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Insights Empowering utilities Driven by the rise of new energy technologies, climate change and fluctuating energy demands, utility markets in developed economies are undergoing rapid and radical changes in direction. -
Insights Power generation disruption Energiewende (or “energy transition”) is one of Germany’s largest ongoing projects: a paradigm for the rapid and disruptive changes that many electricity markets are now facing or soon will face, as regulatory and consumer pressures to reduce fossil fuel usage grow and the costs of renewables-based generation continue to fall. -
Insights The industrialization of commodity trading One after another, the commodity trading industry’s traditionally leading independent traders have been increasingly stagnating as the prices of everything, from copper to crude oil, remain stuck at rock-bottom levels. By contrast, the world’s slow-moving top asset-backed trading giants are announcing rock-solid trading results. -
Insights The mexican retail fuels revolution As Mexico deregulates its oil and gas industry, the country represents an enormous opportunity for retail fuels marketers and service stations. Mexican fuel consumption is forecast to grow by roughly 3 percent annually, twice as fast as global demand growth and at a higher rate than the top five fuel-consuming countries.