Prometheus Institute

Two years ago, on August 25, 2021, I started running a weekly simulation of Australian’s main electricity grid, to show that it could get very close to 100% renewable electricity with just […]

We are in the later stages of a consolidation phase in shale-oriented E&P’s that began in late 2020 and has continued since without much let up. Put simply, “big fish have eating […]

Just when you thought the hydrogen economy zombie was dead and gone, it rises again, this time in color. Yes, hydrogen comes in many colors these days: green, blue, gray and now […]

Several Saudi firms, including oil giant Aramco and a company owned by the Kingdom’s sovereign wealth fund, announced on Sunday the financial close of a major solar project in Saudi Arabia worth […]

Australia’s rapidly growing fleet of rooftop solar installations is starting to exert its influence over grid operations again. The longer days, sunny skies and mild temperatures are helping rooftop solar gain an […]

In the first half of 2023 (1H23), natural gas spot prices at Texas hubs traded closer to the U.S. benchmark Henry Hub than in the second half of 2022 (2H22). The price […]

Ammonia as an Essential Energy Carrier for the Energy Transition Today, most of the 200 million tons of ammonia consumed each year is produced using natural gas. In a typical ammonia plant, […]

California accounts for nearly all renewable diesel consumption in the United States, but most of it isn’t made in the state. California’s consumption of renewable diesel was more than eight times the amount produced there […]

How many ways are there to say that mechanical direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide is a deeply stupid idea? Whatever the number is, I’ve probably used the majority of turns […]

AEMO’s WA head Kate Ryan said the rapid energy transition is now fuelling very strong forecast growth in electricity demand, just as the state is transitioning to new, lower-emissions sources of supply […]