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Guyana’s Oil Boom Gets a Major Boost From $100 Crude
Oil prices remain elevated in the wake of the Iran War. Tehran’s ability to close the Strait of Hormuz has sharply crimped world oil supply, with around 20% of all petroleum consumed […]
Why Household Batteries Are Becoming Strategic Assets
The Strait of Hormuz has become the pressure point of the global energy system. The war has already deprived global markets of 1 billion barrels of crude oil and petroleum products. Supply […]
Why Power Prices Are Rising Faster in Deregulated States
Back in the last century, when neo-liberalism, deregulation, and privatization were all the rage, we, in the USA, decided to restructure and deregulate the electricity industry, on the theory that such action […]
Britain’s Electric Vehicle Market Is Booming as Fuel Prices Climb
Brits are racing to get their hands on electric vehicles after a surge in oil prices triggered by the war in Iran has driven away demand for petrol and diesel cars, one […]
The Reliability Crisis Utilities Don’t Want to Talk About
What are the optics? AI centers are gobbling up power production, transmission space, and water. Transmission line expansion at a pitiable pace. A rush to build enough power plants. Forest fires burn […]
Mexico Reaches 5 Gigawatts of Distributed Solar Power
Mexico has reached another renewable energy milestone. From 600,368 installations across the country, Mexico reached 5,164.98 MW (5.165 GW) of small-scale, distributed solar power capacity by the end of 2025. All power […]
The Countdown to a Major Oil Price Surge Has Begun
In the coming weeks, readers will increasingly see two rarely used phrases in stories covering our dwindling worldwide oil inventories: "operational minimum" and "tank bottoms." The phrases more or less signify the […]
Solar Records Getting Busted in Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal
Solar power keeps growing year after year and month after month in countries around the world. So, naturally, as the Northern Hemisphere goes into summer and days get longer, countries are starting […]
Growing Grid Strategy: Undergrounding Power Lines to Withstand Weather
The power generation sector, including electric utilities and grid operators, recognizes the value of moving equipment underground to mitigate outages, lessen risks to assets, and reduce the chances of that equipment causing […]
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