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Spain and Portugal blackout blamed on solar power dependency
Electricity experts point to dangers of grid instability when renewables dominate output via Financial Times – Energy https://ift.tt/0ZrVkH9
Road to Alaska – Are Alaska LNG’s Strengths Enough to Outweigh Its Costs, Construction Challenges?
The Trump administration is trying to breathe new life into the long-dormant Alaska LNG project, talking up its strengths and encouraging potential Asian customers and investors to consider it. But the project, […]
MISO summer capacity prices jump to $666.50/MW-day as power supplies shrink
Dive Brief: Capacity prices for the upcoming summer season jumped to $666.50/MW-day from $30/MW-day last year across the Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s footprint — driven in part by declining surplus capacity, according […]
EU Has Slashed Natural Gas Imports by 18% Since 2021
The European Union reduced its combined pipeline gas and LNG imports by 18% between 2021 and 2024, as consumption slumped by 20%, a gas flow tracking tool of the Institute for Energy […]
How to integrate solar-plus-storage with heat pumps
Scientists in Spain have simulated a system that uses both power-to-heat-to-power thermal batteries and lithium-ion batteries for energy storage. The hybrid system reportedly achieved a 7% lower LCOE compared to a PV […]
U.S. Imports of Major Transportation Fuels Decreased in 2024
U.S. imports of petroleum products decreased by 210,000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2024 to average 1.8 million b/d. Imports of all major transportation fuels, such as motor gasoline, diesel, and jet […]
White Hydrogen Hype Heats Up as Green Dreams Fade
First it was grey, then it was blue, later it was green, now it’s white—these color codes for types of hydrogen depending on sourcing have seen a lot of hype in recent […]
Trump’s battery tariffs threaten utility-scale storage and US grid reliability
Brandon N. Owens is the founder of Clean Power Shift, an independent journal and research platform. President Trump’s April 2 “Liberation Day” tariffs slap a 64.5% composite duty on Chinese lithium-ion batteries […]
Germany Slams Idea of Splitting Europe’s Power Market Into Zones
Germany remains committed to a single power market in its area and doesn’t like the recommendation from a new report to split the market into five separate bidding zones. Entso-e, the association […]