Category: Opinion

February 9 2018

Clean Energy’s Year of Trumping Dangerously

By Ethan Zindler Head of Americas Bloomberg New Energy Finance A year ago, I used this space to reflect on the election of Donald J Trump as President. For many, including me, the shock was still fresh as we watched Trump take the oath of office that damp day here in Washington, the wounds opened […]

February 5 2018

Bullard: A New Era of Transportation Transformation

This article first appeared on Bloomberg View and the Bloomberg Terminal. By Nathaniel Bullard Not since the years following the Civil War have Americans faced such civilization-defining change. One of the best books I read during my two weeks’ holiday was Robert J. Gordon’s “The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living Since the […]

January 16 2018

The Force Is With Clean Energy: 10 Predictions for 2018

By Angus McCrone, Chief Editor Bloomberg New Energy Finance It’s January, so that means it’s time for BNEF to look forward in time – and try to predict what 2018 will hold for the clean transition in energy and transport. Luckily, there is a new Star Wars film out, and I have tracked down the […]

January 9 2018

Where RoboTaxis Will Take Us in 2018

By Ali Izadi-Najafabadi, Intelligent Mobility, Bloomberg New Energy Finance Expect more consolidation and partnerships among ride-hailing companies in 2018 as the largest two players, Uber and Didi, prepare for likely initial public offerings in 2019, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Intelligent Mobility team. BNEF’s team also expects carmakers to further flesh out their strategies […]

January 8 2018

Bullard: 5 Things to Watch on Global Energy Front

This article first appeared on Bloomberg View and the Bloomberg Terminal. By Nathaniel Bullard Five events from 2017 hold clues to what lies ahead for energy, technology and finance: 1. Electric buses just keep on going:  The southern Chinese city of Shenzhen has amassed a total of 16,359 electric buses, making its fleet bigger than the six largest North […]

December 19 2017

Long-Term Clean Energy Optimism, Short-Term Caution

By Michael Liebreich, Chairman of the Advisory Board  and Angus McCrone, Chief Editor Bloomberg New Energy Finance At the beginning of 2017, we drew an analogy between the clean energy sector and the great explorers of the 15th and 16th centuries, embarking on epic journeys, driven by the scale the opportunities they knew awaited them, but […]

December 7 2017

Bullard: Who Will Fund Clean Energy?

This article first appeared on Bloomberg View and the Bloomberg Terminal. By Nathaniel Bullard People who invest in the world’s energy systems often want to know how many trillions of dollars will be needed to finance renewable energy and natural gas. One way to find the answer is to look at what those who have already invested trillions […]

December 6 2017

McKerracher: Will electric vehicles dominate the future vehicle mix?

By Colin McKerracher Head of Advanced Transport Bloomberg New Energy Finance The global automotive industry is entering a period of profound transformation. The combination of supportive policy and improvements in lithium-ion battery technology have enabled electric vehicles to gain a toehold in a market that has been dominated by the internal combustion engine for over […]

November 30 2017

McCrone: Skeptical About Climate, Clean Energy Skeptics

By Angus McCrone, Chief Editor Bloomberg New Energy Finance If only I were a climate and clean energy skeptic. Then I could stop wasting time worrying about the planet. Even if temperatures rise a little, crop yields would probably go up. Those of us in northern latitudes would spend fewer hours shivering, and waste less […]

November 23 2017

Bullard: OPEC Sees a Future With Fewer Cars

This article first appeared on Bloomberg View and the Bloomberg Terminal. By Nathaniel Bullard Among the revelations in OPEC’s just published World Oil Outlook — including, as Gadfly’s Liam Denning has explained, long-term demand for oil and shale production — is a notable change in the cartel’s assumptions about passenger cars. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries expects 137 million […]