Upcoming Editions
Preview forthcoming editions, their editorial focus and scheduled publication dates.
Energy in 2026: The Technologies and Transitions Reshaping the Power Landscape
The energy landscape continued to evolve throughout 2026 as renewable capacity expanded, electricity networks modernised and conventional energy industries adapted to changing technological and economic conditions. Storage, nuclear technology, digitalisation and emerging fuels added further dimensions to the transformation. This edition brings together developments across electricity, oil and gas, renewables, grids and energy technology to examine how the sector changed during the year and how different parts of the energy system increasingly influenced one another.
The Energy Outlook 2027: Powering Growth Through a Changing Energy Landscape
The energy sector enters 2027 with growing electricity requirements, expanding renewable generation and continuing investment across conventional and emerging energy infrastructure. Grids must handle increasingly complex power flows while storage, nuclear energy, natural gas and new fuel technologies contribute different capabilities to the system. This edition examines the energy landscape at the beginning of the year, connecting generation, fuels, infrastructure and technology to understand how reliable and affordable energy can support expanding economic and industrial activity.
Power Without Interruption: Building a More Reliable and Resilient Energy System
Reliable energy supply depends on far more than generating enough electricity. Power systems must respond to changing demand, equipment failures, weather events and variations in generation while maintaining stable operation across interconnected networks. This edition examines the technologies and infrastructure supporting energy reliability, including generation adequacy, transmission resilience, storage, backup systems and grid management. It explores how redundancy, monitoring and better system planning can strengthen the ability of electricity networks to withstand disruption and recover quickly.
The Storage Equation: Solving the Challenge of Energy When and Where It Is Needed
Energy storage creates the ability to separate when electricity is generated from when it is consumed. As power systems incorporate more variable generation and increasingly dynamic demand, that capability is becoming more important. Batteries, pumped hydro, thermal systems and emerging long-duration technologies offer different combinations of capacity, duration, response and cost. This edition examines the expanding storage landscape, exploring how different technologies can support grids, renewable integration, industrial facilities and distributed energy systems while addressing very different operational requirements.
Beyond the Barrel: How Oil and Gas Are Adapting to a Changing Energy World
Oil and natural gas remain deeply integrated into transportation, industry, petrochemicals and the wider energy economy, while the technologies used to produce, process and transport them continue to evolve. Digital operations, efficiency improvements, methane management and increasingly sophisticated LNG infrastructure are changing parts of the sector. This edition examines the modern oil and gas value chain across exploration, production, pipelines, refining and natural gas, exploring how established energy industries are adapting their operations within a broader and increasingly diverse energy landscape.
The Renewable Power Machine: Taking Solar and Wind From Expansion to Energy Infrastructure
Solar and wind have grown from alternative sources of electricity into significant components of power systems around the world. Their continued expansion increasingly depends on more than installing additional generation capacity. Forecasting, transmission, storage, operations and grid integration must develop alongside the generating assets themselves. This edition examines renewable power as an increasingly mature infrastructure sector, exploring solar and wind technology, hybrid projects, operations and the wider systems required to integrate variable generation reliably into large electricity networks.
The Nuclear Question: Understanding the Technology Behind Reliable Low-Carbon Power
Nuclear power combines extremely high energy density with the ability to generate electricity continuously while producing low operational carbon emissions. Its role in future power systems continues to be debated alongside questions of safety, economics, construction and waste management. This edition examines the technology behind nuclear generation, from reactor systems and fuel cycles to safety engineering and emerging small modular reactor concepts. It explores where nuclear power can contribute to electricity systems while explaining the engineering and operational requirements that distinguish it from other forms of generation.
The Digital Power Plant: How Software, Sensors and AI Are Changing Energy Operations
Power plants are becoming increasingly connected as sensors, advanced control systems and analytical software provide greater visibility into equipment and operating conditions. Digital twins can model assets, predictive systems can identify developing problems and artificial intelligence can assist with optimisation and maintenance decisions. This edition examines the digital transformation of power generation across different plant types, exploring how software and data can improve reliability, efficiency and asset performance while recognising the continuing importance of engineering knowledge and operational control.
Hydrogen and the New Fuel Economy: Where the Molecule Fits in the Energy System
Hydrogen can store and transport energy while also serving as a feedstock for industries that already consume the molecule at significant scale. Interest in lower-carbon hydrogen is expanding its potential role across refining, chemicals, steel, heavy transport and energy storage. This edition examines the complete hydrogen pathway, including production through electrolysis and other routes, storage, transportation and end use. It explores where hydrogen may provide practical advantages, where direct electrification may be more efficient and what infrastructure is required to develop a viable hydrogen economy.
Powering India: Building the Energy Infrastructure for a Growing Economy
India's expanding economy, cities, industries and transportation systems require an energy network capable of supporting substantial and changing demand. Meeting that requirement involves investment across generation, transmission, distribution, fuels, renewable energy, storage and supporting infrastructure. This edition examines India's energy system as an interconnected whole, exploring how different sources and technologies can contribute to reliable supply while electricity networks expand and modernise to support industrial growth, urbanisation and increasing electrification.
The Electrification of Everything: What Happens When More of the Economy Runs on Power
Electricity is expanding into areas historically powered directly by fossil fuels. Electric vehicles are changing transportation, heat pumps can electrify building heating and industrial processes are exploring electric alternatives where technically practical. This edition examines the wider consequences of increasing electrification across transport, buildings and industry. It explores how growing electricity demand affects generation, transmission, distribution and storage while considering where electrification offers clear advantages and where other energy carriers may continue to play important roles.
The Energy Mix of Tomorrow: Why the Future Will Be Built From More Than One Source
Energy systems must satisfy different requirements across electricity, industry, transportation and heating, making it unlikely that one source or technology will address every need. Solar and wind provide renewable electricity, hydro and storage offer flexibility, nuclear can provide continuous generation and thermal and gas assets continue to serve important system roles. This edition examines the future energy mix through the capabilities of different technologies, exploring how diverse resources can interact to provide reliability, affordability and the flexibility required by increasingly complex energy systems.
Powering the Next Decade: How Energy Technology and Infrastructure Will Evolve Beyond 2027
The energy systems of the next decade will be shaped by changes occurring simultaneously across generation, fuels, electricity networks, storage and digital technology. Renewable capacity is expanding, grids are becoming more intelligent, conventional energy infrastructure is evolving and emerging technologies are creating additional options for supplying and managing energy. This edition brings the complete landscape together to examine how energy could develop beyond 2027, focusing on the technologies and infrastructure already beginning to influence the next era of power.