The Phillips 66 Company’s Los Angeles Refinery in California. Bing Guan | Reuters The oil price outlook is being hit with more bearish forecasts on the back of U.S. President Donald Trump’s […]
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The Emergence of Sodium-Ion Batteries
It was February 23, when I discovered my latest Issue of Science contained an excellent article on the title-subject of this paper, and I was two-days away from posting a paper, “Next-Gen […]
Dow & X-Energy Submit Construction License to NRC for Texas Site
Dow & X-Energy Submit Construction License to NRC for Texas Site Fermi Energia Teams with Samsung for Twin BWX-300 SMRs Poland’s President OKs $15.5 Billion for First Nuclear Power Station Poland Reaches 1st […]
IEA blames slowdown in energy innovation on market uncertainty
The International Energy Agency (IEA) warns that energy innovation is slowing as shifting priorities and financing changes hinder progress, despite past investments driving economic and security gains. Investment in global energy innovation […]
European markets hit by negative electricity prices
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting’s latest analysis finds most major European electricity markets experienced negative electricity prices last week, with Portugal and Spain recording their lowest hourly figures in history on March 30. Most […]
An Oil Price Crash for the History Books
This week saw oil prices tank more than 10% as President Donald Trump’s tariffs went into effect. A single-day drop of more than 7% in global oil prices is rare but not […]
How FERC is working to boost power supplies while managing the price tag
Amy Akers is a senior counsel at Clark Hill. Throughout the last five years the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has made significant efforts to increase power supply while managing the consumer price […]
US ‘nuclear renaissance’ faces high capital costs, uncertain federal policy support: ICF
Dive Brief: Nuclear power’s long-term role in the U.S. electricity generation mix depends on still-unresolved questions about plant economics, technology selection, federal policy and financial support, fuel availability, waste disposal and public […]
Industry Experts: Market Forces Still Support Electrification
A changing policy landscape presents challenges for moving away from fossil fuels. Executives say that may slow, but won’t halt, the momentum to electrify. Remember the slogan “electrify everything”? It The post […]
China Coal-Fired Generation Additions Tied to Economics, Energy Security
China’s construction of coal-fired power plants reached nearly a 10-year high in the past year, even as the country also continues a massive expansion of renewable energy installations. A February report The […]