Regional trend analysis, forecasts and market intelligence for the Power and Renewables industry
Argentina lost four positions in our global Power Risk/Reward Index this quarter and one position in the regional RRI, so it now ranks 55th globally and seventh in the Latin American region. This is due to bigger relative improvements in other countries' scores and to modeling factors rather than to Argentina's investment and growth outlook becoming less positive. Argentina's score continues to...
Argentina lost four positions in our global Power Risk/Reward Index this quarter and one position in the regional RRI, so it now ranks 55th globally and seventh in the Latin American region. This is due to bigger relative improvements in other countries' scores and to modeling factors rather than to Argentina's investment and growth outlook becoming less positive. Argentina's score continues to...
We expect Argentina's thermal power sector to register a significant expansion in 2018-2020, as projects contracted in government tenders over the past two years are brought online. Over the longer...
Nuclear power operating capacity in the US will shrink by more than 3.5GW over the next 10 years, with plant retirements largely outweighing the completion of two new reactors. Aging nuclear plants...
The Trump administration's imposition of tariffs on imported solar panels will raise development costs for US solar projects and potentially prompt the cancellation of projects that are already in...
The next three quarters will be a period of elevated economic and political risk for Mexico due to the ongoing renegotiation of NAFTA and the presidential election in July 2018.
FERC's rejection reinforces our view that coal power will be on a long-term decline in the US as aging plants are retired and utilities invest in the development of alternative sources such as...
Technology innovation in the O&G and mining sectors, smart energy, CCUS technology and closed-loop geothermal projects are all topics covered in our Greentech special report this quarter.
The ongoing transition to a low-carbon economy will have a significant impact on the power and renewables sector globally.
Global non-hydro renewables capacity will increase by 75% between 2017 and 2026, with solar and wind power making up the bulk of this capacity.