Energy in transition: all blogs

23 June 2025 | Blog post

A woman’s perspective: Joanna Reichel at the heart of Poland’s energy transition

As we celebrate International Women in Engineering Day, DNV proudly highlights the voices and achievements of women who are shaping the energy transition. In Poland, a country on the cusp of a renewable energy transformation, Joanna Reichel is one of the driving forces to ensure safe and reliable offshore wind projects. As a project manager for Renewables Certification at DNV, she plays a vital role in supporting the growth of offshore wind—and she’s doing it with empathy, insight, and a deep sense of purpose.

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28 May 2025 | Blog post

Demand flexibility in Spain's renewable energy puzzle

As dawn breaks over Spain's solar farms, an ironic challenge emerges. The very success of the country's energy transition—renewables now supplying 59% of generation, up from 40% in 2018—has created a new set of complexities that threaten to undermine its sustainability. The record 196 hours of negative electricity prices witnessed in 2024, coupled with 527 hours at zero pricing, represents not just a market anomaly but a fundamental mismatch between Spain's generation profile and its consumption patterns. This paradox lies at the heart of Spain's next energy transition phase—one where demand flexibility must evolve from theoretical concept to operational reality.

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21 May 2025 | Blog post

Italian FER-X: A firewall against revenue cannibalization for renewable operators

‘Cannibalization’ describes how, as market penetration of variable renewables increases, the capture price for these sources tends to decrease, potentially reducing their investment potential. It is not a significant issue today for most RES operators in Italy, but the future is uncertain and complex. The FER-X auction system aims to limit such uncertainties now and in the future: but will it work?

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31 October 2024 | Blog post

Discover DNV's Technology Centre in Oslo

Today’s energy market landscape is complex to navigate. All players across the energy industry, including hard-to-abate sectors, need to create and implement safe and future-proof decarbonization pathways. By combining deep industrial expertise with test capabilities, DNV’s Technology Centres help our customers to understand and navigate the complexity of decarbonizing with trust. We provide assurance by qualifying and applying innovative technologies and new ways of working in a safe, cost-effective, and sustainable way.

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