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Electricity markets

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3/12/2025 Comment / Lim Eu Shawn,Sarah Suherman

Powering ASEAN’s next chapter: grids, growth and the AI future

Southeast Asia’s energy transition starts from a very different place than the one unfolding in Europe or North America. For the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries, this is not a story of tweaking a mature system at the margins, but of building new power systems fast enough to keep up with factories, cities and digital infrastructure that are still coming online, write Dr Lim Eu Shawn, Chairman of the Energy Institute Malaysia community and Chief Business & Solutions Officer with Aerodyne, and Sarah Suherman AMEI, Assistant Manager, GTM & Business Intelligence, Aerodyne.

Electricity markets

Silhouetted rows of electricity pylons and cables stretching into the distance against a sunset

26/7/2023 News

EU electricity demand set to drop to lowest level in 20 years

Declining electricity consumption in advanced economies is impacting global demand growth this year. However, with global consumption expected to rebound in 2024, the growth of renewables is more important than ever, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Artificial Intelligence

30/4/2025 News

AI to spark a surge in global electricity demand

Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to drive a significant increase in electricity consumption from data centres worldwide, according to new analysis from the International Energy Agency and BloombergNEF. However, it is also expected to provide opportunities to cut costs, enhance competitiveness and reduce emissions.

Electricity markets

Aerial view of large solar farm next to a river

14/1/2026 News

Turning point for power: record solar growth across Europe and Great Britain in 2025

Europe’s electricity transition gathered pace in 2025, driven by record solar growth that curbed emissions and fossil fuel exposure, although weak demand and volatility persisted, according to sector trade association Eurelectric. In parallel, analysis of provisional data from the National Energy System Operator (NESO) shows Britain also hitting renewable records, with solar surging, while gas still played a significant balancing role last year.

Electricity markets

3/12/2025 Comment / Lim Eu Shawn,Sarah Suherman

Powering ASEAN’s next chapter: grids, growth and the AI future

Southeast Asia’s energy transition starts from a very different place than the one unfolding in Europe or North America. For the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries, this is not a story of tweaking a mature system at the margins, but of building new power systems fast enough to keep up with factories, cities and digital infrastructure that are still coming online, write Dr Lim Eu Shawn, Chairman of the Energy Institute Malaysia community and Chief Business & Solutions Officer with Aerodyne, and Sarah Suherman AMEI, Assistant Manager, GTM & Business Intelligence, Aerodyne.

Grid management

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12/6/2024 Comment / Simon Skillings

The power system challenge for the new UK government

One early task for the upcoming new UK government will be to oversee, along with the National Energy System Operator, development of the electricity grid necessary to support progress towards net zero. Here, Simon Skillings, Senior Associate at climate change think tank E3G, proposes a ‘Power System Delivery Office’ to take on the task.

Solar

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5/2/2025 Comment / Tarun Agrawal

How large-scale solar is transforming business energy

The clock is ticking on climate change, and large-scale solar projects are taking a central role in the race to decarbonise our energy systems. Tarun Agrawal, CEO of AMPYR Solar Europe, explores how businesses are benefitting.

Energy policy

23/11/2022 News

UK Autumn Statement: More heat on average energy users and 45% levy on low carbon electricity generators

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced a raft of new tax measures in his Autumn Budget, bringing UK taxation to the highest level since World War 2. Energy-related measures were particularly significant and included a new windfall tax on low carbon electricity generators, and the introduction of a vehicle excise duty on electric vehicles by 2025.

BESS

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4/3/2026 Comment / Carloandrea Meacci

The nascent Italian BESS offtake market

A paradoxical consequence of the surprisingly low outcome of Italy’s first MACSE auction is that it has started a battery energy storage system (BESS) offtake market that would have not kicked off otherwise. This is because the auction created room for offtakers to profit from the spread between merchant curves and offtaking fees. Such a private offtake alternative to regulated revenues has its pros (lower regulatory risk, no need to await the outcome of an unpredictable auction) and cons (counterparty risk, absence of a template offtake agreement requiring potentially lengthy negotiations) but is a positive in terms of having an alternative to the regulated regime, further reinforcing the attractiveness of the Italian BESS market, writes Carloandrea Meacci, Head of the Energy & Infrastructure Team, Ashurst Italy.

Electricity markets

Head and shoulders photo of Flora Harley

7/1/2026 Comment / Flora Harley

Breakthrough in the bottleneck?

Navigating the UK’s renewable energy investment market is as challenging as ever, writes Flora Harley, Head of Energy and Sustainability Research with property consultancy Knight Frank, with continuing grid connection problems, but also with opportunities around the growth of corporate power purchase agreements.

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Powering ASEAN’s next chapter: grids, growth and the AI future

EU electricity demand set to drop to lowest level in 20 years

AI to spark a surge in global electricity demand

Turning point for power: record solar growth across Europe and Great Britain in 2025

Powering ASEAN’s next chapter: grids, growth and the AI future

The power system challenge for the new UK government

How large-scale solar is transforming business energy

UK Autumn Statement: More heat on average energy users and 45% levy on low carbon electricity generators

The nascent Italian BESS offtake market

Breakthrough in the bottleneck?