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The Fertilizer Shock That Could Trigger a Global Food Crisis
Following the United States-Israeli attack on Iran and the ongoing war, trade has been severely disrupted between Asia and Europe. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the world is currently facing […]
Nuclear Imaginaries, Hydrogen Assumptions, And The Grid Reality Models Still Miss
An Energy Research & Social Science paper crossed my screen recently that put structure around something visible to anyone who has compared nuclear forecasts with build rates. Nuclear power has been projected […]
Big Oil Rushes Into Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Shale
Local and international energy companies are vying for additional exploration blocks in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale basin as the Middle East crisis and the blocked Strait of Hormuz are reigniting a global […]
Global Oil Stockpiles Plunge as Iran War Chokes Supply
The West’s international energy watchdog has warned that oil stockpiles were being drained at a record rate last month as the US’s war in Iran continues to choke supply in an “unprecedented” […]
Permian Gas Glut Means Producers Are Paying Buyers to Haul It Away
The war in Iran has choked natural gas supplies across Europe and Asia, leading to fuel rationing and blackouts, but in the heart of US shale country, the market is swimming in […]
Record Power Burn Expected This Summer as Coal Retirements and Data Centers Drive Gas Demand
U.S. natural gas supply is expected to reach a record 117 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) this summer, including 111.7 Bcf/d of dry gas production, but growing demand from liquefied natural […]
China Added 34 GW of Nuclear in a Decade
China and the United States are facing off for nuclear energy dominance on the world stage. The United States has the world’s largest nuclear energy production capacity, but China has the fastest-growing […]
Solar capture factors fall across europe as negative price hours surge in key markets
Latest analysis from Pexapark finds strong solar output and weaker demand caused a drop in solar capture factors in France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain. These countries are also experiencing an increase […]
Electricity generation from solar could exceed coal in ERCOT for the first time in 2026
In our most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast that annual electric power generation from utility-scale solar will surpass that from coal for the first time in 2026 within the electricity […]
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