Wind power just blew past coal and nuclear
**The winds they are a-changin'** Two weeks ago, for the first time ever, wind power was the second-largest source of electric generation in the US for the day, out-supplying both coal and nuclear ac...
Nuclear power: The UK wants to upgrade
The ongoing global energy crisis is giving countries a different perspective on how they plan to provide energy into the future. The UK has decided that nuclear will play a bigger role, as the UK gove...
Release the oil: The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is stepping up
President Biden is set to release almost one-third of the United States' Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), in an effort to curb rising oil and energy prices, which are feeding inflation throughout th...
Oil supply: The oil price is spiking as Russia's invasion of Ukraine intensifies
The price of Brent crude oil, the widely-used global benchmark, spiked to more than $113 per barrel this week — its highest level in almost 7 years and a far cry from the (briefly) negative oil prices...
Why EU dependence on Russian energy is important
In recent days few words have been used as much as "sanctions". As one of the easiest ways to deter Russia, without risking escalation, the list of announced sanctions has been getting longer and long...
BP is talking a big game
Oil major BP reported its highest profit in 8 years this week, benefiting from the surge in gas and oil prices that came during the final months of 2021. BP's chief exec, Bernard Looney, was quick to ...
Big 2021 energy: Energy stocks are on a tear this year
At the end of last year, many people might have expected the tech sector to be a top performing sector in 2021 — having gained literally trillions of dollars in market value in 2020. But, so far, this...
Oil: Speaking of inflation... oil is getting more expensive
This week the price of WTI Crude Oil hit $75, which is a far cry from the freak day of negative prices that occurred less than 18 months ago, when you could have theoretically been paid $37 to take de...
Gas money: Fears of a crisis grow in Europe, as gas prices shoot up
Gas money The price of natural gas in Europe, and across the world, has shot up in the last few weeks, as fear of a gas crisis grows. In some markets that has meant a doubling or even tripling of the...
Less conversation, more action: How many countries have made pledges to get to net zero emissions?
This week the International Energy Agency put out a comprehensive report on the steps and actions needed for the world to get to net-zero emissions by 2050. Among the many charts and hopeful projectio...
Biden's big emissions plan: President Biden has announced a bold emissions target, but how does the US get there?
This week President Biden announced an ambitious climate target for the United States: cutting the country's emissions in half by 2030, relative to 2005 levels. Playing catch-up The chart above expl...
UK renewables: UK renewable energy had a bumper weekend, and year
For about an hour on Monday the UK was generating 80% of its electricity from low-carbon energy sources — a record for the country. That particular hour was unusual, it was a very windy and sunny day ...
Carbon emissions: The latest data suggests they are already creeping back up
Last year one of the most optimistic stories of any was the global fall in CO2 emissions. Unfortunately, the latest data out from the International Energy Agency (IEA) confirms what many have expected...
The emissions equation: How US emissions fell ~10% last year
US greenhouse gas emissions fell more than 10% in 2020, according to estimates from Rhodium Group — putting US emissions at their lowest point for 30 years. The big win for the environment was on tran...
Brutal temps and AI data centers have cooling companies hot as hell
More than 150 million Americans were under heat alerts this month. Last week, Earth broke the all-time heat record on back-to-back days . Suffice to say: it's hot out, in case you hadn't noticed. Whil...
The math behind the misery: How much bitcoin mines make while torturing neighbors
Bitcoin has been dominating news cycles again following a record-setting price rally and former President Donald Trump’s move to latch onto crypto as a “wedge issue” in his presidential campaign. But ...
King Charles cashes in on wind power as British Crown Estate profits soar
King Charles III of Britain is set to receive an extra £45 million (~$58 million) of public money — a more than 50% increase in his official annual income — as underlying profits from the Crown Estate...
AI wrecked Big Tech’s climate goals. Now it’s spinning a new “climate stock” story.
In 2021, Google set a goal to reach net-zero emissions across all of its operations and value chain by 2030. In order to meet this goal, the company aimed to reduce its total emissions by 50% compared...
Wind surpasses coal in clean energy shift
Wind is quietly blowing away coal, when it comes to supplying electricity in the US. In April, wind power generated more electricity than coal for the second month in a row, according to the latest av...
Uranium prices are soaring, as China and India invest in nuclear
Gone fission After a decade of underinvestment, global superpowers such as China and India are doubling down on nuclear output. That appears to be setting off a chain reaction that’s boosted the price...