In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that January 2026 began with relatively mild, solar-favorable conditions across much of the eastern U.S., but ended with Winter […]
U.S. Power Boom Triggers Global Gas Turbine Shortage
The hyperscaler-driven surge in U.S. power demand is creating ripple effects in the global supply chain, with gas turbines becoming the most critical bottleneck to rolling out flexible baseload capacity to support […]
The path to market for new nuclear reactors
Spurred by a suite of executive orders and investments from the federal government, new nuclear reactors are coming soon. Or the announcements are at least. The advanced nuclear sector has found itself […]
Utilities face cost-recovery risk as infrastructure costs, demand rise: Morningstar
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Electric utilities are preparing for a major infrastructure buildout to meet growing demand while the cost for key […]
How Vulnerable is the US Electrical Grid to Winter Outages?
A winter wallop that delivered a blast of Arctic air to two-thirds of the United States last weekend brought with it power failures, partially due to snow, ice and falling trees or […]
The end of DOE’s grid work in Puerto Rico
In early January, the Trump administration quietly canceled $450 million in funding for grid resilience programs in Puerto Rico. It’s the final dismantling of the Biden-era’s distributed energy strategy for the island, […]
NRC Launches Major Reorganization as Licensing Deadlines and Reform Workload Intensify
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the federal agency responsible for licensing and oversight of civilian nuclear facilities, on Feb. 4 said it would launch a sweeping organizational restructure intended to consolidate […]
Peak Coal Expectations Return with 2025 Import Dip
Speculation about the peak in demand for hydrocarbons has abounded for years as parts of the world struggle to reduce their consumption of coal, oil, and gas. Peak coal resurfaced this week, […]
Is fixing transmission in the US a Sisyphean task?
In 2023, the state of transmission in the U.S. was bleak. Data center-fueled load growth was beginning to take off; the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s Order 1920 hadn’t yet been finalized; and […]
Why regional manufacturing will power the next clean economy
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Lara Croushore is head of climate at SecondMuse and Stacey Weismiller is president and CEO of The American Manufacturing Futures […]
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