Category: Energy Storage

IRENA’s 2026 “24/7 Renewables” report documents real hardware cost declines for solar, wind and four-hour batteries and introduces a useful project-level Firm LCOE metric.

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However, it only captures part of the story. It does not fully capture system-level costs, weather extremes in places like Germany, consumer price outcomes in the West, or end-of-life realities. Those gaps matter when the claim is that firm renewables are already cheaper than new fossil generation and insulated from fuel shocks. Renewable Wind, Solar, […]

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Kathryn Porter sounds the practical alarm on the UK Grid

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Energy consultant Kathryn Porter, founder of Watt-Logic, has issued one of the clearest practical warnings yet about the United Kingdom’s electricity system. In her recent Daily Mail piece, she describes a nightmare scenario in which the National Grid collapses under the weight of Net Zero policies: supply-demand imbalance triggers cascading failures, plunging homes, businesses, hospitals, […]

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Why does Britain have the most expensive energy in the world? And why do Blue States Follow?

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Hat tip to Claire Coutinho (then Energy Secretary, now Shadow Secretary of State for Energy) and the think tank Onward with modeling by Transira Energy. This article was first published on the Energy News Beat Substack.  Britain’s electricity prices rank among the highest in the developed world—frequently the highest for industrial users among IEA countries and […]

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Is Load Balancing from EVs or Home Storage Power Units Safe and Affordable?

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As electricity demand surges from electrification, data centers, and extreme weather, utilities and regulators are turning to customer-owned resources—electric vehicles (EVs) and home battery storage—to balance the grid. This involves “load balancing” or demand flexibility: shifting or reducing consumption (or discharging stored energy) during peak times, often through virtual power plants (VPPs) or demand response […]

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California’s green dreams are turning into a dark nightmare for residents.- And how Does Texas Compare?

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California’s aggressive pursuit of Net Zero and 100% clean electricity has produced record solar milestones, massive battery buildouts, and political talking points about climate leadership. It has also delivered some of the nation’s highest electricity prices, chronic reliability problems, heavy reliance on out-of-state imports, and a grid vulnerable to regional shortfalls and global energy shocks. […]

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EIA Sees Massive Build in US Crude Inventories

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The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported a surprise and historically large build in commercial crude oil inventories for the week ending August 7, 2026. Commercial stocks (excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) rose by 17.4 million barrels to 424.4 million barrels—the largest weekly increase since January 2023 and well above analyst expectations of a draw […]

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