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Clean energy accounted for around 46% of the agreements made in the most recent quarter

The move from the accountancy and consultancy firm aims to slash pollution and environmental damage

EY says 15 multi-billion-dollar deals accounted for 90% of this figure

EY says this is largely due to embracing subsidy-free solar, building new onshore wind projects and repowering old wind farms

Simon Cox, Director at EY Advisory, said energy suppliers, brokers and TPIs need to work out their role in the changing marketplace as data becomes an increasingly valuable commodity

The volume of global oil and gas deals hit a five-year low in 2017. That’s according to a new report from business services firm EY, which found the total value of global transactions fell to $343 billion (£247bn) from $390 billion (£281bn) the year before. Despite a 21% increase in single deals of more than $1 […]

  Electric vehicles (EVs) are to overtake traditional combustion engines in terms of price and performance within a decade. That’s according to Benoit Laclau, Global Power & Utilities Leader at EY, who spoke to ELN earlier this week about important stages in the energy sector becoming more decarbonised, digitised and decentralised. He said the first […]

Falling oil prices continued to impact UK oilfield services (OFS) in 2016, with the sector’s turnover falling by 15.5%. That’s the suggestion from consultancy EY, which warns the industry’s approach to recovery in 2018 could prove critical for long-term success. The report shows turnover declined from £35.7 billion in 2015 to £30.2 billion the following […]

Power utilities are poorly equipped to deal with increasingly frequent and unpredictable cybersecurity threats. That’s according to a survey of 1,200 global utilities conducted by consultancy EY, in which all organisations responding said their defences against hackers did not match up to their needs. It also found 58% of these companies in the energy sector […]

The UK’s new nuclear build programme presents significant opportunities for the country’s supply chain but more support is needed from industry and government. That’s according to a new report from EY, which suggests the approaching decade will be critical to increasing capacity and meeting energy demand, which is expected to rise by 20% over the […]