Yayoi Sekine is the lead energy storage analyst for the Americas region at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. She is based in New York providing insight on technology, markets, policies and regulation, and the competitive landscape, having previously been posted in Sao Paulo covering Latin American renewable energy development.

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Yayoi Sekine leads the Americas coverage for Energy Storage practice at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) based out of New York. Yayoi’s research focuses on US energy storage markets, providing insight on technology, markets, policies and regulation, and the competitive landscape. She advises utilities, technology companies, investors and policymakers across these fields. She has authored numerous research papers and regularly speaks at international conferences and in the mainstream media. She was previously Research Analyst based in Sao Paulo having spent four years covering Latin American renewable energy market development through BNEF.

Her specialization includes expertise on energy storage, renewable energy projects and financing, knowledge of policy framework for project development in key markets in the US and Latin American region. Yayoi holds a BSc in Global Resource Systems with focus on Latin America from the University of British Columbia (Canada).