Scott Clavenna is co-founder and CEO of Latitude Media, where he is leading its strategy and expansion into news, industry research, and events on the frontiers of climate technology. He occasionally contributes interviews and commentary pieces to the news site.
Most recently, Scott Clavenna served as Chairman of Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables, where he contributed to the strategic guidance of Wood Mackenzie’s work in the global energy transition. Prior to Wood Mackenzie, Mr. Clavenna was the co-founder and CEO of Greentech Media and helped develop it into the leading source of integrated news, industry research, conferences, and executive councils in the clean energy economy. Greentech Media was acquired by Wood Mackenzie in 2016 and in the subsequent 4 years achieved all the goals of the acquisition while expanding its reach and breadth through its integration with acquired organizations and Wood Mackenzie’s power markets and energy transition groups.
Prior to Greentech Media, Mr. Clavenna was a market analyst in the broadband telecommunications industry in various media and research organizations.
The urgent demand for firm power at the gigawatt scale rewards fossil fuels, even as Gulf states diversify their energy portfolios.
And everyone is having to adjust.
Saddling renewables with worse economics and inconsistent federal support only limits the options for developing more grid capacity.
A growing group of startups is innovating at the AI-energy nexus.
Regulators are increasingly mandating that utilities develop climate resilience and mitigation plans. AI is already playing a big part.
Trump’s on-again-off-again tariffs and escalating trade war with China are already having a profound impact on the sector.
The technology wasn’t plastered over every booth — but it’s certainly becoming a core part of product rollouts and grid initiatives.
Examining the evidence — and why the power markets may make the infrastructure boom less dramatic than it could be.
Gas is shrinking as a share of power on the grid, even as developers announce new deals for data centers.
In 2025, state legislatures and regulators are taking up the question of how to fairly spread out the energy costs of the AI boom.