This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: For the world to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the global annual rate of improvement in energy efficiency […]
Rare Earth Magnets Have Become the New Battleground for Global Power
Resource security when it comes to rare earth magnets is something the modern-day world has been desperately trying to get right. This is primarily due to rare earths’ increasing importance in electronics, […]
Solar tops EU power mix in June with record 22% share
Solar accounted for 22% of electricity in the European Union in June, surpassing nuclear as the largest source, while renewables supplied 54% of net power in the second quarter, driven by rising […]
Why utility-scale solar requires a smarter approach to predictive modeling
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Archie Roboostoff is vice president of software at Tigo Energy. The Solar Energy Industries Association reports that Texas installed the […]
The energy efficiency mystery clouding BP’s global outlook
Experts do not know what is causing sluggishness in efficiency gains, which matters hugely for oil demand via Financial Times – Energy https://ift.tt/sLcSuQh
Clean Energy Transition Accelerates Globally Beyond Western Influence
The clean energy transition is well underway around the world, at what many experts estimate to be an unstoppable velocity. While political shifts in the United States are pulling the emergency break […]
Why Molten Salt Won’t Be the Future of Industrial Heat Storage
Molten salt has long been positioned as the workhorse of high temperature thermal storage. Its story began with research in the 1980s and early deployment in Spanish parabolic trough plants in the […]
Evolution – How the Shale Boom Remade the Gas Market and Turned the U.S. Into a Major LNG Exporter
It’s well understood today that the U.S. natural gas market turned from potential domestic shortages to major LNG exports thanks to the Shale Revolution. What is not so well remembered is that […]
Two U.S. markets occasionally produce more electricity from coal than from natural gas
Two electricity markets in the Midwest still generate more electricity from coal than from natural gas in at least some months of the year: Southwest Power Pool (SPP) and the Midcontinent Independent […]
The Very Real Problem of Fracking Wastewater
There’s an old saying that I won’t spell out completely, but which most readers will certainly have heard at least once in their lives, to wit: "Don’t sh– where you eat." It […]