When will global gas demand peak? According to a statement sent to Rigzone by the GlobalData team this week, the answer to that question is – not before 2035. “Global natural gas […]
BloombergNEF forecasts 584 GW of solar installations in 2026
In December 2025, BloombergNEF projected a pullback in global solar installations, with China slowing and the rest of the world growing. Ten months later, China has slowed more than expected. The rest […]
How permitting reform could boost VPPs
When a bipartisan group of senators introduced a permitting bill late last month, much of the enthusiasm was around its potential to speed up the process of building large-scale energy projects, including […]
Global Energy Import Dependence Set to Peak by 2034, Rystad Says
Rystad Energy’s fifth edition of its flagship annual report, Global Energy Scenarios (GES) 2026, finds that global reliance on imported energy is projected to peak by 2034 as energy security concerns accelerate […]
Have we reached a distributed energy turning point?
A version of this story was published in the Latitude Weekly newsletter on October 16, 2026. Subscribe to get pieces like this — plus a round-up of our reporting — in your inbox every […]
U.S. Small-Scale Solar Generation Has Quadrupled in the Last Decade
We estimate that U.S. generation from small-scale or rooftop solar photovoltaic systems (smaller than 1 megawatt of capacity) has increased from 18,812 gigawatthours (GWh) to 92,979 GWh over the last decade. The […]
China’s EV Transition Is Four Different Transitions
China has reached a stage of vehicle electrification that is easy to miss if the only number being watched is national EV market share. New urban buses are now essentially all electric, […]
Europe Braces for a Winter Energy Crisis as Gas Reserves Run Low
After months of elevated energy prices, Europe can expect fuel costs to continue rising through the winter months as demand grows. Ongoing energy trade constraints and threats to energy infrastructure across the […]
ICE Vehicle Sales Crash 49%(!) While EV Share Jumps to 67%(!) — China EV Sales Report for September
High gas prices and a never-ending wave of new BEVs has allowed September to reach 67% EV market share, a new record! However, while record market share was achieved in the past […]
Europe’s second energy crisis largely skipped the solar hours
Europe has now lived through two energy crises in four years, and on the surface the second looks like a smaller copy of the first. In Spain, Germany and Greece, day-ahead prices […]
