1、2023 Energy Transition Outlook Survey ReportNovember 20222023 ENERGY TRANSITION OUTLOOK SURVEY REPORT2Table of ContentsExecutive Summary 3Industry Insights on Energy Transition 7Policy and Regulation 17Green(er)and Clean Energy Solutions 26The Path Ahead 37Methodology 38Energy and Natural Resources

2、Sector 41Womble Bond Dickinson at a Glance 422023 ENERGY TRANSITION OUTLOOK SURVEY REPORT3Executive Summary In a year of sudden geopolitical shifts and associated market upheaval,energy sector executives and investors are adjusting their energy transition strategies to respond to the rising pressure

3、 to access sufficient and ideally lower-carbon energy in the short term,while moving to carbon-free renewable sources inthe long term.Accordingly,many industry leaders are deepening their focus ondecarbonization,“cleaner”technologies and fully renewable resources.However,some in the sector are also

4、dipping back into legacy fuel sources amid morerecent supply and demand imbalances.These findings from the Womble Bond Dickinson(WBD)2023 Energy Transition Outlook Survey extend our Global Energy and Natural Resources Teams ongoing effort to provide insight into international progress toward a net-z

5、ero economy and the factors influencing the pace of the energy transition.This years results provide a fresh perspective as to how executives and investors in the sector are navigating the challenges and seizing the opportunities amid unprecedented and chaotic times.Among the major takeaways:At leas

6、t 70%of both energy executives and investors have changed theirtransition strategies to some degree over the past year.Energy executives deepened their interest in three key areas that arevital to energy transition:1)energy efficiency,2)electrification in areaslike smart buildings,efficiency technol