“Although the European average price for solar rose this quarter, individual market trends diverge significantly”, said Placido Ostos, director of European analytics at LevelTen Energy, who added that markets with “severe solar […]
$215B in annual energy cost savings starts with heat pumps: ACEEE
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The United States could reduce energy costs by an average of $215 billion a year — $4.8 trillion […]
FERC fails to shield PJM consumers from data center transmission costs: ratepayer advocates
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s effort to create a framework for data centers to connect to the grid […]
US data center electricity use could more than double by 2030: report
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Data centers for AI and other digital use cases are consuming increasing amounts of energy and water, complicating the jobs […]
Don’t gut the utility model just as we need it most
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Scott Aaronson spent 17 years at the Edison Electric Institute, the national trade association for investor-owned electric utilities, where he […]
Hooking Up Your House To An EV Is Getting Loads Easier
A new meter attachment makes it easier to deploy EV batteries as home backup power generators in case of an outage. The post Hooking Up Your House To An EV Is Getting […]
LNG Supply Crisis Pushes Buyers Toward Coal and Oil
The resumption of the Iran conflict, including the effective closures of the Strait of Hormuz and now the Strait of Bab el-Mandeb has driven up natural gas prices, particularly in Europe and […]
Refinery Utilization Holds Above 96% as Strong Diesel Margins Drive Throughput
The EIA’s Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WPSR) for the week ended July 17 shows that U.S. refinery crude runs eased by 58 Mb/d to just over 17 MMb/d. Utilization remained exceptionally high […]
New Pipelines Set To Ease Permian Natural Gas Glut
The regional price of natural gas produced in the Permian, the top U.S. oil basin, was negative for most of the first half of the year. Rising associated gas output from oil-targeting […]
India’s Solar Manufacturing Push Backfires as Panel Factories Shut Down
India ran into an obstacle in its ambitions to boost solar generation as local factories began to shut down because of component shortages, Reuters reported today, citing unnamed industry sources. The shortages […]
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