The global energy landscape is undergoing a decisive structural shift, moving away from the century-old model of centralized utility dependence toward localized, autonomous power networks. According to a new industry report by […]
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AI Becomes a Boost for Global Oil Demand, Not a Bridge to Net Zero
Artificial intelligence could help the energy industry tap an additional one trillion barrels of oil by making more of these barrels economical to extract. Wood Mackenzie analysts made the prediction recently, adding […]
The clean energy industry is flying blind preparing for FEOC rules
The GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill, passed in July, spent dozens of pages defining how it would define “foreign entity of concern.” The new law will restrict clean energy companies doing business […]
Everything Electric: Australia’s renewable revolution & the EV boom
Robert chats with Giles Parkinson about the rapid global shift to electric vehicles, the state of Australia’s energy transition, and why the data shows EV adoption is unstoppable regardless of political noise […]
Nearly 2,000 power projects have been canceled this year
Since the start of 2025, nearly 2,000 power projects, or 266 gigawatts of new generation capacity, have been canceled in the U.S. That’s according to new data, out today, from clean energy […]
Global lithium-ion battery pack prices fall to $108/kWh, says BNEF
Battery pack prices for stationary storage fell to $70/kWh in 2025, a 45% drop from 2024, making it the cheapest lithium-ion category for the first time, according to BloombergNEF (BNEF). From ESS […]
Within the permitting fight, a push to end to Trump’s solar ‘blockade’
Ending the Trump administration’s “blockade” on solar permits has emerged as a top demand from the solar industry and Senate Democrats as the permitting reform debate heats up again in Congress. “Anything […]
America’s LNG Boom Is About to Spike Your Power Bill
The US is the world’s largest exporter of LNG. And efforts are apace to further increase that export capacity. As the US exports LNG at an increasing rate, this implies good news […]
BYD’s Engine Flexes Between Ethanol, Gasoline, and Electricity
The world’s first mass-produced ethanol car, the Fiat 147, motored onto Brazilian roads in 1979. The vehicle crowned decades of experimentation in the country with sugar-cane (and later, corn-based and second-generation sugar-cane […]
The One Big Decision Tesla Has To Make On “Full Self Driving”
According to some friends who have the latest “Full Self Driving” (FSD) hardware and V14.2 of the software, the self-driving capabilities are really, really good now. One of those friends has driven […]
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