Category: Report

August 11 2021

Big Oil’s $198B Divestment Windfall Outpaces Green Spend

The world's largest international oil companies, or IOCs, sold over $198 billion of assets between 2015 and 2020, over four times the amount they invested into clean energy technologies.

August 9 2021

EVs Bite Into Oil Demand But It Will Take a While to Hurt

As demand for road fuels like gasoline and diesel recovers post-pandemic in markets such as the U.S. and Spain, long-term road fuel demand is set to drop dramatically, according to BloombergNEF.

August 4 2021

Net-Zero Demands Strong Action on Emissions by 2030: New Energy Outlook 2021

Setting net-zero emissions targets is suddenly in vogue. Starting with the U.K. in 2019, we now estimate that around 70% of world emissions are either already covered by net-zero legislation, have net-zero emissions legislation under discussion, or occur where net-zero is the policy position of the government.

July 29 2021

The EV SPAC Boom Could Have Been Even Bigger

Special purpose acquisition companies, or SPACs, are still a hot ticket right now for the electric-vehicle sector.

July 27 2021

Better Batteries Tomorrow Need More Lithium Hydroxide Now

For more high-performance electric vehicle batteries, the market needs to plan for more lithium hydroxide today.

July 26 2021

Growing Optimism On Electric Trucks

There are many reasons to be optimistic about electric vans and trucks. Why? First, let’s look at two important characteristics of the global commercial vehicle fleet: weight class and duty cycle.

July 23 2021

Enerkem, Shell Pivot to Bio-Jet Fuel as Demand Set to Soar

The prospect of growing demand for clean aviation fuel is capturing the attention of producers, encouraging some to change course and prioritize the sector.

July 19 2021

Startup Innovations for Sustainable Materials: BNEF Climate-Technology White Papers

Our second whitepaper in this series 'Advancing sustainable materials' focuses on strategies for making more sustainable materials, with a particular lens on how we can make materials using more sustainable feedstocks.

July 13 2021

Tuk Tuks and Bikes Show the Way to Net Zero

Two-wheelers, three-wheelers and buses already are well on their way and can probably even achieve net zero well before 2050, thanks in large part to an early start in China with these segments that’s now spreading to other countries.

July 9 2021

China’s Onshore Wind Dominance to Rise, Rest of World Challenges Offshore

The wind sector brushed off the effects of Covid-19 in 2020 to install 97GW, smashing the previous record set for annual installations in 2015 by over 30GW.