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Originally written for Wiley’s Oil and Energy Trends in July 2025. (5200 words) Trump’s tariffs and pro-fossil fuel energy policies, along with China’s massive success in low carbon energy are redefining the global energy landscape, which in turn will strongly influence the future of global geopolitics. A global division in energy pathways is developing and … Read moreSurvey: The Global Energy Schism – World splits along energy lines

(Originally written for Wiley’s Oil and Energy Trends journal, end-April 2025) US tariffs and other sanctions, along with the response from China, are threatening economic growth, softening energy demand expectations and reducing prices, as well as rearranging some key global trade flows and undermining upstream investment. The biggest trade impact is within North America and … Read moreSurvey: Tariffs’ impact on global energy prices and trade flows

Original version of article published by E-FWD in mid-October 2024. Also, here’s a link to the E-FWD edited version LNG and interconnectors are the security focus this winter Without the substantial Russian gas pipeline deliveries of pre-2021/22, Europe and the UK are far more reliant on the volatile global LNG market, where they have to … Read moreWinter outlook: Threats to UK energy prices from LNG market and reliance on imported power

Liquid air storage: the answer to wind intermittency? – E-FWD (energyvoice.com) Long-duration energy storage requires efficient, cheap and scalable solutions. Does liquid air energy storage fit the bill? Storing energy for long periods of low renewable supply is one of the toughest nuts to crack in the energy transition. Batteries and pumped hydro have been … Read morePublished by E-FWD in late June. Liquid Air Energy Storage: the answer to wind intermittency?

Written for Wiley in March As the energy transition gets underway and the urgency of combating global warming intensifies, there are widely divergent opinions on how the transition is going. The loudest critics and biggest pessimists, rather unsurprisingly, have a lot to lose from a switch to green energy, and include oil giants such as … Read moreViews on energy transition polarise

Written for Wiley in Mid-December. The northern hemisphere experienced its warmest October and November on record (dating back to the 1880s) – significantly reducing gas demand for space heating and power generation, and triggering a slump in prices. Northern hemisphere land temperatures were 2.61°C above the long-term seasonal average in October and 3.04°C above the … Read moreRising global temperatures hit autumn gas demand, depress prices.

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeremy-bowden-30880829_report-written-for-willmott-dixon-on-green-activity-7067837077215682560-BLy8?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Willmott Dixon White Paper (Written March 2023 – original text) How can we increase green building finance to ensure the UK can meet its decarbonisation commitments? – A view from the front line. Based on round table discussions in Cardiff and Bristol hosted by Willmott Dixon. List of attendees Cardiff Guests: Hosts: Bristol Guests: … Read moreReport written for Willmott Dixon on green building projects

This was written at the beginning of 2023. I write all the copy for Oil and Energy Trends, a monthly journal (about 75000 words/yr). It’s behind a paywall – here’s a link to one Issue Information – 2022 – Oil and Energy Trends – Wiley Online Library It draws on the previous post about the … Read moreFeature on Carbon Capture and Storage for Wiley’s Oil and Energy Trends (5000 words).

Published in a slightly different version by European Climate Foundation in December 2022 Gas Outlook | Is the onus on consumers to cut oil and gas post-COP? – Gas Outlook Proposals to extend the commitment at COP26 to ‘phase-down’ coal to other fossil fuels at COP27 failed to find a consensus at the event. If … Read moreOnus on consumers to reduce emissions post-COP27 (and a bigger role for CCS)

Article written in 2017 for Euroil (Newsbase) discussing European dependence on Russian gas, and the opposing policies of Germany and Poland. A version was also published in Natural Gas World. Energy disunity in the EU Downstream energy policy is an area where Europe has rarely been united. Approaches have varied from France’s nuclear strategy, to … Read moreArticle from 2017 on extent and risks of European dependence on Russian gas.