I have been spending a lot of time reading articles about the energy transition, including this one. I usually break them down, annotate them, and try to understand what is really going on. To be honest, that is where I often get stuck. Right now, my output is simple: I read an article, analyze it as best as I can, and share my notes. But I am still unsure how to move from “understanding one article” to “understanding the industry as a whole.” The renewable energy sector feels overwhelming at times. Power markets, grid constraints, policy, storage, pricing everything is connected, and as someone still learning, it is hard to know what deserves the most focus. What is clear is my goal. I want to work as a renewable energy analyst next year. So instead of acting like I have everything figured out, I am trying to be honest about where I am:
- learning how to read industry news properly
- slowly connecting individual articles to bigger structural patterns
- figuring out which fundamentals actually matter for a junior analyst
If you work in energy or power markets, I would really value any advice on what you think is most important to learn early on
Reading energy transition news but what should come next?
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Find white papers written by organizations. Take the training some of these organizations offer especially if your utility is a member. They aren’t hiding anything; it’s just really hard.
You might try ingesting all the AEMO library, AER, and Australian energy law into notebooklm. The software company Energy Exemplar has proprietary software you can gain as much understanding of as you can without buying it. You can also identify university departments and professors active in energy and read their papers.