Average solar PPA prices remain lower than those for other technologies—the average wind PPA price sat at €52.75/MWh in the third quarter, a 1.4% quarter-on-quarter increase, while blended PPA prices fell 1$% […]
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PJM poised to add more storage following surplus interconnection reform
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Two 10-MW battery projects in Virginia announced this week could be part of a wave of new storage deployments in […]
Gas reliance will worsen the energy affordability crisis
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Cassady Craighill is technical education director at GridLab. There has never been a time in which electricity prices and electricity […]
Competition for Natural Gas Sends U.S. Prices Skyward
It appears that the Trump Administration can’t have it all. Soaring LNG exports to assert America’s energy dominance have intensified competition for U.S. natural gas supply, pushing domestic energy prices higher—the opposite […]
Crude Tanker Rates Surge as Oil in Transit Hits Highest Level Since 2020
Crude tankers are once again firing on all cylinders, with freight rates surging across all segments as oil in transit reaches its highest level in more than five years. According to data […]
Demand response market may make room for new big players, but still no joy for small consumers
Demand Response – a key part of a flexible grid – may be expanded to include big new players like data centres, but small customers will be excluded. The post Demand response […]
Global Oil Discoveries Collapse to Decade Lows Despite Frontier Breakthroughs
Annual conventional discovered volumes once averaged more than 20 billion barrels of oil equivalent (boe) per year in the early 2010s, but these have fallen to nearly one-third of that, with analysis […]
Google Commits to First U.S. Gas-Fired Power Plant with Integrated CCS for Data Centers
Google has signed a first-of-its-kind corporate offtake agreement to purchase power from a new 400-MW natural gas–fired cogeneration plant outfitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Decatur, Illinois. In an Oct. […]
ISO New England launches cluster study of 26 battery, wind and solar projects
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. ISO New England has launched its transitional cluster study of 26 interconnection requests with a combined summer rated capacity of […]
US energy storage market looks resilient amid global growth: BNEF
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: BloombergNEF expects more than 92 GW / 247 GWh of energy storage additions worldwide in 2025, up 22.7% […]