Energy Transition

Market opening plus smart meters and booming rooftop PV will make HEMS in Brazil the control center of the future household—automating savings, enabling P2P trading, and unlocking flexibility services for retailers and grids.

Norway and Sweden proved that retail power can be app-first and data-driven. Brazil’s high smartphone adoption and upcoming market opening make real-time energy the fastest path to loyalty, savings, and flexibility.

Brazil is entering a new market-opening cycle. SEB liberalization can surpass the 1990s telecom surge by unlocking investment, competition, and advanced energy services for 89 million electricity customers, with distributed solar and storage at the core.

Brazil’s power sector is opening at scale. With 88M consumers, 39% of demand already in the free market, and PL 414 poised to expand access, BES liberalization is a rare entry window for EU retailers, EMS providers, storage firms, and VPP aggregators.

Energy policy is sprinting ahead of physics and economics. Energy transition realism argues for sequencing renewables with firm low-carbon power and market design that protects reliability and affordability.

A career across telecom and power taught me this: technology shifts only stick when economics and reliability line up. Energiewende realism asks us to pair renewables with firm power, storage, and sound market design—so the lights stay on as costs fall.

Cities are ground zero for the clean-energy shift. This article explains how smart energy management, dynamic tariffs, and local renewables can cut peaks, lower bills, and accelerate decarbonization while improving urban resilience and equity.

Balancing localized renewables with interconnected wholesale markets is now critical. This article shows how energy market balancing, flexibility services, storage, and cross-border trade keep grids reliable while cutting costs and emissions.

Hard-to-abate sectors drive nearly a third of global emissions. This article explains how decarbonizing heavy industry with hydrogen, CCS, electrification, and smart policy can deliver competitive, low-carbon materials at scale.

Residential energy is a scale game. This article shows how a home energy management system—built on open standards, simple UX, and cross-industry partnerships—can cross the adoption chasm and unlock mass-market savings and flexibility.

Ambition without realism backfires. This article argues for a pragmatic energy transition—sequencing renewables, storage, nuclear, and firm capacity while protecting affordability, reliability, and social equity.

Brazil’s retail energy opening mirrors the telecom revolution—only this time it’s digital-first. This article shows how Brazil energy market deregulation enables SaaS-led flexibility, DER aggregation, and new retail models across 85+ million homes.

Subsidies helped launch clean power at scale, but the bill is uneven. This article examines how renewable energy subsidies can evolve—phasing out blanket support, rewarding efficiency, and protecting households.

Global decarbonization needs coordination at scale. This article shows how a collaborative energy transition—uniting governments, companies, and regulators—accelerates innovation, reduces costs, and strengthens security.

Decentralization is flipping the utility model. This article explains how p2p energy trading and DER platforms let utilities evolve into market enablers—operating trusted infrastructure, monetizing flexibility, and accelerating renewables.

Technology isn’t enough. This article shows how energy culture—public attitudes shaped by history, trust, and media—can accelerate or stall policy, and how better engagement turns citizens into co-owners of the transition.

In modern power systems, decisions live and die on data. This piece shows how energy data—collected from meters, devices, and markets—drives forecasting, tariffs, DER orchestration, and investment that deliver reliable, affordable power.

Hype doesn’t power grids—systems do. This article explains how vaclav smil energy transitions thinking grounds strategy in physics, capital turnover, and social realities, guiding credible policies and investments.

Ideology can’t keep the lights on. This article argues that a balanced energy transition—sequenced, technology-agnostic, and reliability-led—is the only credible way to cut emissions without triggering price shocks or supply risks.

Climate ambition must meet development reality. This article shows how an inclusive energy transition—backed by blended finance, strong market design, and reliability planning—can expand access without derailing growth.