A South Australian trial to turn homes into grid-responsive energy hubs is now 100 households in, and has some brutal lessons to share. The post Can all solar homes become smart energy […]

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is forecasting that total U.S. crude oil production, including lease condensate, will drop from 2026 to 2027 in its latest short term energy outlook (STEO), which […]

So how is solar generation affecting the duck curve? The head and tail of the duck show us the morning and evening peaks, when typically more traditional sources of electricity are powering […]

New research reveals artificial intelligence (AI)-driven water demand is set to surge nearly 130% over the next 25 years. Power generation consumes about half of that, turning water into a potential constraint […]

Strategic energy policy planning benefits from extended preparation periods, as demonstrated throughout American history. Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served as Supreme Allied Commander in WWII and later as Supreme Commander of NATO […]

Almost exactly a year ago, researchers at Duke University published a now-widely cited study on the potential of flexible data centers landed, explaining that the U.S. grid may have more than 100 […]

Here is the question: what happens when renewables are acknowledged as the superior technology for electric power generation? Basically,  we see a process of displacement (one commodity producer, renewables, displacing another, fossil […]

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The PJM Interconnection’s board last week approved $11.8 billion in baseline transmission projects, with Dominion Energy’s Virginia utility landing roughly […]

Geopolitics, growing oil supply, longer voyages, and disruptions due to sanctions and altered shipping lanes pushed crude oil tanker rates to multi-year highs at the end of 2025. After a dip in […]

Data centers’ urgent power needs put a new spotlight on gas generation in the last few years. But a turbine supply crunch, and high prices, led many in the industry to assert […]