A recent story in the Wall Street Journal chronicles the fact that, for this energy transition to succeed, the United States is going to need massive quantities of cobalt, among other energy minerals. Yet, the Australian owners of […]
Daily Standup Top Stories Oil markets are still volatile, U.S. energy chief says, calling for further supplies – But will they allow drilling? July 22, 2023 Allen Santos Volatility is still weighing on oil markets, U.S. […]
Last month, parts of Texas were hotter than 99% of the Earth and electricity demand reached new heights. But the lights stayed on, even though nearly 10 gigawatts (GW) of power were offline due to failures at coal and nuclear […]
It’s an all-too-familiar statement: in a zero-carbon world, certain chemical elements will be as important as oil and gas are to a fossil-fuel-powered world. These include the nickel, lithium and cobalt used in batteries, as […]
Stay up-to-date with free briefings on topics that matter to all Californians. Subscribe to CalMatters today for nonprofit news in your inbox. As a historic 10-day heat wave threatened brownouts across California last summer, […]
Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), America’s increasing reliance on intermittent power sources and batteries is creating novel risks, according to grid specialists who testified before Congress on July 18. […]
If price was the only thing stopping you from buying an electric vehicle this summer, it’s time to look again. With smart planning you can even get the government to… The post EV Tax Credits: […]
A failure to speed up transmission expansion in the United States “severely” limits potential wind, solar and energy storage projects, cutting possible greenhouse gas emissions reductions roughly in half, according to a Princeton University-led REPEAT Project report. […]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Implementation Plan, establishing a framework for nationwide flying taxi operations by 2028. The FAA said the purpose of this Implementation Plan is “limited to […]
As Bryan Tepper, Hawaii Electric’s CISO and Information Assurance Manager circa 2018, pointed out to me in an interview some years back: “the more advanced the system, the larger the attack surface becomes.” Our grid’s […]
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