Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The energy sector in 2026 will be balancing commodity volatility with surging electricity demand from AI and electrification.

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Venture capital funding for energy research and development has shrunk for three straight years, with a significant portion of the decline attributed to large non-specialist VC funds shifting their ...

A nonprofit backed by energy-sector veterans is engaging with a mission to tackle one of global development’s most persistent challenges: the lack of reliable, modern energy for billions of people. By ...

At the start of this decade, optimism abounded. Environmental, social and governance issues, and net-zero dominated many government energy policy agendas, and capital markets were reorienting around ...