U.S. working natural gas inventories ended the winter heating season (November 1March 31) at 2,290 billion cubic feet (Bcf), 39% more than the previous five-year (201923) average. Relatively high natural gas inventories […]
World coal capacity growth jeopardises peak emissions forecasts
Global fleet increases in 2023 as China brings on new plants and the pace of closures slows in EU and US via Financial Times – Energy https://ift.tt/C7olAVK
US grid connection backlog, dominated by solar, grows to 2.6TW in 2023
Solar accounted for the majority of generation capacity in the queues with a combined capacity of 1,080GW, followed by wind (366GW). A total of 571GW of solar capacity in the queues were […]
VPPs in California to provide over 7.5GW of capacity by 2035
Not only could the deployment of VPPs in California generate over half a billion dollars in savings for consumers, but it could also avoid over US$750 million per year in system costs. […]
OPEC+ Faces Fork in the Road
OPEC+ once again extended its oil production cuts this month. The decision was anything but unexpected and, unlike previous production policy announcements, it had the desired effect on prices. However, it could […]
SEC reiterates no scope 3 in final climate rule
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. While the Securities and Exchange Commission is busy defending its final climate-risk disclosure rule in court, members of the agency […]
High Energy Costs Have Put German Industry at a Disadvantage
Germany’s industry is unlikely to fully recover from the energy price shock and return to the competitiveness from before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the chief executive of Germany’s top utility, RWE, […]
Unintended Consequences – Plan to Boost E15 Gasoline Will Have Big Impact on Refiners, Retailers, Drivers
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved a request by governors from eight Corn Belt states to remove a summertime waiver for Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) included in the Clean Air Act […]
Introducing the Wholesale Electricity Market Portal (USA)
Yesterday, we publicly released the new Wholesale Electricity Market Portal to help users examine and access electricity markets data in the seven Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators. Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent […]
Solar farms in space may get real after tests on wireless energy beam
Solar farms in space are not quite science fiction anymore, after researchers at Queen’s University in Belfast tested a prototype that was able to “steer” a wireless energy beam across a lab […]
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