The Energy Industry Times
Op-eds by Joseph Jacobelli

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1 October 2026

France: Transition ambitions meet fiscal reality

France has all it needs for a successful energy transition but with its precarious fi scal position, will it be enough going forward? TEI Times analyses the country’s climate pledges, power mix and investment environment.

1 September 2026

Why Asia isn’t building its grids: no cost recovery, no capital

A successful global energy transition depends on the Asia Pacific region, and the region’s transition depends on its grids. Building them has proven highly challenging but will be resolved by new regulation, better policy execution, and making grids investable assets. The process will be slow, but it has already started.

1 August 2026

The other half of corporate climate risk The other half of corporate climate risk

Energy and other corporations are becoming increasingly aware of the climate-related risks they face. The European summer heatwaves and a new analysis are only two of the many signs shining a light on the scale of losses from physical damage alone. But that is only the visible half. The costs firms tend to underprice or overlook are still to come.

1 June 2026

Vietnam’s shift: navigating the 2050 Vietnam’s shift: navigating the 2050 decarbonisation map

Vietnam’s energy transition strategy includes a net zero goal by 2050, a commitment to phase-out coal, and cuts to methane emissions. Importantly, the plan also clearly sets out its funding requirements. TEI Times analyses the country’s climate pledges, power mix and investment environment.

1 May 2026

The primary engine of decarbonisation is markets, not ministers is markets, not ministers

A new book has added a voice to a growing consensus: the energy transition is today driven by economics, not ideology. Joseph Jacobelli

1 April 2026

Iran: accelerating the energy transition

The Iran conflict has disrupted global energy markets, suddenly sparking many questions about the energy transition. The price shock and supply risks have pushed clean energy to the centre of global strategy. What looked like a setback has clearly instead become a catalyst. Joseph Jacobelli.

1 March 2026

Energiewende 2.0: Powering Germany’s net zero future

Large industry actors have been attracted by Germany’s energy transition, eyeing a vibrant pipeline that spans renewables, green hydrogen financing, grid co-investments, and end-use plays. TEI Times analyses the country’s net zero pledges, power mix and investment environment.

1 February 2026

2025 takeaways: Asia’s energy Asia’s energy flywheel, from rule-taker to rule-shaper

As 2026 begins, the energy transition in Asia is no longer a series of isolated experiments. It is a massive industrial flywheel that has finally overcome initial friction, with innovation in finance and financing tools seeing the region become a rule-shaper instead of a rule-taker.

1 December 2025

From coal to solar: investment trends in Indonesia

Analysis of Indonesia’s net zero pledges, its still fossil-heavy power mix, the shifting macro and policy landscape shaping risk and return for investors, and highlights examples of where capital is already flowing.

1 November 2025

Fuelling clean tech: AI’s role in in global decarbonisation

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence and data centres raises a mix of concerns and opportunities central issue is their role in the energy transition, which raises several key questions.

1 October 2025

Brazil’s green pivot: ambition meets reality

With surging renewables growth and strategic incentives, Brazil offers a compelling, if complex, landscape for climate finance and green infrastructure. This is the latest in a series of country analyses, where TEI Times looks at Brazil’s generation and consumption profile policy, emissions targets and potential for a future increase in foreign participation in domestic decarbonisation projects.

1 September 2025

Trump 2.0 puts US clean energy future at risk

The Trump administration’s second-term policy shift has placed US clean energy investment under severe strain, with incentives rolled back, projects halted, and regulatory uncertainty deterring capital. Billions in projects have already been cancelled, and billions in investment are at risk. By contrast, Europe and Asia present increasingly attractive alternatives, offering policy stability, growing markets and stronger incentives. With domestic politics and economics clouded by volatility the US risks losing its status as a leading destination or clean energy finance.

1 August 2025

Unlocking China’s green potential: policies, progress, potential: policies, progress, and investment insights

China is transforming its energy landscape, with clean energy capacity expanding at an unprecedented pace. This is the latest in a series of country analyses, where TEI Times examines China’s generation and consumption profiles policy, emissions targets and potential for a future increase in foreign participation in domestic decarbonisation projects.

1 June 2025

CATL raises billions, supports CATL raises billions, supports bull case for clean tech

The recent public listing of a leading clean energy storage technology company offers several key insights. It sheds light on the company’s strategic business plans and transition strategy, as well as the medium-term outlook for the energy storage sector. The listing also highlights strong investor interest in businesses aligned with the energy transition.

1 May 2025

Japan’s clean power push: global Japan’s clean power push: global capital meets local ambition

This is the latest in a series of country analyses, where TEI Times looks at Japan’s generation and consumption profiles, policy, emissions targets and investment attractiveness

1 December 2024

Portugal: a living laboratory for global decarbonisation

Despite significant improvements in its economy and credit profile, investing in Portugal’s renewable energy projects presents notable challenges. In its latest country analysis, TEI Times looks at Portugal’s generation and consumption profiles, policy, emissions targets and ability to attract the investment needed to meet government targets

1 November 2024

Climate finance outlook: reasons to be cheerful

Achieving net zero by mid-century depends on the successful execution of a vast number of projects. But although the challenges to raising the trillions of dollars of capital required are significant, corporations and investors have reasons to be optimistic.

Despite challenges like bureaucracy and policy uncertainty, Italy’s clean energy sector attracts diverse investors. This is the latest in a series of country analyses where TEI Times looks at the country’s generation and consumption profiles, policy, emissions targets and ability to attract the investment needed to meet government targets.

1 December 2023

Southeast Asia: brimming with net zero investment opportunities, The Energy Industry Times

Most of Southeast Asia’s economies have set decarbonisation pathways. Their net zero policies are as different as their stages of economic development and socio-political systems, but the aims are the same. Joseph Jacobelli explains why the region’s population size, GDP growth outlook and heavy reliance on fossil fuels offer massive opportunities for net zero asset investments.

1 October 2023

COP28 may be the most critical yet, The Energy Industry Times

COP28 is fast approaching, and the headline news is the slow pace of progress and lack of solutions to finance the energy transition. Businesses have identified investment prospects, but the investment window is wider in developed economies than in developing ones. Joseph Jacobelli argues this is now changing, primarily thanks to the efforts of the financial and private sectors rather than those of public institutions. This bodes well for the upcoming summit.