The West’s international energy watchdog has warned that oil stockpiles were being drained at a record rate last month as the US’s war in Iran continues to choke supply in an “unprecedented” […]
Permian Gas Glut Means Producers Are Paying Buyers to Haul It Away
The war in Iran has choked natural gas supplies across Europe and Asia, leading to fuel rationing and blackouts, but in the heart of US shale country, the market is swimming in […]
Record Power Burn Expected This Summer as Coal Retirements and Data Centers Drive Gas Demand
U.S. natural gas supply is expected to reach a record 117 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) this summer, including 111.7 Bcf/d of dry gas production, but growing demand from liquefied natural […]
China Added 34 GW of Nuclear in a Decade
China and the United States are facing off for nuclear energy dominance on the world stage. The United States has the world’s largest nuclear energy production capacity, but China has the fastest-growing […]
Solar capture factors fall across europe as negative price hours surge in key markets
Latest analysis from Pexapark finds strong solar output and weaker demand caused a drop in solar capture factors in France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain. These countries are also experiencing an increase […]
Electricity generation from solar could exceed coal in ERCOT for the first time in 2026
In our most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that annual electric power generation from utility-scale solar will surpass that from coal for the first time in 2026 within the electricity […]
Electricity Industry Faces Risks from Three New Technologies
Electric company annual reports describe technological risk in the vaguest of terms, asserting that firms face numerous, generalized risks— boiler plate to provide legal cover just in case something happens, such as […]
How Fervo plans to spend it’s $1.9-billion IPO
Fervo Energy’s initial public offering day has arrived. It comes after months of momentum — the company’s value has more than doubled since January — and ushers in a big test for […]
China’s Invisible Hand Is Distorting Global Oil Markets
For two decades, OPEC ministers, Wall Street analysts, and oil traders have been speaking about the global crude market as if traditional rules still apply. OPEC’s kingpin, Saudi Arabia, is still seen […]
The Hidden Bottleneck Slowing DER Interconnection—and What Utilities Can Do About It
Utilities are under increasing pressure to move distributed energy resources (DER) through interconnection queues more quickly. In many regions, review timelines have stretched from months into years as requests for solar, storage, […]
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