now the country is about to implode under the weight of unaffordable energy.

Apr 14 •

March 2023

Chinese whispers, European jitters

Brittle EU gas market rattled by misplaced fears of LNG demand recovery in China

Mar 14 •

February 2023

Can green steel halt EU deindustrialisation?

Decarbonising steel is an immense challenge, a climate imperative and a huge industrial opportunity

Feb 22 •

Green steel and intermittency risk

Can the steel industry decarbonise using variable-output wind and solar?

Feb 9 •

January 2023

Is gas-fired power back in the money?

Wholesale gas prices collapsed at the end of 2022. But the economics of gas power plants remain extremely challenged

Jan 25 •

Important billing update

There’s no paywall and subscriptions are now donations. Billing resumes on Monday.

Jan 13 •

Energy markets are so damn fickle

And none more so than natural gas

Jan 9 •

December 2022

The price of freedom (gas)

DEEP DIVE: The need to reduce gas demand - and political squabbling - has never been more urgent

Dec 14, 2022 •

China’s thirst for (clean) power

Coal saved China’s hydro-reliant provinces during this summer’s extreme drought. But using thermal plants to prop up the grid during dry periods risks…

Dec 1, 2022 •

November 2022

Hello, TransitionZero!

New pastures, new partnerships

Nov 10, 2022 •

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