What are the optics? AI centers are gobbling up power production, transmission space, and water. Transmission line expansion at a pitiable pace. A rush to build enough power plants. Forest fires burn […]
Mexico Reaches 5 Gigawatts of Distributed Solar Power
Mexico has reached another renewable energy milestone. From 600,368 installations across the country, Mexico reached 5,164.98 MW (5.165 GW) of small-scale, distributed solar power capacity by the end of 2025. All power […]
The Countdown to a Major Oil Price Surge Has Begun
In the coming weeks, readers will increasingly see two rarely used phrases in stories covering our dwindling worldwide oil inventories: "operational minimum" and "tank bottoms." The phrases more or less signify the […]
Solar Records Getting Busted in Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal
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 […]
