A view shows one of the worlds’s first plants for the production of green hydrogen on the site of … [+] the “Shell Energy an Chemicals Park Rheinland” of Anglo-Dutch oil giant ...
Tag: renewables
Granholm Tells CERAWeek Oil And Gas Is Needed ‘For Years To Come’
Jennifer Granholm, U.S. energy secretary, speaks during the 2022 CERAWeek by S&P Global conference … [+] in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. CERAWeek returned in-person to ...
Daniel Yergin Talks CERAWeek, Energy Security And The Energy Transition
S&P Global Vice Chairman Daniel Yergin listens during CERAWeek, an international energy conference, … [+] in Houston, Texas, on March 6, 2023. (Photo by Mark Felix / AFP) (Photo by MARK FELI...
London’s Energy Week Is A Lesson In Cognitive Dissonance
A climate activists from the Extinction Rebellion group.. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by … [+] JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The slogan for London’s prestigi...
Not So Fast, Euro Major BP Reconsiders Pace Of Energy Transition
BP announced it had reconsidered its ambitious zero carbon goals after rising oil prices delivered … [+] strong second-quarter profits. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) Getty Images How much c...
BP’s 2022 Earnings Round Out A Record Year For Oil Majors
BP CEO Bernard Looney speaks during an event in London on February 12, 2020, where he declared the … [+] company’s intentions to achieve “net zero” carbon emissions by 2050. (P...
BP Stock, Lagging Exxon, Blames Renewables, With Earnings Due
BP (BP) will report fourth-quarter financial results early Tuesday as it reportedly looks to shift away from renewable energy and return its primary focus to oil and gas production. BP stock edged low...
Report Finds That Replacing Coal Plants With Renewables Saves A Lot Of Money
This week’s Current Climate, which every Saturday brings you the latest news about the business of sustainability. Sign up to get it in your inbox every week. Getty Images Energy policy think tank Ene...
Mr. Powell, Drop The Sledgehammer And Start Innovating
The US Federal Reserve System is living in the past and undoing the future. Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues have wielded interest rates like a sledgehammer, hoping to crush inflation the way...
99% Of U.S. Coal Plants Are More Expensive Than New Renewables. A Coal-To-Clean Transition Is Worth $589 Billion, Mostly In Red States
Nevada’s last coal plant is scheduled to close in 2025 after 40 years of service due to rising operation costs. The closure will dramatically improve air quality, yet the economic impact will be borne...
BP Cuts Long-Term Oil and Gas Demand Outlook. It’s Good News for Renewables.
BP lowered its long-term oil and gas demand outlook as it said Russia’s war in Ukraine will accelerate the global shift toward renewable energy in a report Monday. In its 2023 energy outlook, the Brit...
To Secure Texas’s Future, The ERCOT Grid Will Need More Of Everything
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, l, congratulates his colleague Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick as the two view the … [+] inaugural parade in downtown Austin. Abbott becomes the 48th Governor of Texas during ce...
Climate Goals Are Still Doable With More Renewables And Secure Financing
A boy holds a traditional bag with a message during a rally leading to the Presidential Palace to … [+] call on Philippine President Benigno Aquino III to focus on “climate justice” ...
The Post-Everything Energy Market
One of the most puzzling aspects of oil market analysis (and policy making more generally) concerns the frequent tendency to assume that short-term and transient developments represent the ‘new normal...
Sophie Karp names her top stock for renewables exposure
First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR) has already more than doubled over the past six months but a KeyBanc expert recommends sticking to it as it still has more upside that’s yet to unlock. First Solar stock...
The Year The Energy Transition Went Off The Rails
A coal miner covered in coal dust with a large hammer drill on his shoulder looking off into the … [+] distance, wearing a aluminum hardhat with a LED light attached looking at the camera while ...
The IEA Hawking Its Wares Again
Montmartre, under snow, 1903. Artist Georges Chenard Huche. (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images … [+] via Getty Images) Heritage Images via Getty Images The International Energy Agency is at ...
Renewables to be main source of electricity generation by 2025: IEA
Wind turbines in the Netherlands. A report from the International Energy Agency “expects renewables to become the primary energy source for electricity generation globally in the next three year...
‘I Don’t Think Energy Policy Matters Much Over The Long Run’
Jesse Ausubel is one of America’s top thinkers on science and energy. In my 2007 interview with him, … [+] reprinted here, he said, “I do not think energy policy matters much over th...
Investing In Renewables Sector — A Look At The Largest Renewable Energy Companies
| Getty Images Key Takeaways Renewable energy is more friendly to the environment compared to fossil fuels. Most green energy today is focused on wind and solar, however some companies are exploring h...
NextEra Energy Partners Inks Agreemnet To Acquire Renewables Portfolio
NextEra Energy Partners LP (NYSE: NEP) has agreed with subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources LLC to acquire a 49% interest in an approximately 1.5-gigawatt renewables portfolio. The deal also inclu...
What The Mid-Term Elections Mean For U.S. Energy
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES – NOVEMBER 09: President Joe Biden answers questions from reporters at … [+] a post-election press conference at the White House on November 9th, 2022. (Photo...
Germany’s Dependence On Russian Gas Coincided With Drop In Wind Investment
Wind turbines are seen near the coal-fired power station Neurath of German energy giant RWE in … [+] Garzweiler, western Germany, on March 15, 2021. – On March 16, 2021, the group will pre...
Obama, Trump Energy Secretaries Agree On Everything Until One Goes Too Far
Dan Brouillette (left) was President Trump’s energy secretary from 2019-2021. Ernest Moniz served … [+] under President Obama from 2013-2017. The two men shared a stage Oct. 12, 2022 at Co...
For The U.S., There Is No Net-Zero Without Major Permitting Reform
WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 06: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) speaks at a press conference outside his office … [+] on Capitol Hill on October 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Manchin spoke on the debt ...
Did Europe Move To Renewables Too Fast Or Too Slow (Or Just Right?)
Wind turbines are seen near the coal-fired power station Neurath of German energy giant RWE in … [+] Garzweiler, Germany. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Ther...
Bitcoin mining hash rate reaches a record as shift to renewables accelerates
With Bitcoin’s (BTC) price struggling below $20,000, the asset’s mining activity appears to be thriving, with competition among miners continuing to grow. Consequently, this scenario has resulted in t...
Amid Europe’s Russia ban, renewables mismatch could drive long-term instability in US gasoline prices
Much to the respite of US dwellers, gasoline prices have seen a sustained downtrend over the past three months. Gas prices fell for 13 consecutive weeks, a fresh record. This decline was driven primar...
Regulators should incentivize renewables for bitcoin miners
Marathon CEO Fred Thiel believes U.S. regulators should create incentives for bitcoin miners to use renewable energy and disincentives for fossil fuel-based sources. Thiel’s comments came follow...
NIMBYism Is A Bipartisan Energy Problem
For better or worse the visual perceptions of energy production drive much of its policy debates. It was as much the ugly sight of fuming coal stacks and the soot on buildings as environmental or heal...
Germany’s Energy Crisis Dispels Several Myths
Germany is undergoing an energy crisis now as severely reduced gas flows from Russia threaten to leave it with a cold, dark winter. Much of its problem is self-inflicted and demonstrates the perils of...
Energy Renewables: Too Much Hot Air
ADRIAN TX – APRIL 2, 2019: Wind power in Texas consists of many wind farms, with Texas producing the most wind power of any U.S. state. Interstate 40, Adrian, Texas. (Photo by Paul Harris/Getty ...