Energy Industry Consulting & Strategy

Energy is life. It powers industries, empowers communities, and builds societies. As the traditional boundaries of the industry continue to blur, BCG’s energy consultants light the way to the future of energy for our clients.

The world needs energy—affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy. But meeting the world’s energy requirements with net-zero climate impact is one of today’s most complex challenges.

Energy companies need to leverage the latest technologies, re-engineer processes, and rethink business models to drive change. BCG works with clients to build sustainable, competitive energy solutions to achieve a net-zero energy world for all.

Our Energy Services

BCG draws on a deep understanding of the energy industry, technologies, and stakeholders to help clients tackle today’s energy challenge and tap into new opportunities around the world. We work with business leaders, governments, and ecosystems to ensure that solutions are as practical as they are equitable and just.

Energy Transition. We help clients navigate the challenges and complexities of the global energy transformation to ensure worldwide energy equity and a just transition to low-carbon energy.

Renewables and Low-Carbon Solutions. We draw on deep commercial, technical, and regulatory expertise to help companies identify the right strategies, investments, and operating model around low-carbon and renewable energy.

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Decarbonization. Decarbonization can deliver up to $26 trillion in economic gains by 2030. We take a sector- and company-specific approach to help clients identify and implement high-impact decarbonization methods.

Upstream Operations. BCG's upstream oil and gas consulting team prepares companies for future challenges by leveraging global expertise to ensure sustainable growth.

Climate Change and Sustainability. We help businesses identify and harness climate innovation, embed sustainability into their business at scale, and link energy plans with climate commitments.

Resilience. From geopolitical challenges and supply chain bottlenecks to soaring inflation, rising interest rates, and decelerating growth, we consider how each disruption impacts the future of energy and the path to net zero.

Artificial Intelligence. We tap into our AI expertise to ensure that clients are applying the best analytics and solutions for the sharpest insights around energy access, emissions reduction, and operational excellence.

How BCG Is Shaping the Future of Energy

Traditional energy sector boundaries are blurring as companies throughout every industry reach different stages in their energy transformation. As the new energy future continues to emerge, leaders must turn away from old approaches, embrace new thinking, and reinvent business models to ensure the proper supply and demand of sustainable energy for both businesses and the world beyond.

BCG’s energy consultants help clients decarbonize and rapidly scale zero-carbon solutions and technologies by working shoulder-to-shoulder with them to solve the energy trilemma—ensuring affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy—no matter where they are in their energy transformation.

Tomorrow’s energy solutions take shape today as BCG orchestrates innovative models and partnerships that strive for what’s best for all of us.

Our Client Success in Energy

How EnBW Used Zero-Based Budgeting to Transform Its Business and Culture

Germany’s third largest utility worked with BCG on a transformation that resulted in efficiency gains of 300 million euros. EnBW SVP Wolfgang Eckert explains.

Transforming an Energy Retailer to Thrive in the Energy Transition

Discover how BCG helped Ergon Retail, an Australian utility, transform its business to improve employee engagement, boost customer happiness, and thrive in the energy transition.

How BioCirc is Building and Scaling a Green Business

The Danish startup, a leading biomethane producer, employs an innovative energy-cluster concept to meet local needs—and is planning a global expansion.

How Breakthrough Energy Accelerates Climate Innovation at Scale

Mike Boots, executive vice president of Breakthrough Energy, discusses the importance of supporting climate tech companies through every stage of the innovation cycle.

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Our Center of Excellence

Center for Energy Impact

The Center for Energy Impact (CEI) shines light on the energy transition and what is required for the global transformation. CEI applies a holistic perspective to understanding and shaping bold responses to one of the most critical and complex challenges of our time.

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Meet Our Energy Consulting Leaders

Our energy consulting team helps clients seize the opportunities in today’s energy transformation.

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Our Latest Thinking on Energy

IONITY’s Michael Hajesch on the Future of EV Charging

Michael Hajesch, managing director and CEO of EV charging network leader IONITY, shares the state of the EV charging industry and explores its future, with insights into infrastructure, consumer demand, environmental impacts, and more.

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Turbocharging the Energy Transition by Boosting Customer Demand

Companies have a major opportunity to move from providing clean energy solutions that customers think they should buy to creating compelling products and services that customers will want to buy.

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A Blueprint for the Energy Transition

Achieving net zero will require driving an energy transition with unprecedented speed. That transition promises to have far-reaching implications.

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How BCG Is Shaping the Future of Energy

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Our Client Success in Energy

How EnBW Used Zero-Based Budgeting to Transform Its Business and Culture

Transforming an Energy Retailer to Thrive in the Energy Transition