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Big Oil Is Suffering Despite the AI Energy Boom
AI seems to be the tide that raises all energy boats. Policymakers and private enterprises around the world are adopting an all-of-the-above approach to energy sourcing – clean energy pledges be damned […]
The global boom in solar — with or without the US
Despite the scepticism about renewables in Washington, falling prices for new panels are making a compelling business case around the world via Financial Times – Energy https://ift.tt/Fv8ziXs
Off-grid solar kits power more than 10,000 clinics across sub-Saharan Africa
We Care Solar has delivered portable solar kits to thousands of clinics, providing reliable lighting and power for maternal care in regions with unstable electricity. From pv magazine USA We Care Solar, […]
Westinghouse Enters Partnership for $80 Billion of New Nuclear Reactors
Westinghouse Electric Co. has joined with Canada-based Cameco Corp. and Brookfield Asset Management in a partnership that would advance deployment of nuclear power technology across the U.S. The groups on October 28 […]
In an era of rising rates, policies to strengthen power system flexibility can lower costs
Rising ratepayer burdens from costs to meet new large loads from hyperscalers and other load growth can be limited by utilities that use newly available flexibility to manage demand peaks, power system […]
The Exponential Rise of Global Solar Power
The scale and speed at which solar power has exploded around the world is reshaping energy systems in transformative ways. As the price of solar energy has plummeted over the past decade, […]
Wood Mackenzie Pushes Back Peak Oil Demand Forecast to 2032
Global oil demand is set to peak in 2032, two years later than previously expected, due to solid petrochemical demand and sluggish U.S. and European electric vehicle sales, Wood Mackenzie said in […]
Asian Coal Imports Set for Decline on Higher Prices
Asian energy importers are curbing their appetite for thermal coal as prices rebound after falling to the lowest in four years earlier in 2025. Reuters’ Clyde Russell reported today that October coal […]
Too Much of a Good Thing: Solar Overloads Europe’s Electricity System
When the official report on the Spain and Portugal blackout from April came out, it described a grid made vulnerable to excess voltage as a result of the fast growth of weather-dependent […]