Power and Renewable Energy Markets

Market fundamentals, with innovative analytics and data to assess project, market and operational metrics and trends

Our coverage of the power and renewable energy markets provide clients with analysis and data to better understand global and regional trends.

Our power services will help you understand the impact of changing economics, power supply and demand patterns, technologies, policy and other issues on the strategy, financial performance, and investment of key players. Get forecasts for the world’s power sector, including electricity supply and demand, pricing, capacity additions, retirements and resource adequacy. Learn how regional power capital costs, technology and pricing impact conventional power development. Visualize numerous different power market scenarios with our robust analytics solutions.

We also provide supply, demand and price forecasts for renewables in key regional markets, covering onshore/offshore wind, solar PV and CSP, geothermal, ocean, biomass, hydro, batteries and energy storage. Expert briefings, country profiles, project data, and RES owner portfolio rankings allow you to keep pace with the growth of renewable energy worldwide. Understand how changing capital costs, demand patterns, supply chain, technologies and policies impact the strategy, financial performance, and investment of key players. Keep pace with merger and acquisition activity. Test your strategic plans under alternative scenarios and energy outlooks.

Who are our clients?

Utilities
Independent power producers
Renewable power developers
Governments and institutions
Power equipment manufacturers
Financial institutions: Insurance companies, investment banks, and private equity
Integrated oil and gas companies
EPC companies

How do clients use our services?

Strategic Planner at a global power company: compares the long-term demand forecast of several countries to identify which provides the greatest growth opportunities.
Business Development Officer at a large power equipment manufacturer: reviews the company profiles of the key global renewables players to better understand how their long-term strategic plans may impact demand for the manufacturer’s products.
Senior Analyst at a private equity firm: uses country profiles and market briefings to get up to speed on a geographical area where their firm is considering an acquisition; uses analytics solutions to scrutinize the merchant tail and long-term operational and financial risks for several acquisition targets, across different markets and asset classes.
Origination Manager at a renewable energy project development company: Examines the impact of increasing battery penetration on existing project and pipeline portfolio.

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Global Power and Renewables

Easy to digest analysis and data to better understand global and regional trends in the power and renewables sectors.

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European Power Analytics

Receive highly granular analysis of European electricity wholesale markets and of power generation asset value.

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North American Power Analytics

Provides extensive sensitivity analysis data relating to natural gas price and long-term renewables penetration on a visually dynamic and interactive platform, supplementing the S&P Global comprehensive power outlook out to 2050.

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FastLMP

An advanced analytics product that provides LMP basis forecasts for PJM and ERCOT wholesale power markets that clients can use for early-stage project or M&A evaluation. It provides fast, consistent and accurate LMP basis forecasts at over 22,000 locations so clients receive better data earlier in the process.

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Clean Energy Procurement

Optimize your clean energy procurement strategy with this unmatched combination of insights, data, and analytics. Receive the most consistently accurate power prices forecasts, a robust database of corporate renewable contracts, levelized costs of electricity by technology and region, direct access to experts, and much more—putting all the information you need in one place to save you research time and cost.

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Research & Analysis

22 November 2022 Energy & Natural Resources

Global Power and Renewables Research Highlights, November 2022: State regulation in European energy markets, energy transition, and the new dynamics in fossil fuels

22 November 2022 Energy & Natural Resources

The electric vehicle revolution: The impact on power systems in Southeast Asia

18 November 2022 Energy & Natural Resources

The energy crisis is reshaping power sector policies worldwide

16 November 2022 Energy & Natural Resources

EU caps power trading revenues – but what is the impact?

05 November 2022 Energy & Natural Resources

How does offshore wind fit into California’s generating profile?

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Xizhou Zhou

Xizhou has expertise in power and renewable market fundamentals analysis and forecasting, power market design and policy analysis, renewable energy business models, and company strategies, among other areas. He previously headed the firm's Power, Gas, Coal, and Renewables practice in Asia Pacific while based in Beijing, where he significantly expanded the group's research and consulting coverage across the region with new teams established in Singapore, Seoul, Tokyo, Delhi, Penang, and Brisbane. Xizhou began his career at S&P Global through one of its predecessor companies, Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), as part of its Emerging Markets and Global Power groups in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Before that, he worked as a consultant on regulatory economics for Industrial Economics, Inc. in Boston and as a research analyst at the World Resources Institute in Washington, DC. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and proficient in Spanish. He serves as an editorial board member of China Petroleum Society's official journal, Guoji Shiyou Jingji (International Petroleum Economics). He is currently based in Washington, DC.Xizhou holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Environmental Management, both from Yale University in the United States.

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Eduard Sala de Vedruna

Eduard and his team deliver competitive strategy and market analysis to developers, utilities, and renewables equipment manufacturers on key trends and market opportunities. He is the author of numerous reports, including analyses of business models and competitive strategies employed by equipment manufacturers, utilities, and developers in the global renewables sector. Eduard has more than 17 years of consulting and research experience in the energy sector with a focus on market analysis and competitive strategy, particularly with the global renewables market. He has worked on numerous tailored consulting assignments providing strategic advice and recommendations. Prior to joining S&P Global, he was responsible for market research and management consulting at International Venture Consultants, where he contributed to a variety of projects for major oil and gas companies.Eduard holds a degree in economics from the University of Barcelona, Spain. He is based in Paris and is fluent in English, Spanish and French.

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Francesco d'Avack

Francesco coordinates global long-term outlooks for power and renewable market fundamentals including capacity and generation outlooks, and he leads the global cost analysis for renewables. He writes about the changing policy and market environment for renewable power generation as well as storage, emerging technology trends, business models, and the impacts for renewable supply chains. He regularly contributes to consulting engagements and multiclient studies.Before joining S&P Global Francesco worked for Capgemini, a consultancy, and for Bloomberg New Energy Finance where he has analyzed global solar markets since 2007.Francesco holds a Bsc in Economics and Environmental Policy from the London School of Economics and a Master's degree from Sciences Po Paris in Economic Governance. He speaks English, French, and German.

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Etienne Gabel

Etienne has taken part in projects across Latin America, North America and Europe, focusing on power price projections, power generation and transmission outlooks, asset valuations, and the analysis of operational and investment strategies for utilities, project developers, financial institutions, and other market participants. Past projects include assisting a global power utility in developing renewable energy projects in emerging markets, evaluating strategies for corporate clean energy procurement, and conducting due diligence on large portfolios of thermal and renewable assets.Etienne holds a Bachelor of Science from Northwestern University, United States, and a Master of Science from Stanford University, United States. He is fluent in English, French, and Spanish.

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Sylvain Cognet-Dauphin

Sylvain is responsible for the fundamental analysis of power markets across Europe to support asset valuation, retainer services, and Multiclient Studies. He also supervises the European long-term energy demand analysis. Prior to joining S&P Global Commodity Insights, Sylvain was chief analyst at ENGIE's Center of Expertise in Economic and Modeling Studies, where he managed a team of consultants in charge of energy demand assessments, French energy policy and regulation, and operational optimization and analytics studies.He also directed long-term power and gas market assessment for France, Turkey, and African countries. Before ENGIE, Sylvain was senior principal researcher at S&P Global Commodity Insights, where he contributed to consulting assignments related to power and gas markets in the Middle East, North Africa, and Wider Europe.Sylvain holds a master's degree from Ecole de Mines de Paris, France, and attended corporate finance executive education programs at the London Business School, United Kingdom.

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Barclay Gibbs

Barclay advises on power economics, due diligence, wholesale power price forecasting, and environmental/climate policy. He has advised electric utilities, independent power producers, fuels producers, investment banks, private equity firms, manufacturers of power generation equipment, construction/engineering firms, and industrial users of power.Recent/ongoing consulting projects include investment advisory and market benefits assessments for offshore wind projects in the Northeast US, market scenarios and strategic advisory services for a wind/solar developer, preparation of a report to support the refinancing of a solar portfolio in SERC, an in-depth market study supporting a US nuclear power plant portfolio transaction, a buy-side market assessment for a portfolio of combined-cycle gas turbine plants (northeast US), and a property tax assessment in the WECC for a gas-fired power plant.Educated in chemical/environmental engineering, applied economics, and technology policy, Barclay holds a BS from Bucknell University, an MA from Johns Hopkins University, and MS degrees from both Clemson University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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Drew Bobesink

As a member of the North American Power Analytics team, he works with power modeling simulations to develop long-term power sector outlooks. He has conducted research on numerous aspects of the energy sector, such as economic retirements of coal plants and the increasing importance of hourly price shapes in the electricity market. In addition to his work in North America, Drew has analyzed power systems in Africa and the Middle East, including Rwanda and Oman. His previous research experience includes quantifying the importance of considering future uncertainty in power simulations for both risk-neutral and risk-averse decision makers.Drew holds a Bachelor of Science degree and a Master of Science degree from Johns Hopkins University.

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Duncan Anderson

Mr. Anderson has worked in electricity market modeling for almost a decade; developing, calibrating, and tailoring commercial and bespoke simulation products for consulting and retainer work focused on long-term power sector outlooks. At IHS Markit, he focuses primarily on using his broad technical skill set to develop new ways to process large volumes of power market data to produce actionable insights for clients and develop new products for the North American market.Mr. Anderson is the lead analyst responsible for developing the FastLMP locational price forecasting tool for the North American market. He is also responsible for developing and maintaining the North American Power Market dashboards on Connect.He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Economics from Cornell University and a Masters of Science in Engineering degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from UT Austin. His academic research focuses on the efficacy of clustering algorithms for infrastructure placement in simulated networks.

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Andrei Utkin

Andrei's responsibilities include global renewable market research, contribution to long-term forecasts, cost projections, and asset ownership worldwide. His interests encompass offshore wind and nonmainstream technologies including geothermal and ocean energy. He assists with the global scenarios and with detailed Multiclient Studies. Andrei has more than eight years of project management experience in energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. Previously, he worked with Enertime SA, where he was a project manager of Organic Rankine Cycle cogeneration power plant projects based on renewable energy sources. Prior to that, he worked in Belarus as a project manager of energy efficiency projects and as an energy efficiency consultant.Andrei holds a bachelor's degree in construction engineering (Power Plant Construction and Engineering Services Faculty) from the Belarusian National Technical University in Minsk and a master's degree in international energy from Sciences Po in Paris, France. He is fluent in Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, English, and French.

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Indrayuth Mukherjee

Indrayuth has over 6 years of consulting and research experience in the energy sector with a focus on market analysis and competitive strategy. He focuses on renewable power markets globally with a special focus on wind energy. Indrayuth's responsibilities include leading the onshore wind research agenda, building and coordinating global deliverables and insights on topics including market activity, technology evolution, supply chain, ownership rankings, recycling, and cost projections. He also supports in building our global outlooks and assists various consulting assignments and multi-client studiesPrior to joining S&P Global in 2015, Indrayuth was working with Transparency Market Research where he contributed to market research reports, technology research, and other customized research for the renewable energy, upstream, midstream, and other global energy sectors.Indrayuth holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science from the Institute of Engineering & Management, Kolkata. He also holds a Master of Business Administration in Power Management from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun

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Coralie Laurencin

Coralie specializes in regulation and strategy in European power markets and renewable energy investments. Her work centers on how policy is shaping the energy transition. In particular, she focuses on the European carbon price, the emissions trading scheme (ETS), renewable support frameworks and PPAs, and developing capacity markets.Before joining S&P Global, Coralie developed onshore wind and biomass projects in the United Kingdom with EFRG. Prior to that, she led the regulatory analysis efforts of boutique investment bank Climate Change Capital, focusing on the ETS in London, and was a part of EDF's commodity market analysis team in Paris. She holds a Master in Management from HEC Paris, France.Coralie speaks French and English.

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Allen Wang

Dr. Wang leads Southeast Asia power and renewables research and is the research manager for Asia Power and Renewables Analytics. He is a highly experienced energy market consultant with 10 years of experience in power and gas markets in various countries. He is also responsible for providing consulting advisory to commercial clients in energy market planning, regulation, operation, and policies. Prior to joining S&P Global, Dr. Wang was the R&D manager and lead consultant at Energy Exemplar, working on PLEXOS development team management; various utility industry consulting assignments; and system implementations, workshops, and trainings for worldwide clients. Dr. Wang is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and the Australian Institute of Energy.He holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, and a Ph.D. from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

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Timothy Stephure

Timothy provides research and consulting services for gas and power sector investors and developers around the world. Leveraging a diverse background from more than a decade in the energy industry, Timothy works closely with clients to deliver solutions for their most challenging problems. His focus includes analyzing technology cost trends, power and utility sector competitive positioning, investment due diligence, and policy analysis across Latin America.Timothy speaks English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese and holds a Bachelor of Commerce and a Master of Science from the University of Calgary, Canada.

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Market fundamentals, with innovative analytics and data to assess project, market and operational metrics and trends

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Xizhou Zhou

Eduard Sala de Vedruna

Francesco d'Avack

Etienne Gabel

Sylvain Cognet-Dauphin

Barclay Gibbs

Drew Bobesink

Duncan Anderson

Andrei Utkin

Indrayuth Mukherjee

Coralie Laurencin

Allen Wang

Timothy Stephure