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AI in Energy: A New Imperative

March 16, 2026

The energy industry is betting big on artificial intelligence (AI), but how much impact is it really delivering?

BRG’s newest research report reveals what senior industry executives across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and Asia–Pacific are seeing on the ground: rapid deployment, real value, and roadblocks that are slowing progress.

Key takeaways include:

  • AI implementation is growing, but fossil fuel and clean energy producers have different AI priorities.
  • Cybersecurity risk, data availability, and a lack of skilled talent pose the greatest challenges to AI implementation.
  • Only about four in ten organizations have AI policies fully equipped to manage risk in a changing regulatory environment.

Discover what genuine transformation looks like and what leading energy organizations across a range of sectors are doing right.

This is the second installment in BRG’s AI Industry Spotlight Series. Read the first report: AI in Retail: In Pursuit of Meaningful AI Adoption.

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