With much of the world’s attention focused on wind turbines, solar panels, and electric vehicles, natural gas has grown in importance as the backbone of modern energy systems. It fuels power plants, […]
OPEC Is Playing The Long Game
“There is no peak in oil demand on the horizon,” the head of OPEC, Haitham al Ghais, said last month in Canada. Demand will continue to increase as global population grows, he […]
Stocks only go up…until they don’t: A history lesson and a forecast
I remember years ago eating lunch with my father and his financial advisor. I stated what I thought was an indisputable fact. I said history suggests that stock markets can not only […]
Sanctions Are Crushing Russia’s Coal Industry
In 2022, the European Union slapped the Kremlin with sanctions on all coal exports, impacting a quarter of all Russian coal exports worldwide in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of […]
Big batteries push through 2 GW mark for first time, wind sets new milestone in South Australia
Battery storage passes a new milestone on Australia’s main grid, and wind hits a new peak in the country’s most advanced renewable state. The post Big batteries push through 2 GW mark […]
France, Italy break daily solar production records
AleaSoft Energy Forecasting’s latest analysis finds weekly electricity prices fell across most major European markets last week. In France and Italy, new records for daily solar production helped lower prices. Weekly average […]
Utilities may speed renewable projects under new tax credit timeline: Jefferies
Dive Brief: Utilities are set to accelerate the development of their renewable energy projects in order to qualify for Inflation Reduction Act tax credits within the new one-year safe harbor period set […]
Solar module prices on a clear downward trend
PV module prices have fallen by around 5% to 8% across all technology classes in recent weeks. says Martin Schachinger, the founder of pvXchange.com. This means that prices are moving strongly back […]
Goldman: The Boom Years of U.S. Oil Output Growth Are Over
The years of very rapid growth in U.S. crude oil production are behind us, in large part due to the maturing of the biggest growth engine, the Permian, according to Goldman Sachs. […]
PSC Greenlights Georgia Power Plan to Expand Coal, Gas, Nuclear, and Grid Infrastructure
The Georgia Public Service (PSC) Commission has unanimously approved Georgia Power’s 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), authorizing a massive energy expansion to accommodate what the utility calls “extraordinary” growth in electricity demand. […]