• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Steve Piper

S&P Global Commodity Insights

Research Director

Steve Piper has over 25 years’ experience in the electric power and upstream fuels business, specializing in market price forecasting, economic feasibility assessment, demand forecasting, and environmental analysis. Mr. Piper manages strategic research and forecasting for Market Intelligence and Commodity Insights clients in the utilities, natural gas, and coal industries. Mr. Piper earned a BA from Grinnell College and an MPM from the School of Public Affairs at University of Maryland-College Park.

Sessions With Steve Piper

Thursday, 21 March

  • 07:15am - 08:20am (CST) / 21/mar/2024 12:15 pm - 21/mar/2024 01:20 pm

    Financial Prospects for Renewable Power: Will markets support returns?
    Power/Clean Power

    Inflation, high interest rates and supply chain bottlenecks over the past two years have challenged the competitiveness of clean energy projects after a decade of seemingly unstoppable cost declines. Are the recent challenges a blip in this longer story of improving economics for renewables or a harbinger of continuing challenges. What policies and market reforms can strengthen the long-term viability and the case for capital for renewable projects? In a transforming energy system, how are investors reassessing the variabilities in risks, returns and time horizons across emerging and mature technologies?

  • 11:55am - 12:45pm (CST) / 21/mar/2024 04:55 pm - 21/mar/2024 05:45 pm

    Forging Ahead: Critical minerals and the energy transition
    Mining, Minerals and Materials

    As the key components of batteries and electrification technologies, demand for copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and other critical minerals is expected to grow exponentially. The supply chains to bring these commodities to market face an array of trade, permitting and social, economic, and political challenges. Can governments and industry overcome these challenges and ensure security of supply of essential energy transition minerals? Is there the capacity to bring on new supplies in a timely way? Could supply deficits risk upending transition goals?