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 […]
DOE to reinstate 11 clean energy grants canceled in ‘blue states’
The Energy Department under a legal settlement filed in federal court this week has agreed to reinstate 11 Biden-era financial awards for clean energy technologies that it canceled last October. The settlement […]
The quiet battery: What household batteries reveal about flexibility before full orchestration
The passive battery is not a new phenomenon. What is new is that its value is becoming harder for the formal market conversation to ignore. The post The quiet battery: What household […]
Aviation Fuel Demand Doesn’t Collapse. Cheap Kerosene Growth Does.
Aviation is one of the harder transition sectors to model well because it invites two bad shortcuts. One is to assume that flying keeps growing as it did in the cheap-kerosene era, […]
Most Efficient Solar Module in the World — New Record
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) is no stranger to solar power records, and it’s just set another one. Via its own III-V germanium solar PV module, the institute reached […]
Rising Energy Bills Are Fueling a Global Home Battery Boom
Consumers are battling higher energy bills worldwide due to rising inflation and greater price volatility of oil and gas, driven by significant restrictions on energy trade through the Strait of Hormuz in […]
Oil Prices Are Up. Investment Isn’t Following
When the International Energy Agency issued its 2026 outlook on energy investment, it had a surprise for its audience, predicting a decline in oil investment, instead of an increase, as the current […]
Solar & Storage Provide Over 90% of All New Power Added to the U.S. Grid in Q1, Despite Headwinds in Washington
U.S. Exceeds 6 Million Solar Installations Nationwide WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States added 7.8 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in the first quarter of 2026, surpassing 6 million cumulative installations […]
Hotly contested electricity pricing reform “not about protecting networks,” says AEMC chair
Ahead of final recommendations next week, AEMC chair says pricing reforms "not about protecting networks from disruption" and will respect interests of consumers with solar and battery storage. The post Hotly contested […]
How China is reshaping the global auto market
In 2020, China exported about a million cars a year. Now, it’s tracking somewhere around twelve million — surpassing the historic peaks of giants like Japan and Germany. Yet this massive global […]
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