Regional natural gas forward curves offered hints of a market climbing out of the doldrums for the upcoming injection season, even as many hubs held flattish week/week for April delivery, NGI’s Forward […]
Is a Deep-Sea Mining Boom Inevitable?
Just a month after Norway approved the world’s first deep-sea mineral mining, a UN regulator has stated that he thinks the international practice of deep-sea mining is likely inevitable. There is growing […]
Jamaica reaches 75% smart meter coverage
Jamaica Public Service Company has reported that 520,000 smart meters were installed at the end of January, corresponding to about 75% of the customer base. The rollout, launched in 2015, has seen […]
First Solar added 6.8GW of module capacity in 2023
First Solar produced 12.1GW of modules in 2023, up from 9.1GW in 2022. Its US manufacturing plants produced 4.4GW last year, an increase from the 2.6GW registered in 2022. International manufacturing plants […]
Clearing the Air: Is Direct Air Capture a Savior, Distraction, or a Trojan Horse?
Direct air capture (DAC) holds promise to extract carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, potentially becoming a crucial tool in the battle against climate change. Amidst heated debates over its feasibility, […] The […]
Spain Enjoys Cheap Electricity Amid Record Renewable Energy Output
Spanish power prices have tumbled in February to a fraction of the price in neighboring France as record wind and solar power generation in Spain has triggered an extreme slump in prices. […]
Slowing wind installations threaten emissions progress under the IRA: report
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The deployment of solar, utility-scale energy storage and electric vehicles is on pace to achieve the 37% to […]
Low-Cost Nickel from Indonesia is Flooding The Market
Via Metal Miner The global nickel mining industry is under stress, and the primary reason is an oversupply of low-cost nickel from Indonesia. Moreover, this constant supply continues to support a […]
Oil Majors Dive Into Deepwater Projects Despite Tight Budgets
Oil and gas upstream majors — ExxonMobil, Shell, Chevron, BP, TotalEnergies and Eni — will continue to exercise caution in exploration spending this year, with drilling activity poised for a busy year […]
Australia to seek 10 GW of wind and solar this year in biggest ever tender
The Australian federal government is to seek 10 gigawatts of new wind and solar capacity this year, along with 3 GW of dispatchable capacity, as it races to meet its ambitious target […]