The Australian Energy Market Operator has hailed the continuing evolution of Australia’s electricity grid, highlighting the record output and market share of renewables amid record demand, and the ongoing coal plant failures […]
PG&E, other electric utilities call for Senate to pass forest management bill
Electric utilities are calling for the U.S. Senate to pass legislation aimed at reducing wildfire intensity and restoring forest health, in part by allowing power companies greater leeway around vegetation management. The […]
NextEra partners with GE Vernova to build ‘gigawatts’ of gas generation
Dive Brief: NextEra Energy and GE Vernova will work together to speed the development of gas turbine projects, NextEra officials said during the company’s fourth quarter earnings call on Friday. GE Vernova […]
Can Geothermal Become a Major US Energy Source Under Trump?
The bubbling sulfur springs and powerful, majestic geysers of Yellowstone National Park are visible manifestations of the potential for geothermal energy in the United States. Yet for various reasons — including logistics, […]
Dwindling List Of EVTOL Firms Shrinks Further
The inevitable is occurring in the dead end space of Jetsons urban air mobility fantasies. Two more origami rotorcraft have left the vertiport for the great airplane graveyard in the sky as […]
“We’re going to miss the bus” if we wait for nuclear, says new chief scientist
Australia’s top scientist faces a showdown with a future coalition government, casting doubt on the opposition’s plan to establish nuclear energy. Oceanography professor and former CSIRO chief Tony Haymet has been named […]
US nuclear fusion start-up backed by Sam Altman and Peter Thiel secures $425mn
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Rystad Says Significant Uptick in USA Oil Output Highly Unlikely
In a special U.S. policy oil and gas market update sent to Rigzone by the Rystad Energy team late Wednesday, Matthew Bernstein, a vice president of upstream research at Rystad, stated that, […]
SEB: ‘Very Low’ Probability Trump Can ‘Arm Wrestle’ MBS to Produce More Oil
The probability is very low that President Trump will be able to arm-wrestle Muhammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia to produce more oil. That’s what Bjarne Schieldrop, chief commodities analyst at Skandinaviska […]
Oil Prices Under Pressure as Trump Pressures OPEC to Boost Production
Oil Prices Under Pressure After Trump Calls on OPEC to Boost Production Crude oil prices faced significant downward pressure this week, driven by President Donald Trump’s direct call for lower oil prices […]
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