A regulatory filing explains just how much it costs to keep an aging coal plant open under the Trump administration’s orders. via NYT > Climate and Environment https://ift.tt/HnpcDyw
EPA to Allow More Coal Plants Off the Hook for Toxic Waste Dumped in U.S. Waterways
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rolling back protections that stop coal-fired power plants from dumping toxic wastewater—including arsenic, mercury, selenium, and lead—from coal ash waste landfills into U.S. waterways. In […]
Phantom Data Centers Didn’t Break the Power Grid—They Proved It Was Already Broken
The requests flooding interconnection queues come from data center developers, private equity funds, land brokers, and shell companies, many of whom lack site control, a construction timeline, or even a signed customer. […]
FERC declines to stay $1.5B in refunds New England transmission owners owe to customers
This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday denied a request by New England transmission owners to delay approximately […]
The Fertilizer Shock That Could Trigger a Global Food Crisis
Following the United States-Israeli attack on Iran and the ongoing war, trade has been severely disrupted between Asia and Europe. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the world is currently facing […]
Nuclear Imaginaries, Hydrogen Assumptions, And The Grid Reality Models Still Miss
An Energy Research & Social Science paper crossed my screen recently that put structure around something visible to anyone who has compared nuclear forecasts with build rates. Nuclear power has been projected […]
Big Oil Rushes Into Argentina’s Vaca Muerta Shale
Local and international energy companies are vying for additional exploration blocks in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta shale basin as the Middle East crisis and the blocked Strait of Hormuz are reigniting a global […]
Global Oil Stockpiles Plunge as Iran War Chokes Supply
The West’s international energy watchdog has warned that oil stockpiles were being drained at a record rate last month as the US’s war in Iran continues to choke supply in an “unprecedented” […]
Permian Gas Glut Means Producers Are Paying Buyers to Haul It Away
The war in Iran has choked natural gas supplies across Europe and Asia, leading to fuel rationing and blackouts, but in the heart of US shale country, the market is swimming in […]
Record Power Burn Expected This Summer as Coal Retirements and Data Centers Drive Gas Demand
U.S. natural gas supply is expected to reach a record 117 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) this summer, including 111.7 Bcf/d of dry gas production, but growing demand from liquefied natural […]
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