“When you’re trying to get a business off the ground you need surety, which is the total opposite of what you’re getting at this time of ambiguity with the UK grid. What […]
Mandatory utility fees distort price signals for rooftop solar in the US
Regulators in 27 U.S. states are shifting residential electricity pricing toward higher fixed monthly charges and lower usage-based rates, weakening the economics of rooftop solar and home battery systems. This redesign reduces […]
Colombia’s Natural Gas Crisis Deepens as Strait of Hormuz Closure Cuts Supply
Strife-torn Colombia is facing a severe energy crisis at a critical juncture. Global supply of natural gas is heavily constrained due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. strikes […]
Soaring Energy Prices Are Driving a Home Solar Boom
Home solar power installations have risen significantly in recent decades, as consumers look to drive down their electricity bills and make their energy use more sustainable. Now, with oil and gas prices […]
Norway Doubles Down on Oil and Gas as Europe Scrambles for Supply
Norway, well known for its oil and gas production, has ramped up its fossil fuel output in recent weeks to fill the gap following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and […]
Solar PV to dominate ‘electricity-led era’ of the future – BloombergNEF
The report highlighted the growth of data centres in particular, which hit 84GW of capacity in 2025, a 20% increase year-on-year consuming 500TWh of electricity, or 1.9% of global total demand. BloombergNEF […]
Solar and wind generated more electricity globally than gas power for the first time in April
At 531 TWh, electricity generated from wind and solar reached a new global record in April 2026, according to energy think tank Ember. Gas-fired power plants supplied 477 TWh. According to British […]
A blueprint for scalable fusion power
For years, the prospect of commercial nuclear fusion felt a long way off. But recent breakthroughs—like Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s historic 2022 net energy gain—have marked a new chapter in the quest […]
U.S. Energy Storage Installations Post Record First Quarter
Despite unfavorable federal policies, the U.S. energy storage additions jumped by 31% from a year earlier to 9.7 gigawatt-hours (GWh) in the first quarter of 2026, the strongest first quarter in history, […]
76% of Americans want stronger utility oversight
Dive Brief: More than three-quarters – 76% – of Americans want elected officials to exercise stronger utility oversight, even though they appear to have little faith in those officials’ ability to prevent […]
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