The effectiveness of a customer portal is often evaluated through familiar measures like number of logins per month or volume of completed payments. These measures matter for utilities, but they’re only one […]
Japan’s Electricity Prices Surge 25% as LNG and Coal Costs Soar
Japan’s average power prices jumped by over 25% at the start of this week from the previous week amid soaring LNG and higher coal prices. The nationwide power price rose by over […]
When Will Global Gas Demand Peak?
When will global gas demand peak? According to a statement sent to Rigzone by the GlobalData team this week, the answer to that question is – not before 2035. “Global natural gas […]
BloombergNEF forecasts 584 GW of solar installations in 2026
In December 2025, BloombergNEF projected a pullback in global solar installations, with China slowing and the rest of the world growing. Ten months later, China has slowed more than expected. The rest […]
How permitting reform could boost VPPs
When a bipartisan group of senators introduced a permitting bill late last month, much of the enthusiasm was around its potential to speed up the process of building large-scale energy projects, including […]
Global Energy Import Dependence Set to Peak by 2034, Rystad Says
Rystad Energy’s fifth edition of its flagship annual report, Global Energy Scenarios (GES) 2026, finds that global reliance on imported energy is projected to peak by 2034 as energy security concerns accelerate […]
Have we reached a distributed energy turning point?
A version of this story was published in the Latitude Weekly newsletter on October 16, 2026. Subscribe to get pieces like this — plus a round-up of our reporting — in your inbox every […]
U.S. Small-Scale Solar Generation Has Quadrupled in the Last Decade
We estimate that U.S. generation from small-scale or rooftop solar photovoltaic systems (smaller than 1 megawatt of capacity) has increased from 18,812 gigawatthours (GWh) to 92,979 GWh over the last decade. The […]
China’s EV Transition Is Four Different Transitions
China has reached a stage of vehicle electrification that is easy to miss if the only number being watched is national EV market share. New urban buses are now essentially all electric, […]
Europe Braces for a Winter Energy Crisis as Gas Reserves Run Low
After months of elevated energy prices, Europe can expect fuel costs to continue rising through the winter months as demand grows. Ongoing energy trade constraints and threats to energy infrastructure across the […]
