There is a persistent belief in energy debates that refuses to die: renewables and electrification are necessary, but expensive. It is often framed as an unavoidable trade?off — clean energy comes at […]
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Anatomy of a Blackout: Findings from the Spain-Portugal Grid Collapse Final Report
An analysis of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) Expert Panel’s final report on the April 28, 2025, Iberian Peninsula power grid incident. On a mild, sunny Monday […]
‘Emergencies’ requiring coal plants to stay open need not be imminent, DOE tells court
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Utility CEO salaries have become a bipartisan foe
After launching an unprecedented intervention in PJM’s electricity market in January, President Donald Trump and a group of Democratic governors have once again found themselves on the same side of a controversial […]
Waha Natural Gas Prices Up but Still Negative as Maintenance Subsides
Permian outflows to the North picked up last week and slightly improved the price picture. But the gas outlook for the Permian remains bearish for the first half of the year. via […]
Winning the Energy Transition on Oʻahu: It’s Not About Technology
The clean energy future for Oʻahu is no longer blocked by missing technology. The architecture is already visible. Once overseas aviation fuel, international bunkering, and military energy use are taken out of […]
EIA releases new international consumption data sorted by end-use sector and fuel
We have released a new international dataset containing end-use consumption data for most countries of the world, with annual data through 2023. The new data set disaggregates the existing total international consumption […]
The Oil Prices You See Do Not Tell Market’s Real Story
Three weeks into the Iran war, there’s an ever-growing gap between the price of oil futures and supplies that determine costs for consumers in the real world. The global Brent benchmark has […]
The case for ground-level agrivoltaics
German engineering firm BEC Energie Consult has developed a substructure for low-mounted agrivoltaics designed to provide cost-efficient installation while supporting crop growth and livestock management, with the potential to enhance economic viability. A […]
Wind and solar generated a record 17% of U.S. electricity in 2025
Over the past 20 years, electricity from wind power and utility-scale solar power has increased to 17% of generation in the United States compared to less than 1% in 2005. In 2025, […]