Special reports

Mark Macaulay, Partner, Roddy Cormack, Senior Associate, and Alec Cameron, Associate, Dentons, explores how hydropower is being redefined as an energy asset.

Ali Inal, Managing Director, Senkron Digital, explains how connecting the dots between infrastructure, operations, and intelligence operators will have better control over the next phase of renewable growth.

As offshore wind capacity continues to expand, subsea power cables have become one of the most critical, and vulnerable, components of the sector’s infrastructure. These cables carry electricity from offshore turbines to onshore grids and interconnect individual turbines across wind farms. Despite their importance, cable reliability remains one of the industry’s most persistent operational challenges, argues Dr Chris Minto, Director & Founder, Indeximate.

Global renewable energy infrastructure investment surged 49% y/y to US$496.7 billion in 2025, with Europe representing the largest share of investment into the sector, according to new research from Ansarada.

Patrick Architta, APAC Regional Director for Wind at Ramboll, takes a look at Asia-Pacific’s offshore wind market, and how the region appears to be overcoming challenges on its clean energy transition.

According to SolarPower Europe’s latest European Market Outlook, 2025 marked another strong year for photovoltaics within the EU.

Britain has announced record levels of new solar and onshore wind projects as part of its latest renewables auction.

The tenth annual Global Energy Talent Index shows that while artificial intelligence adoption in the renewable workforce has nearly doubled, hiring managers still face challenges in hiring experienced professionals.

Janet Ferarri, Director of Portfolio Management for Radian Generation, highlights the importance of seasonal maintenance to solar asset performance.

All-Energy has established a dedicated Strategic Summit committee for the first time to drive its streamlined 2026 programme at the SEC Glasgow from 13 – 14 May 2026.

Dr Nick Primmer, Head of Policy & ESG For Future Biogas, reflects on changes in the UK's biomethane momentum in 2025 and offers a look ahead to 2026.

Allison Soilihi, Partner, and Alexandra Rotar, Legal Consultant, at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, explore why 2026 is set to be transformative for energy storage regulation in the UK and EU.

The profitability of wind turbines is determined by productivity and availability. Condition monitoring supports maintenance decisions, identifies potential cost savings, and avoids unforeseen failures. In our recent Autumn 2025 issue of Energy Global, David Futter, Condition Monitoring Consultancy at Bachmann Monitoring GmbH, and Frank Fladerer, Bachmann electronic GmbH, compare the advantages and challenges of doing this in house or through an external partner.

In our Spring 2025 issue of Energy Global, Neil Gordon, CEO, Global Underwater Hub, highlights the issue of cable failures and explores how the UK could lead in improving performance and reliability.

In our recent Winter 2025 issue of Energy Global, Prakash Sharma, Vice President, Head of Scenarios and Technologies, and Roshna N., Research Analyst, Energy Transition, Wood Mackenzie, explore the various pathways for Africa’s energy future as it attempts to power development in a climate-restrained world.