Solar panels cannot add inertia to an electrical grid. For that, we need a spinning device like a synchronous compensator. The post Renewable Energy, Economics, & Inertia appeared first on CleanTechnica. via […]
Copper Prices Surge Toward $12,000 on AI Demand and Supply Chaos
Copper prices are surging toward the $12,000 mark, fueled by a perfect storm of supply disruptions, frantic artificial intelligence (AI) demand, and what analysts are calling a "highly irregular" market distortion triggered […]
LNG Supply Expands Faster Than China’s Demand Growth
China’s LNG demand is disappointing in 2025 for a second year in a row, just as new U.S. export projects ramp up and Qatar is nearing start-up of the first new facilities […]
Volkswagen’s Poznań Plant Adopts Hydrogen Production System
At its Poznań plant in Poland, Volkswagen is taking a fresh swing at industrial decarbonization by blending clean hydrogen into its existing heat processes. This pilot leans on a 90 kW alkaline […]
The New Power Rules Driving Europe’s Battery Storage Boom
The economics of battery storage systems (BESS) in Europe look much rosier following changes to the European Union’s (EU) power pricing structure in October, with several countries offering the potential for BESS […]
The Permian “Peak” That Isn’t
It finally happened — U.S. shale’s crown jewel has hit the number the doomers have been pointing to for years. The Permian Basin is set to produce a record 6.76 million bpd […]
EIA forecasts U.S. crude oil production will decrease slightly in 2026
In our latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, we forecast U.S. crude oil production will average 13.5 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2026, about 100,000 b/d less than in 2025. via Today in […]
A Challenging and Volatile Year for U.S. Shale
The US shale exploration and production (E&P) and Lower 48 midstream sectors experienced a volatile and challenging 2025, likely a far cry from what operators envisioned this time last year as the […]
Texas Utility Turns to Fast-Start Reciprocating Engines for Grid Stability
Greenville Electric Utility System (GEUS) has broken ground on a 104-MW power plant that will deploy 11 Jenbacher J920 FleXtra reciprocating engines, marking the largest U.S. installation of the engine model to […]
Red-hot Texas is getting so many data center requests that experts see a bubble
Everything is bigger in Texas. That’s also true for data center demand in the Lone Star State, where project developers are rushing to cash in on the artificial intelligence boom. Cheap land […]
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