This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Nora Mead Brownell is cofounder of ESPY Energy Solutions. She served on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 2001 to […]
Jet Fuel Shortage Deepens Pressure on Global Airlines
Fewer passengers were heading to Heathrow Airport in April as the war in the Middle East keeps travellers grounded. Passenger numbers at Europe’s biggest airport fell by five per cent in April […]
SMRs Aren’t Losing on Technology. They’re Losing on Economics
Small Modular Reactors still won’t shift the Energy Transition, but for a different reason Last year, I argued that small modular reactors will not save the energy transition. The core reasoning was […]
Aramco Sees Slow Oil Market Recovery after Shock Supply Loss
The oil market will take months to normalize even if flows through the Strait of Hormuz resumed today, as 1 billion barrels of oil have been wiped off the supply balance over […]
Wake Me Up – Changing Dynamics Have the Northeast Gas Market Poised for a Reawakening
After being in virtual limbo the past couple of years, the U.S. Northeast gas market is reawakening. New pipeline development is, well, no longer a pipe dream. Today, we begin a series […]
Europe’s Chemicals Sector Gets a Brief Reprieve
The battered European chemicals industry has just closed a weak but still better-than-expected first quarter as the supply shock from the Middle East hit Asian petrochemical makers amid dried-up naphtha and other […]
What ‘zombie’ power plants miss about the grid’s real problem
Utilities are under real pressure right now. Demand is climbing fast, with data centers and other new large loads driving visible — and at times controversial — demand, right as worsening extreme […]
BloombergNEF confirms energy storage has reached the 100 GW era
A record year, and an incredibly strong outlook for the energy storage sector. From ESS News The energy storage industry has reached the 100 GW era, with BloombergNEF’s Energy Storage Market Outlook […]
“They solve the problem:” Leading storage developer says battery costs have plunged 70 pct in two years
Owner of Australia’s most successful big battery developer says storage costs have plunge 65-70 pct in last two years, and are solving the grid’s biggest problems. The post “They solve the problem:” […]
China’s Solar Boom Has Created a Massive Oversupply Problem
China has expanded its cleantech manufacturing capacity so much that industry players are searching for a way to decrease competition to make pricing more realistic and stop smaller producers from falling into […]
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