All articles by Thom Atkinson

WCN's editor-in-chief

Europe’s renewables expansion is shifting value towards flexibility

Europe is nearing a milestone that seemed ambitious ten years ago. GlobalData predicts renewables will supply over half of Europe's…
Germany’s renewables boom is making grid access the scarce asset

The next logjam in Germany's power market is emerging in the gap between the speed at which generation capacity can…
The hydrogen market is still waiting for buyers

More than 300 hydrogen projects were added to the global project slate over the past year. Yet cancellations of several…
Biopower’s next decade hinges on what it displaces, not what it builds

Global biopower may have decelerated in capacity additions in recent years but has grown in purpose. Net annual additions fell…
Energy security is reshaping Asia’s investment priorities

The Strait of Hormuz has returned to the centre of global energy markets for familiar reasons. Around one-fifth of global…

The execution economy of battery storage

The first phase of the battery storage industry was defined by expansion. The next phase may be defined by execution.…
The energy transition’s cyber paradox

The energy transition has always been presented as an engineering challenge financed at unprecedented scale. Build more renewable generation, reinforce…
What do dark factories mean for the energy transition?

The case for dark factories is often framed around automation. But does that miss the bigger commercial question? For those…
Latin America’s clean power success creates a harder problem

Latin America and the Caribbean has largely solved the problem many power markets are still struggling with: generating low-carbon electricity…
Renewable investment enters a new phase as grids become the limiting factor

According to Energy Monitor's parent company GlobalData, global renewable energy investment reached about $683bn in 2025 and is projected to…