Energy Evolution
S&P Global Commodity Insights
Interviews, analysis and reporting from S&P Global Commodity Insights on energy and commodities' transition to a cleaner future. Hosts Taylor Kuykendall and Eklavya Gupte speak with policymakers, industry professionals and SPGCI in-house experts worldwide on topics related to decarbonization, climate, emerging fuels and energy sources, and the outlook for commodity markets from oil to power to metals. The Energy Evolution podcast has merged with the Platts Future Energy podcast as of January 2025.
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Apr 3, 2018 • 6min
Will there be enough nickel to support the EV hype?
Battery technology appears to be driving towards the 8:1:1 nickel-cobalt-manganese format from the currently used 6:2:2 version, but with nickel prices a third of what they were at the beginning of the decade, investment into nickel projects has been limited and poses the question of whether the...
Mar 23, 2018 • 13min
Battery metals move to the front, oil still driving sentiment
Battery metals, the electric vehicle revolution and protectionism versus free trade dominated discussions at this year's FT Commodities Global Summit in Lausanne, Switzerland. But like any gathering of the commodities industry's biggest players, oil pricing and the outlook for energy weren't too...
Feb 20, 2018 • 7min
Battery metals still on the up: technology may be game-changer
Battery metals markets continue bullish, recent industry events have shown, but with concerns in both the lithium and cobalt camps. In the first of S&P Global Platts’ monthly podcasts on battery metals, Marcel Goldenberg, markets and methodology development, metals, talks to Diana Kinch...
