Global solar installations slow after a record-setting 2025 as growth in the rest of the world fails to cover an expected 33% decline in annual additions by China. This expectation and nine other trends will help shape energy markets in 2026, according to the recently published S&P Global Energy Horizons Top Trends 2026 report. S&P Global Energy Expert Francesco d'Avack joins Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to highlight some of the key trends identified in the Top 10 report and offer his personal opinion on an 11th trend, which didn't make the list.

Access the S&P Global Energy Horizons Top Trends 2026 report here:https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/special-reports/energy-transition/horizons-top-cle…

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We welcome back S&P Global Energy experts Reed Olmstead and David Vaucher for our annual year-in-review and resolutions episode. Hosts Sam Humphreys and Hill Vaden check in to consider some of the past year's biggest trends and offer market predictions and personal resolutions for 2026.

Access prior year-end conversations with Reed and David here:

2024: Defying gravity: Energy soars in 2024 and will be Popular in 2025

2023: Holiday Special: Annual year-in-review and resolutions with Reed and David

2022: A year-in-review: Energy markets, Taylor Swift, and ESG

2021: Review and resolution: Shale sector activity in 2021 and 2022

2020: Mirror, mirror on the wall: Reflections on 2020 and predictions for 2021

2019: Would you rather: 2020 upstream predictions

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Adaptation vs mitigation. The conversation continues to permeate global climate goal discussions as the world attempts to reach net zero. But with adaptation becoming more and more preferable, challenges on how to finance this remain.

Peter Zaman, Partner at HFW, joins hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss where we stand on adaptation financing and the gap between the public and private sectors.

Learn more about HFW at: https://www.hfw.com

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