Volume 6 – 13 March 2024
Look Forward
Multidimensional Transition
We are at a pivotal moment in the energy transition.
Sweeping financial investments have set the stage for a decade of deployment. Thousands of new projects and new technologies will enter the world’s energy ecosystem, from hydrogen to carbon capture and more. In addition, artificial intelligence is transforming capabilities in data processing and decision-making that will impact the energy industry.
While evidence of the transition is clear, uncertainties remain. In this edition of Look Forward: Multidimensional Transition, our economists, analysts, researchers and data experts examine the challenges and opportunities of decarbonization, focusing on topics with the greatest potential for large-scale disruption and deployment.
This issue explores a spectrum of topics: energy security, geopolitics of energy and climate change, critical minerals for energy transition, natural gas, carbon markets, methane emissions, transportation, and material transition.
It is intended to help decision-makers in asset management, asset ownership, companies, multilateral institutions, nonprofits and governments look beyond the near term and explore the trends that will shape our future.
I encourage you to seek out previous volumes of Look Forward as well, which cover a range of topics to help navigate an uncertain world. Get in touch with us to share your own views on these topics and ask questions. We want to hear from you.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Saugata Saha
S&P Global Market Intelligence
President, Market Intelligence / Chief Enterprise Data Officer
Saugata serves as President of S&P Global Market Intelligence, leading the division's efforts to deliver essential insights and intelligence to clients worldwide. He is also S&P Global’s Chief Enterprise Data Officer, responsible for driving innovation and excellence in the company’s enterprise data strategy. Saugata is a member of S&P Global’s Executive Leadership Team, contributing to the strategic direction and growth of the organization.
In previous roles, Saugata served as President of the Energy division and as Chief Financial Officer for both the S&P Global Market Intelligence and S&P Global Platts divisions. Earlier in his tenure at S&P Global, he led financial planning and analysis (FP&A) and corporate strategy, oversaw operations and finance for the central technology group, and directed the integration program for a significant acquisition. Saugata also led the strategy team within S&P Global’s Ratings division.
Before joining S&P Global, Saugata was a consultant at McKinsey & Company’s New York office, where he advised clients on strategy, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and operational improvements across various industries, with a strong focus on financial services.
Saugata began his career at The Godrej Group, a $4 billion diversified conglomerate based in Mumbai, India. During his seven years at Godrej, he held leadership roles in sales, spearheaded supply chain re-engineering initiatives, and worked closely with the Office of the Group Chairman on strategic initiatives.
Saugata holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with Honors from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, India; a Postgraduate Diploma in Management from the Xavier Institute in Bhubaneswar, India; and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, where he graduated as a George F. Baker Scholar.
Sponsors & Contributors
S&P Global Energy
Look Forward Council, Co-Chair
Atul Arya, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief Energy Strategist
His areas of expertise include business strategy, commercial analysis, oil markets, energy technologies, climate change and renewables. He has previously led Energy Insight, Research and Analysis and Energy Research teams at S&P Global (Now a part of S&P Global). Dr. Atul previously worked for BP for over 20 years in a number of operational, business, technical and strategic positions around the world. His career includes international leadership experience in a diverse array of energy fields spanning strategy development, business planning, field operations and technology commercialization. His experience includes leadership in solar energy development as well as oil and gas. Dr. Atul has previously served on boards of several companies and institutions and is member of the World Economic Forum's Global Future Council on Advanced Energy Technologies and is 25+ year member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers. He is a sought-after speaker and moderator at public conferences, company boards and industry events and a member of the CERAWeek leadership team.
He holds B.S., M.S. and Ph. D. degrees in engineering.
S&P Global Ratings
Look Forward Council, Co-Chair
Alexandra Dimitrijevic
Global Head of Research and Development
S&P Global
Martina L. Cheung
S&P Global
President & CEO, S&P Global
Martina L. Cheung is President, CEO, and a member of the Board of Directors of S&P Global.
Previously, Ms. Cheung was President of S&P Global Ratings and served as the Executive Lead of S&P Global Horizons. Earlier, she was President of S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Ms. Cheung joined the Company in 2010 as Vice President of Operations for S&P Global Ratings and went on to serve as S&P Global’s Chief Strategy Officer. She also was Head of Risk Services for S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Prior to joining S&P Global, Ms. Cheung worked for Accenture’s Financial Services Strategy group and later as a Partner at Mitchell Madison Consulting.
Barron’s recognized Ms. Cheung as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance in 2025. Ms. Cheung was named one of the Most Powerful Women in Finance by American Banker and included on the list of Influential Women in Institutional Investing by Pensions & Investments in 2024. Also in 2024, INvolve named her to its 100 Empower Executives list for the second consecutive year. Ms. Cheung received the Merit Award from The Women's Bond Club in 2022.
Ms. Cheung is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Economic Club of New York.
Ms. Cheung serves on the Board of Trustees for Catholic Charities New York and was a member of the Board of CRISIL, a global analytics company and India’s leading credit ratings agency.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in commerce and a master’s degree in business studies from National University of Ireland, Galway.
S&P Global Energy
Ashutosh Singh
Head of Energy Transition Program Management
Ashutosh Singh is a director with the financial services team at S&P Global, where he leads global oil supply forecasting and upstream sector fundamentals analysis.
Mr. Singh works closely with the broader S&P Global upstream teams, including the Plays and Basins and Upstream Companies and Transactions capabilities, to provide a comprehensive view of global oil supply and upstream trends. He also manages the EnergyView Oil and Gas service, responsible for providing customized research to help financial sector clients understand key trends in all segments of the oil, gas, and LNG industry and shifts in energy landscape due to energy transition. Mr. Singh previously contributed to numerous consulting projects across the oil and gas value chain. Prior to joining S&P Global, Mr. Singh was a mining engineer with Orica, where he consulted with Fortune 500 mining firms on mine planning and design. He holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering with honors from the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India, and a master’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin, United States.
S&P Global Energy
Juliana Abella
Research and Analysis Director, Upstream Solutions
Juliana Abella, director, head of the legal team within the E&P Terms and Above Ground Risk group at S&P Global Energy
Juliana is an energy lawyer with 15+ years of experience in energy and international law. She heads a team of lawyers responsible for analysis of petroleum upstream terms and regulation. She specialises in legal benchmarking and has designed a legal scoring matrix in order to facilitate comparison of E&P terms around the world. She is currently focused on regulatory changes brought about by countries working to achieve climate change goals - key areas of focus are flaring and venting regulation, CCUS, decomissioning and abandonment, environmental regulation, etc. Juliana has also taken part in advisory work, as a member of the regulatory consulting team, where she was responsible for various regulatory compliance projects and has advised companies and governments on compliance management strategies. Prior to joining S&P Global, Juliana worked on complex casework for law firms in London and Buenos Aires.
S&P Global Energy
Kurt Barrow
Vice President, Oil, Fuels & Chemicals Research
Kurt Barrow is Vice President, Oil, Fuels & Chemicals Research at S&P Global Energy.
Kurt is head of research for crude oil markets, NGLs, refining, and petrochemical feedstocks and has responsibility for joint mobility research with automotive. Kurt's expertise includes energy transition in fuels markets, refining economics, downstream fuels policy and price forecasting. He is active in downstream research and oversees a global team of experts providing forecast views on market fundamentals and transition scenarios. He writes on a range of topics and routinely supports executive and corporate boards with views on downstream strategy, the future of refining, net zero policies, refining/petrochemical integration, biofuels/biorefining and hydrogen in transport. Kurt began his career as a refining engineer at Exxon and was a partner at Purvin & Gertz.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Kansas State University and an MBA from the University of Houston.
S&P Global Ratings
Julien Bernu, CFA
Associate Director, EMEA Utilities
S&P Global Energy
Simon Blakey, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
S&P Global Energy
Marie-Louise du Bois
Head of Carbon Pricing
S&P Global Energy
Etienne Gabel
Senior Director, Global Power and Renewables
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.
S&P Global Energy
Peter Gardett
Executive Director, Climate and Cleantech
Peter Gardett is an executive director for climate and cleantech at S&P Global Energy.
Peter is an executive director for S&P Global Energy and is part of a dedicated research team that provides integrated climate and cleantech advisory research to the financial sector. Peter has more than 20 years of experience in energy and commodities markets as a journalist, analyst, entrepreneur, and executive. His work at S&P Global Energy focuses on the energy transition and cleantech, including solar, wind, hydrogen, batteries, and storage.
Peter holds a degree from the University of St Andrews in Scotland and lives in New York City.
S&P Global Energy
Judson Jacobs
Executive Director, S&P Global’s energy division
Judson (Jud) Jacobs is an executive director at S&P Global’s energy division.
Judson Jacobs is a Executive Director with S&P Global’s energy division. In this role he leads the company’s energy technology group, bringing together company strategies, innovation approaches, and regulatory and policy perspectives to deliver insights into the current state of the industry and future directions. Recent research includes the role of AI in enabling and accelerating the energy transition, the emergence of commercial models for carbon management, and finding the balance between oil & gas and new energy. Prior to joining S&P Global, Mr. Jacobs worked as a management consultant with the Mitchell Madison Group and held senior engineering positions with Schlumberger and Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. He earned a BSE from Princeton University and an MS in Geology from Stanford University.
S&P Global Energy
Roman Kramarchuk
S&P Global Energy
Head of Energy Transition Narratives & Policy
Prior to joining PIRA, now part of S&P Global Energy, he was at the U.S. EPA, developing key power plant and industrial emissions regulations at the Clean Air Markets Division. With both PG&E NEG and PA Consulting / PHB Hagler Bailly, he evaluated strategies regarding fuel choice, capital investments and trading. Roman also worked on international projects to develop power markets and regulatory capacity in the former Soviet Union and India. At the Federal Reserve Board, Roman analyzed trends in industrial production.
He has an M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School and a B.A. in economics and B.S.E. in systems engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
S&P Global Energy
Eleonor Kramarz
Global Head, Energy Transition Consulting
Eleonor is Global Head of Energy Transition Consulting.
She leads a team of 50 consultants and is motivated by solving the complex challenges organizations face in the energy transition.
Renowned for her detailed, hands-on approach to every challenge. Eleonor supports private companies, governments and national oil companies (NOC’s) who are looking to decarbonize from every angle, including hard-to-abate sectors. By unpacking challenges methodically, Eleonor collaborates alongside her clients, providing support to their strategic direction, portfolio and investment decisions. Not stopping at blue sky thinking, Eleonor delves deeper. It’s how she helps develop effective and actionable solutions that drive emissions reduction and real business performance.
Eleonor holds a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London.
S&P Global Energy
Raoul LeBlanc
Vice President, North American Upstream
Raoul LeBlanc is Vice President for North American unconventionals at S&P Global Energy, where he focuses on evaluating the dynamic onshore arena.
Raoul passion lies in the intersection of oil and gas expertise and leading-edge data analytics. He currently leads the development and commercialization of data products that leverage knowledge to make the S&P Global Energy well and production database insightful for commercial decision makers. Raoul also plays a key role in directing research and forecasting of onshore North America and then delivering an integrated, substantive story to executives and investors. As a veteran of the industry and a former partner at PFC Energy (now S&P Global Energy), Raoul brings 25 years of experience in strategic and industry analysis. Familiar with a wide range of corporate and market issues, he has extensive experience on issues related to North American independents, upstream assets, and natural gas markets. From 1997 to 2006, Raoul directed Anadarko Petroleum's strategic planning effort, responsible for strategy formulation, portfolio optimization, scenario planning, and competitor analysis.
He has worked and studied in Japan, the western Pacific, and Great Britain. Mr. LeBlanc holds an undergraduate degree from Georgetown University and a Master of Arts in energy and international relations from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, United States.
S&P Global Energy
Olivier Maronneaud
Director, Chemical Consulting
Olivier is a Director in the chemical consulting team in London, UK
Olivier has 10+ years of chemical industry background starting his career as product manager for General Purpose PVC at the French chemical producer Arkema. Olivier then joined the chemical research team at S&P Global Energy, where he was in charge of the medium and long term analysis for methanol and the acetyls value chain. Since 2017, Olivier is part of the chemical consulting team where he is currently a Director, managing single client projects across the wider chemical industry. His expertise spans from the vinyls and syngas value chains to wider issues affecting the chemical industry such as plastic recycling (chemical recycling) with a focus on the European and CIS regions.
S&P Global Ratings
Claire Mauduit-LeClercq
Director, EMEA Utilities
S&P Global Energy
Anastasia Pantazopoulou
Analyst, Hydrogen and Low-Carbon Gas
S&P Global Energy
Carlos Pascual
S&P Global Energy
Head of Geopolitics & International Affairs
Carlos Pascual es vicepresidente senior de Energía Global y Asuntos Internacionales de S&P Global Energy, responsable de liderar todas las líneas de negocios en América Latina.
Como enviado de energía y coordinador de asuntos energéticos internacionales de los Estados Unidos, Carlos estableció y dirigió la nueva Oficina de Recursos Energéticos en el Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos y fue asesor principal del Secretario de Estado en temas de energía. Anteriormente había sido Embajador de los Estados Unidos tanto en México como en Ucrania y fue asistente especial del Presidente y sucesivamente como director y luego director senior para Rusia, Ucrania y Eurasia en el Consejo de Seguridad Nacional. En la Institución Brookings, Carlos se desempeñó como vicepresidente y director de estudios de política exterior y lanzó la Iniciativa de Seguridad Energética de Brookings. Enseñó y escribió sobre geopolítica energética en la Universidad de Columbia. Carlos creó el cargo de coordinador de reconstrucción y estabilización, estableciendo la primera capacidad de respuesta civil del Departamento de Estado a los conflictos. También fue coordinador del Departamento de Estado para la asistencia estadounidense a Europa y Eurasia. También ocupó cargos de liderazgo en la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional, incluso como administrador asistente adjunto para Europa y Eurasia, jefe de política y estrategia para África y en puestos de campo en Mozambique, Sudáfrica y Sudán.
Carlos recibió su Maestría en Políticas Públicas de la Escuela de Gobierno Kennedy de la Universidad de Harvard y su Licenciatura en Artes de la Universidad de Stanford. Su libro, Power and Responsibility, ganó un premio en 2009 al mejor libro de ciencia política publicado por una editorial independiente.
S&P Global Energy
Chengyao Peng, Ph.D
Director, Greater China Power & Renewable
Chengyao Peng, director for Greater China power & renewables research and analysis at S&P Global Energy, and a member of the thought leadership group in global power and renewables, with a focus on Asia Pacific and China in particular.
Chengyao, director for Greater China power & renewables research and anlysis at S&P Global Energy and a member of the thought leadership group in global power and renewables, with a focus on Asia Pacific and China in particular. Chengyao has deep domain knowledge in electric power, clean energy, and especially renewable energy industry, specializing in market fundamentals analysis and forecasting, market design and policy analysis, business models, company strategies, and technology trends. Chengyao has over 15 years of experience in leading strategy, marketing, product management and commercialization in multinational organizations, state owned enterprises, and government agencies.
Prior to joining S&P Global Energy, Chengyao spent 10 years at GE, both in the US and China, and took on various strategy, marketing, and commercial roles across energy, gas-fired power, distributed power, and renewable energy businesses. She most recently served as strategy director in GE Renewable Energy where she oversaw both commercial and product strategies for onshore wind in APAC. Earlier, she was an assistant general manager for eco technologies planning and investment at Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city Investment and Development Co.. Prior to that, she worked as a program manager at Singapore's Public Utilities Board.
Chengyao holds a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering from Tongji University, China, a master's degree in environmental science from Stanford University, California, and a Ph.D in civil engineering from Beijing University of Technology, China. She is based in Beijing.
S&P Global Energy
Paola Perez Pena
Principal Research Analyst, Gas Power and Climate Solutions
Paola Perez Pena is a principal research analyst in the Clean Energy Technology group, focusing on carbon sequestration research, analytics and insights.
Paola has multiple years of consulting and research experience in the energy sector focusing on emerging technologies and strategy development for utility and oil and gas companies.
Prior to joining S&P Global, Paola was a management consultant with the Americas consulting unit of Arthur D. Little, providing asset evaluation -technical and economic analysis- exploration strategy, and energy transition strategies for E&P companies and governments. She has published and presented several SPE papers. Paola Perez Pena holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad de los Andes - Colombia, and a Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University, United States.
S&P Global Energy
Tony Potter
Global Vice President, Specialty Chemicals
Tony Potter serves as global vice president at S&P Global Energy, leading specialty chemical research and analysis in the Asia-Pacific region.
Tony has more than 30 years of experience in the chemical industry in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. His expertise includes market analysis, strategy development and investment analysis. He has led numerous studies, including project feasibility through acting as market and technical consultant to lenders, market and competitive analysis, benchmarking, organizational design and strategy development. He currently leads chemical research and analysis teams in with teams in Singapore and Tokyo. Tony previously ran his own independent consulting practice, specializing in competitive and economic analysis of the oil, petrochemical and polymer industries, including business interruption loss analysis for the insurance industry and benchmarking of the global aromatics industry. He began his career in 1983 as a graduate recruit with Exxon Chemical in the UK, where he held a number of plant supervision, project management and planning management positions before transferring to Exxon's European head office in Brussels to work as an investment planning manager for the Basic Chemicals business group and industry analysis manager.
Tony holds a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering (Hons.) from Imperial College, London, United Kingdom.
S&P Global Energy
Catherine Robinson
Executive Director, Gas, Power, and Energy Futures
Catherine Robinson, executive director on the Gas, Power, and Energy Futures team at S&P Global Energy, leads gas and power research in Europe and global analysis on low-carbon gases.
Catherine has worked on numerous tailored consulting assignments for international oil companies, European utilities, and financial institutions, providing strategic advice and recommendations at the board and senior executive level. She specializes in market fundamentals, hedging, and risk management. Catherine is the author of numerous reports, which include analyses of the evolution of the European gas and power market and the implications for the strategy of market players; Europe's energy transition; and short- and long-term energy market fundamentals, among other research topics. She was the research lead for a number of Multiclient Studies looking at the long-term future of the European energy systems, including 'Strategies for a Lean Europe: Meeting the Energy Efficiency Challenge,' 'Beyond the flame: The transformation of Europe's heat sector,' and 'Steady at 50: Balancing Europe's power grid,' a study of European ancillary service markets. Before joining S&P Global, Catherine held posts at Centrica and in HSBC's Capital Markets division.
She holds a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science from the University of Glasgow and a Master of Science from the University of London, both in the United Kingdom.
S&P Global Energy
Shankari Srinivasan
Vice President, Energy
Shankari Srinivasan, Vice President of Energy at S&P Global Energy, leads the global gas and European gas and power research teams.
Shankari has specific expertise in global gas market fundamentals analysis, price forecasting, company strategy and scenario planning. She has authored numerous reports. Prior to joining S&P Global Energy, Shankari was Head of Energy Fundamentals at Centrica in the United Kingdom. She has covered the European gas market for many years and authored a number of reports as researcher and then leader of the European gas practice at CERA, which is now part of S&P Global Energy. She has also assessed the European and Russian gas markets with the International Energy Agency.
Shankari previously worked at a New York brokerage firm as a corporate equity analyst. She holds three degrees from US Universities, a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University, a Master of Science from New York University, and a Master of Science from University of Pennsylvania. She also holds an Executive MBA from Cranfield University, United Kingdom.
S&P Global Energy
Michael Stoppard
Global Gas Strategy Lead and Special Advisor
Michael is Global Gas Strategy Lead and Special Advisor with S&P Global Energy. He is a member of the S&P Global Energy Leadership Team and also sits on the Gas, Power, and Climate Solutions management team. Previously he spent a decade as Chief Strategist Global Gas at S&P Global (now part of S&P Global), and Vice Chairman CERAWeek, the world's premier annual energy conference. Prior to that, he led the global gas team at S&P Global CERA.
Michael is a specialist in the international gas business of 30 years standing. He set up the research and consulting business of liquefied natural gas (LNG) within S&P Global CERA and is now responsible for the development and coordination of S&P Global's global and interregional coverage of pipeline gas markets and LNG. His expertise also includes long-term scenario planning and European energy policy. Michael has advised some of the world's largest LNG projects across continents. He is also a regular speaker at major conferences including ADIPEC, the ATCE, CERAWeek, GasTech, SPIEF, and the World Gas Conference.
Before joining S&P Global, Michael was a research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES) where he set up the gas programme. In addition, Michael has served as a Parliamentary Special Advisor for the House of Commons Trade and Industry Select Committee in the United Kingdom and as a consultant to the World Bank.
He is the author of numerous S&P Global reports, including "Two Visions of the Future of LNG," "European Natural Gas: The New Configuration," "Six Numbers to Change the Energy Future," and "The New Map of Global Gas."
In 2021, Michael co-led "A Sustainable Flame: the Role of Gas in Net Zero," a cross-industry research programme supported by over 30 leading corporates.
Michael holds an honors degree from the University of York.
S&P Global Energy
Eduard Sala de Vedruna
Head of Research - Energy Transition, Sustainability & Services
Eduard Sala de Vedruna is a vice president within the Energy Transition, Sustainability & Services (ETSS) group and leads the Research team.
Mr. Sala de Vedruna and his team deliver competitive strategy and market analysis to governments, developers, utilities, Oil and Gas companies and renewables equipment manufacturers on key trends and market opportunities related to the Energy Transition. He is the author of numerous S&P Global reports, including analyses of business models and competitive strategies employed by key market players in the global renewables sector. Mr. Sala de Vedruna has more than 20 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.
Mr. Sala de Vedruna holds a degree in economics from the University of Barcelona, Spain. He is based in London and is fluent in English, Spanish, Catalan and French.
S&P Global
Daniel Yergin, Ph.D.
Vice Chairman
Daniel Yergin is Vice Chairman of S&P Global. He is a highly respected authority on energy, international politics, and economics, and a Pulitzer Prize winner. He chairs S&P’s CERAWeek conference, which CNBC has called “the Super Bowl of world energy”.
Time Magazine said, “If there is one man whose opinion matters more than any other on global energy markets, it’s Daniel Yergin.” The New York Times called him “America’s most influential energy pundit” And The Wall Street Journal described him as “the energy sage”.
He plays a leadership role in the Commodity Insight research at S&P Global and recently led studies on LNG as a major new U.S. export industry and on “Copper in the Age of AI”.
Dr. Yergin’s most recent book The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations is described by NPR as “a master class on how the world works,” and in The Washington Post as “a tour de force of geopolitical understanding.,” It has been translated into 14 languages.
A Pulitzer Prize winner, Dr. Yergin is the author of the bestseller The Quest: Energy, Security, and the Remaking of the Modern World. The Quest, which The New York Times said it is “necessary reading for C.E.O.’s, conservationists, lawmakers, generals, spies, tech geeks (and) thriller writers.” Bill Gates summed up his review of The Quest by saying, “This is a fantastic book.”
Dr. Yergin is known around the world for his book The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil Money and Power, which was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. It became a number one New York Times best seller and has been translated into 20 languages.
Of Dr. Yergin’s book Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy, which has been translated into 13 languages, The Wall Street Journal said, “No one could ask for a better account of the world’s political and economic destiny since World War II.” Both The Prize and Commanding Heights were made into award- winning television documentaries for PBS and BBC, which Dr. Yergin co-produced, co-wrote, and narrated.
Dr. Yergin is a senior trustee of the Brookings Institution and a member of the Energy Advisory Council of the Dallas Federal Reserve. Dr. Yergin served on the U.S. Secretary of Energy Advisory Board under four U.S. presidents.
Among his honors, both the Prime Minister of India and the United States Association have presented Dr. Yergin with a “Lifetime Achievement” awards and the U.S. Department of Energy awarded him the first “James Schlesinger Medal for Energy Security.” The University of Pennsylvania presented him with the first Carnot Prize for “distinguished contributions to energy policy.” Dr. Yergin was awarded the Gold Medal of the President of the Republic of Italy for combining “an understanding of the dynamics of the market with a broad view of the forces of geopolitics as he seeks to point the way to the positive outcomes for the world community.
Dr. Yergin is a member of the advisory boards for the Columbia University Center on Global Energy policy and the MIT Energy Initiative.
Dr. Yergin holds a BA from Yale University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Cambridge University, where he was a Marshall Scholar
S&P Global Energy
Edurne Zoco, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Clean Energy Technology
Edurne Zoco is an executive director for the Clean Technology & Renewables team at S&P Global Energy, leading the group's research activities across renewables, batteries, and energy storage.
Dr. Edurne provides experience, analysis, and actionable insight to our customers on the solar PV supply chain and the development of global demand for PV and its role in the wider energy transition. She contributes to a broad range of deliverables across the research team, including both subscription products and custom research and consulting projects. Dr. Edurne has been involved in the solar industry for over a decade and has presented at leading industry events and conferences since 2007. Prior to joining S&P Global, she was employed by Trina Solar, a leading PV manufacturer where she held global positions within corporate and strategic marketing.
She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame, United States. She speaks English, French, Spanish, and Italian.
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