Energy in transition: all blogs

Energy

Blog post10 September 2026

Asia Pacific's clean hydrogen future: diverging pathways, shared challenges

The Asia Pacific region (APAC) is home to the world’s largest hydrogen growth market, some of the most import-dependent energy economies, major industrial demand centres and leading renewable resource...

Energy

Blog post18 August 2026

From ambition to pragmatism: how Southern Europe's energy transition is evolving

Energy leaders across Southern Europe are prioritizing resilient, affordable, and cleaner energy systems, shaping a transition that balances long-term ambitions with today's operational realities.

Energy

27 July 2026

From first-half extremes to El Niño: the outlook for global solar resource in 2026

Solar resource shifted markedly across major markets during the first half of 2026. With El Niño strengthening, seasonal forecasts now indicate where those patterns may persist, reverse or become more...

Energy

Blog post23 July 2026

Introducing Premium PV & Wind Models: DNV’s site-specific forecasts via the Solcast API

Premium PV Power and Premium Wind Power combine DNV’s operational forecasting expertise with API delivery, providing site-specific solar and wind power forecasts to support day-to-day renewable asset ...

Energy

Blog post17 July 2026

Why political volatility is now the biggest growth barrier for Southern Europe’s energy sector

Energy investment in Southern Europe remains active, but growth is increasingly shaped by external uncertainty rather than internal constraints. Political volatility and regulatory complexity are now ...

Energy

Blog post09 July 2026

What Sandia’s 2025 validation study demonstrates about terrain inputs and modelling discipline

In late 2025, Sandia National Laboratories published the results of a blind performance assessment comparing seven commercially used PV modelling tools - including SolarFarmer. The study evaluated POA...

Energy

Blog post02 July 2026

China's hydrogen play: scale today, energy security tomorrow

China is undeterred by global headwinds facing hydrogen and its derivatives. In our new Hydrogen to 2060 forecast, we find around 35% of new hydrogen production and use globally will come from China o...

Energy

Blog post26 June 2026

Buying Saas for utility workflow and program management

On paper, everything is working. Applications are getting submitted. Programs are running. Reports are being delivered. But inside the operation, teams feel the strain. Work is spread across spreadshe...

Energy

Blog post26 June 2026

International hydrogen demand is shaping North America as an early export player

Low-carbon hydrogen in North America is entering a more pragmatic phase. DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook: Hydrogen to 2060 shows that long-term demand, both domestic and international, will determine ...

Energy

Blog post23 June 2026

How green molecules can create a more resilient income floor for agriculture

This article completes our three-part series on green molecules strategy, using European case studies to demonstrate how biomethane, biogenic CO₂, and multipurpose crops act as strategic enablers of E...

Energy

Blog post23 June 2026

Europe's hydrogen pathway: Slower growth, sharper focus

DNV’s new hydrogen report forecasts European demand to more than treble by 2060. But significant technical, policy, regulatory and commercial challenges remain.

Energy

Blog post22 June 2026

Helping build an industry: Anne-Lene’s journey at the forefront of floating offshore wind

Few engineers have the opportunity to influence an entire industry's approach to technology and safety. Anne Lene Haukanes Hopstad from DNV’s Renewables Certification business is one of them.

Energy

Blog post11 June 2026

Building the backbone of the digital energy transition

The digital economy is often described in terms of data, software and algorithms. Yet behind every cloud service, artificial intelligence model and streamed meeting lies physical infrastructure. In th...

Energy

Blog post04 June 2026

The DNV playbook for modernizing the DG interconnection queue process

In our more recent Energy Transition Outlook for North America, DNV notes that grid interconnection queues are now stretching out for years. The queue for distributed generation (DG) and distributed e...

Energy

Blog post03 June 2026

Negative electricity prices in France: a symptom of transition, not dysfunction

Negative electricity prices, once a rare curiosity in European markets, have rapidly become a defining feature of power systems with high renewable penetration. In France (as in most EU countries), th...

Energy

Blog post13 May 2026

Biomethane: a strategic backup for Europe’s power system

This article is part 2 of a three-part series on green molecules strategy, using European case studies to demonstrate how biomethane, biogenic CO₂, and multipurpose crops act as strategic enablers of ...

Energy

Blog post12 May 2026

Data taxonomy: A base requirement for scalable digitalization across renewable assets

As renewable portfolios expand rapidly in size and complexity, the industry’s ability to apply artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) effectively could be increasingly constrained by o...

Energy

Blog post06 May 2026

How Middle River Power re-defined the role of gas in our power system

Creating a practical blueprint for faster delivery of reliable, affordable, lower carbon power

Energy

Blog post29 April 2026

Global battery energy storage system (BESS) trends and investment drivers across key regions

Battery energy storage systems (BESS) now sit at the heart of the global shift toward flexible, renewable‑dominated grids. Understanding the regional trends and investment dynamics driving this moment...

Energy

Blog post29 April 2026

How Fluence is accelerating speed to power for data centers

A collaboration with DNV to scale deployment of battery energy storage systems (BESS) at data centers to enable reliable and affordable power