Energy
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Demand-Side Tools Could Cut Summer Grid Costs, Industry Podcast Says
With PJM near its record and ERCOT repeatedly setting demand peaks, a new Policycast argues smart EV charging, flexible ...
BHE Montana Becomes Eighth Utility to Join CAISO's Day-Ahead Market
The Montana utility has committed to enter the Extended Day-Ahead Market in 2028 after reporting more than $2 million in...
RINA and Hawthorne Map 300 MW Solar-Plus-Storage Plan for Washington Data Demand
RINA's early-stage engineering for Hawthorne Renewable Energy's Appledale Energy Center includes 300 MW solar, 4-hour st...
Optimal Transit Pitches Kraaken: One Vessel for 40MW of Power, Water and 60MW of AI Compute
The Blue Economy VITAL 100MW Kraaken concept promises disaster-zone electricity, 30 million litres of fresh water daily ...
MTA Tests Whether Manhattan Bedrock Can Cool Subway Platforms
A geothermal loop under Chambers Street would pull summer heat from the platform into bedrock and return it in winter. T...
Abbott's Data-Center Audits Delay Texas Grid Approvals by Months
ERCOT cannot meet deadlines for its latest interconnection batch after Texas ordered data-center audits, stalling a pipe...
France Extends C3IV Green Industry Tax Credit to End-2028
Eligible battery, wind, solar and heat-pump supply-chain investments can receive up to 35% tax relief, with approval req...
France's C3IV Green Industry Tax Credit Extension Enters Force
The three-year extension of France's C3IV green industry tax credit is now in force, targeting €8bn in additional indust...
Jellyfish and a Solar Eclipse Test France's Power Grid
Jellyfish halted or curtailed five EDF reactors at Gravelines, while a solar eclipse threatened to shave 1.8 GW from sol...
Huawei Launches Bangladesh's First Grid-Forming Inverter and Battery Storage System
The utility-scale Solar+Storage package targets evening peak demand, grid stability and lower solar project costs in Ban...
NSW Regulator Demands Goodman Prove Renewables for $5.5bn Project Atlas AI Campus
NSW energy officials want Goodman to show how the 500MW Western Sydney campus will secure firmed green power, warning th...
US Court Allows Seizure of Spanish Assets Over €101m Renewables Award
A District of Columbia judge rejected Spain's request to halt enforcement of a €101m ICSID award, opening the door to as...
Venezuela’s Oil Recovery Is Real, but U.S.-Controlled Revenue Keeps It Opaque
Output has roughly doubled since 2020 and six international majors are back, yet analysts say billions in oil revenue re...
Iran’s Strait of Hormuz Leverage Is Draining Away
An Atlantic Council analysis argues Iran’s oil-chokepoint leverage is weakening as non-OPEC supply, bypass pipelines and...
Biomass Moves Up the Green Energy Agenda, but the Thematic Screen Adds a Greenwashing Warning
A thematic list highlights waste-to-energy biomass processors, while cautioning that green labels can hide polluting inc...
Sanctioned Russian Tanker Runs Aground Off Oman; 800,000 Barrels Threaten Coast
The Caroline Bezengi has already spread a slick over more than 2,000 km² that reached Oman's shore, and experts warn a f...
Slovenia Extends Energy-Supply Measure as Krško Nuclear Plant Runs at 80%
The government extended its reduced energy-supply risk declaration for another week, citing heat, low river flows and re...
Strait of Hormuz stays tense as Trump claims US control while Iran sets reopening terms
Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains reduced amid Iranian harassment and mine risk, while Washington...
Brent Tops $90 as Reduced Hormuz Traffic and US-Iran War Drive Oil Higher
Brent crude has risen more than $5 a barrel this week to exceed $90 as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains red...
Egypt Opens 2026 Oil and Gas Exploration Round Across 14 New Concession Areas
Egypt has opened a 2026 international bid round for oil and gas exploration in 14 new areas, with EGAS blocks closing 14...
Robotics Industry Could Consume 363 TWh of Power by 2035, Matching France's Nuclear Output
Wood Mackenzie sees industrial and humanoid robots becoming a second major strain on global power grids after AI data ce...
Hungary Restarts Paks Nuclear Plant After Danube Water Levels Rise
Hungary has begun restarting a turbine at the Paks nuclear station after Danube levels recovered, easing a supply squeez...
Egypt's San Misr Wins $18.6m Eni Contract to Supply Electrical Equipment for Iraq's Zubair Field
Egyptian maintenance company San Misr has won a three-year, $18.6 million tender from Italy's Eni to supply electrical e...
Oil Slides as OPEC and IEA Slash Demand Outlook, US Inventories Jump
Brent and WTI futures drop after OPEC cuts 2026 demand growth to 580,000 bpd and the IEA warns of a possible 1.6m bpd co...
Rhine at Record Low as RWE's Giant Water Extraction Project Sparks Alarm
As the Rhine suffers historic drought, plans to pump billions of cubic metres of river water into former open-cast ligni...
Oil Prices Edge Up as Strait of Hormuz Stalemate Chokes Global Supply
Brent crude rises to $89.08 and U.S. gasoline hits $4.04 a gallon as fighting in Iran effectively shuts the critical wat...
Brazil’s Aneel Rejects Enel SP Appeal, Keeps Concession Revocation Process Alive
The unanimous decision moves the caducity process closer to a final vote, piling pressure on the Italian utility after r...
Oil Rally Gains Fresh Momentum as US-Iran Tensions Choke Key Shipping Lanes
Brent and WTI crude extended Monday’s 5% rally after attacks near the Strait of Hormuz and Houthi-linked incidents in th...
Oil Jumps 5% as US and Iran Trade Demands That Block Strait of Hormuz Resolution
Crude prices surged after Washington demanded reparations from Tehran while Iran insisted on all its conditions being me...
Jellyfish swarm forces EDF to halt three reactors at France’s largest nuclear plant
A massive influx of jellyfish clogged cooling water intakes at the Gravelines nuclear station, stopping three reactors a...