A sharp decline in energy sector investment and a lack of world-class hydrocarbon discoveries is threatening strife-torn Colombia with an energy crisis. Natural gas shortages emerged in 2015 when the Andean country […]
China solar juggernaut hurtles towards 1,000GW of installed capacity by 2026
Global solar juggernaut China is hurtling towards a mind-bending new milestone, with new modeling revealing it is on track to pass the 1,000 gigawatt – or one terawatt – mark of total […]
Plug Power Shows Green Hydrogen’s Potential At A Competitive Cost
A Transporte Metropolitano de Barcelona (TMB) city bus arrives at a green hydrogen refuelling … [+] station, operated by Iberdrola SA, in Barcelona, Spain, on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. A new 16.3 […]
IRA could cut economy-wide carbon emissions by up to 43% by 2030: EPA
The Inflation Reduction Act could cut economy-wide carbon dioxide emissions by 35% to 43% below 2005 levels by 2030, the Environmental Protection Agency said in analysis released Tuesday. In the electric power sector, […]
Lithium Deposit In Extinct Nevada Volcano Could Be Largest In The World
“Money changes everything,” according to Cindi Lauper. She’s right. Money, or the quest for things that can be exchanged for it, is one of the principal motivators for all human activity. It’s […]
Record U.S. small-scale solar capacity was added in 2022
We estimate that the United States added 6.4 gigawatts (GW) of small-scale solar capacity in 2022, the most ever in a single year. via Today in Energy https://ift.tt/irwWq3v
China Poised To Surpass The U.S. As The World’s Top Nuclear Power Producer
Atomic plant Vogtle, is a 2-unit nuclear power plant located in Burke County, near Waynesboro, … [+] Georgia in USA. Each unit has a Westinghouse pressurized water reactor (PWR), with a General […]
As grids struggle, is it time to revisit our approach to residential demand response?
With a warming climate and a rapidly evolving energy system, energy grids are increasingly struggling to meet the demands placed on them. Many utilities have successfully implemented demand response (DR) programs to […]
Nuclear energy remains weapon of choice for climate deniers and coal lobby
The fight over “net zero” at the National Party over the weekend was all a bit of a charade. Yes, it garnered attention from mainstream media, but it was essentially meaningless. The […]
Ammonia and Hydrogen Refineries, big oil & gas, and the chemical sectors
Todays’ announcement that ConocoPhillips and JERA Americas are one step closer to realising their proposed two-million-tonnes-per-annum ammonia plant on the US Gulf Coast is a significant sign of progress for the nascent […]
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