Solar power keeps growing year after year and month after month in countries around the world. So, naturally, as the Northern Hemisphere goes into summer and days get longer, countries are starting […]
Growing Grid Strategy: Undergrounding Power Lines to Withstand Weather
The power generation sector, including electric utilities and grid operators, recognizes the value of moving equipment underground to mitigate outages, lessen risks to assets, and reduce the chances of that equipment causing […]
The Quiet Peak of the Internal Combustion Engine
If you follow energy markets closely, you could be forgiven for thinking that oil remains as indispensable as ever. Every geopolitical crisis seems to reinforce the narrative. Tankers moving through the Strait […]
China’s Subsidy Machine Is Reshaping Global Capitalism
The COVID-19 pandemic and the geopolitical conflicts to follow exposed severe weaknesses in global supply networks, prompting governments, caught off guard and complacent, to pour money into critical sectors like semiconductors, critical […]
Trump Forces Costly Florida Coal Plant to Run Past Retirement, Raising Costs for Everyday Customers
ORLANDO, Fla. — The Trump Administration invoked its so-called “energy emergency” to force the Stanton coal plant in Orlando to remain open beyond its planned retirement at the end of May 2026. […]
Judge restores 5% safe harbor rule for wind, solar
Dive Brief: A U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruling issued Saturday vacated guidance issued in August by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, which had eliminated the ability for […]
Why Argentina’s Shale Boom Matters for Global Energy Markets
Argentina’s epic unconventional oil boom is going from strength to strength. At the end of 2024, South America’s third-largest economy emerged as the continent’s fourth-largest oil producer. After production faltered at the […]
Waha Gas Reaches Least Negative Price Since February
Natural gas prices were up week-on-week, but still remain negative. Things may be set to change though, as the Gulf Coast Express expansion is imminent. via RBN Energy https://ift.tt/8Pdck4G
Nuclear and Natural Gas Are Teaming Up to Power the AI Data Center Boom
Data centers are placing unprecedented strain on electric grids across the country and across the world as the rapid integration of artificial intelligence into virtually every market sector unleashes an energy monster […]
Big and small batteries “fundamentally changing” the grid, and its planning blueprint, says AEMO boss
Batteries – big, small and in-between – are "fundamentally changing" the electricity system – while also changing the outlook for AEMO’s grid blueprint. The post Big and small batteries “fundamentally changing” the grid, […]
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