How the low carbon energy transition can affect insurers

Any major macro-economic transition is going to have winners and losers. This also holds true for the low carbon energy transition that is underway. Tom Bawden writes an important article in The Independent about the big hit that insurance companies could suffer due to huge volumes of fossil fuel reserves that could be left ‘stranded.’ … Continue reading How the low carbon energy transition can affect insurers →

Germany’s energy transition includes decommissioning costs of its nuclear industry

Christoph Steitz and Vera Eckert write for the Reuter’s news service about how the German public may have to pay for some of the decommissioning costs. Public may share costs of Germany's nuclear afterlife Germany's biggest utilities have set aside tens of billions of euros to fund the country's exit from nuclear power from … Continue reading Germany’s energy transition includes decommissioning costs of its nuclear industry →