President Trump’s rallying cry of “Drill baby Drill” has become a staple of his energy policy, emphasizing aggressive expansion of domestic fossil fuel production. Yet, the true engine behind the U.S. shale revolution over the […]
Just yesterday, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Javier Blas dropped a bombshell: “Net Zero Is Dead. Long Live Renewable Energy.” In his February 24 piece, Blas chronicles the quiet burial of the 2050 net-zero fantasy at the […]
In the largest energy financing deal in U.S. Department of Energy history, the Trump administration today closed a $26.54 billion loan package for two Southern Company subsidiaries — Georgia Power and Alabama Power — to […]
In the midst of Winter Storm Fern, which battered much of the United States in early February 2026 with extreme cold, heavy snow, and ice, coal-fired power plants emerged as the unsung heroes of grid […]
By Stuart Turley, Energy News Beat In a landscape where artificial intelligence and data processing demands are skyrocketing, data center operators are increasingly bypassing traditional grid connections to build their own power generation facilities. A […]
As winter storms continue to batter the United States, the vulnerabilities of an energy grid increasingly dependent on intermittent renewables like wind and solar are becoming painfully clear. Recent cold blasts have not only tested […]
As Winter Storm Fern barreled across the United States from January 20 to 27, 2026, blanketing much of the nation in ice, snow, and sub-zero temperatures, the electric grid faced one of its toughest tests […]
As Winter Storm Fern swept across Texas in late January 2026, bringing freezing temperatures, ice, and sleet, the state’s electric grid faced its most significant test since the devastating Winter Storm Uri in 2021. Managed […]
In a stark reminder of the challenges facing Australia’s ambitious shift from coal to renewable energy, the Waratah Super Battery project—one of the world’s largest battery storage systems—has suffered a “catastrophic” transformer failure, delaying its […]
In a move poised to reshape Illinois’ energy landscape, Governor JB Pritzker is set to sign the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act, a sweeping energy reform package passed by the state legislature in […]
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