Investment is pouring in as the hype around nuclear fusion grows
High-profile tech leaders are betting on nuclear fusion technology becoming a reality in the next decade — or less.
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My homeowner nightmare
I finally caved and got solar panels. It turned out to be a huge mistake.
China's economic issues are so serious that even the oil market doesn't care about Middle East tensions — for now
On the supply side, Saudi Arabia is looking to increase market share instead of pursuing higher profits.
Founder of new commodities exchange explains how it can fuel the green energy transition
The founder of Abaxx, a new exchange for climate-friendly commodities, is hoping to bring stability to the energy transition.
Russia says it's the bigger person for not cutting Europe's natural gas supply — but that's not all there is to it
Russia supplied 40% of Europe's gas before the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It's now down to 15%.
Wall Street warms to nuclear power as banks including Goldman Sachs back drive to triple global output by 2050
More than a dozen big banks have announced their support for an effort aimed at tripling global nuclear energy production in the coming decades.
Georgia is rich in EV money and jobs
Georgia has received more private investment in EVs and battery manufacturing than any other state, Wells Fargo found.
Just the Facts – Energy and the Environment: Steve Ballmer Talks Through the Number
In 2023, the United States produced nearly 22 million barrels of crude oil daily, or around 22% of the global world supply. Watch and get the facts.
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Bitcoin miners got kicked out of China. Now they're sucking America dry.
Chinese-owned bitcoin mines are popping up in rural towns across the US. And they require massive amounts of American energy.
Autry Stephens sold his company for $26 billion but died before the deal was done. Here's how a Texas farm boy became an oil tycoon.
Autry Stephens built Endeavor Energy into one of the biggest private oil producers and sold the company this spring, but died before the deal closed.
How Brazil dominates sugar production without burning fields
Sugarcane farmers in the US burn their fields to speed up harvests. Brazil is ending sugarcane fires, due in part to its growing ethanol industry.
An oil tycoon sold his company for $26 billion this year — but died before the deal closed
Autry Stephens struck a deal for his Endeavor oil company that would have made him one of the world's 100 richest people, but he died last week.
The US is sending less natural gas to Europe, complicating Europe's plans to cut off Russian gas
Last year, Europe still imported about 15% of its total gas supply from Russia, with about 9% coming from pipelines and 6% as liquid natural gas.
This new technology for nuclear power could help fuel the AI revolution
Swiss startup Transmutex has pioneered a way to both reduce nuclear waste and increase energy output. It could power a new fleet of AI data centers.
Bill Gates says nuclear power has 'impressive' bipartisan support
Bill Gates and other tech leaders are promoting nuclear energy as a clean solution to the country's power needs, especially as AI development amps up.
A key Russian CEO just highlighted the clash between stabilizing the economy and growing business in wartime
The country's top central banker, Elvira Nabiullina, has hiked interest rates up to 16% to tame inflation.
The United Arab Emirates pursued nearly $100 billion worth of oil and gas deals the same year it led the global climate summit, analysis finds
The UAE closed more than a dozen deals to expand its oil and gas footprint at home and overseas, an analysis by Global Witness found.
The steampunk technology that could save America's cities
How an underground maze of abandoned pipes can fix the urban doom loop
China made so many solar panels that even its own grid can't support all the energy produced
China doesn't have enough storage or transmission capacity for all the solar energy it's producing, Reuters reports.
An Ohio power company wants data center firms to pay their fair share of soaring electricity use amid the AI boom
AEP Ohio proposes new tariffs for data centers amid a historic spike in electricity consumption in central Ohio's fast-growing cluster.
Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil refineries may be proving the Biden administration wrong, experts say
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in April that attacking Russian oil refineries risked impacting global energy markets.
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A centuries-old Japanese ceramics maker has found itself at the center of the AI revolution
Maruwa, which builds ceramics for circuit boards and semiconductors, has seen its shares double over the past year.
Saudi Arabia's oil giant boss speaks up for China, saying its massive production of solar panels and EVs helps affordability
The comments come as the West has stepped up criticism of China's dumping of cheap green products on the global markets.
Oil prices aren't the Fed's biggest problem right now — American demand is, says an economist
The attack on Iran on Friday isn't as important for US inflation as domestic demand, said an economist at a private Swiss bank.
Oil disruption fears in the Middle East are getting real after reports of an Israel strike on Iran
Markets have been on edge since over fears of a widening of the conflict in the Middle East — a major oil-producing region.
Russia has finally admitted Western sanctions are hitting its oil exports
Secondary sanctions are spooking global banks, as some of them turn away from doing business with Russia.
AI execs who urgently need more energy to power their tech revolution are turning to fossil fuels
The Wall Street Journal reported that one question loomed at an annual energy conference in Houston: How to power the AI boom?
Billionaire Gautam Adani got rich off coal. Now his company is building a green energy plant the size of Chicago.
The sprawling solar and wind energy plant will generate enough electricity to power 16 million homes in India.
A Bill Gates company is about to start building a nuclear power plant in Wyoming
TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque told The Financial Times it plans to start work on a site in Wyoming in June even if it hasn't got a permit by then.
A devastating fried chicken shop explosion in China has killed 7 people and injured 27 others, the authorities say
The fireball blast has seized national attention in China, and attracted controversy after frontline staff were seen pushing local reporters away.
America has descended into a new Red Scare
China is opening a battery plant in Michigan. Locals say it's a plot to overthrow America.
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ChatGPT is probably using up more than half a million kilowatt-hours of electricity to respond to some 200 million requests a day
An average US household is using around 29 kilowatt-hours of electricity while ChatGPT is using more than half a million, The New Yorker reported.
Russia played a card that nearly doubled its energy revenues in February
Russia — an energy giant — has managed to circumvent Western sanctions, most recently by activating a price-floor mechanism.
Researchers just discovered a massive 'jacuzzi bubbling with almost pure hydrogen' — a lucrative source of clean energy
There's a massive reservoir of hydrogen buried deep within an Albanian mine that could be a key source of clean energy.
A methane well that leaked for 6 months has released a year's worth of emissions for 791,000 cars: report
The well leak, which lasted from June to December 2023, is estimated to have released 140,000 tons of methane into Earth's atmosphere.
The 3 big reasons Americans are suddenly psyched about the economy
The vibecession is over: Americans are suddenly much more confident that the economy is doing better and less scared of a recession.
Africa's richest person just opened a $19 billion oil refinery to help Nigeria reduce fuel imports
Aliko Dangote, founder of the Dangote Group, wants to help oil-rich Nigeria to reduce fuel imports and become self-sufficient.
Russia's dark fleet of ships kept its oil exports strong. But 2 recent incidents in the Red Sea highlight the risks of that strategy.
Iran-backed Houthi rebels targeted a Panama-flagged tanker transporting Russian oil last week, likely "mistakenly," according to a UK security firm.
The Red Sea attacks appear to be hurting traders and suppliers across the globe — but Russia's oil trade with India is still booming
Russian oil cargoes typically sail through the Red Sea before reaching India and this remains the preferred route, per S&P.
The Red Sea attacks are throwing supply chains into chaos — but US oil exports appear to be benefiting from them
Oil buyers are choosing to not reroute ships from the Red Sea, but to buy from the US instead, according to an analyst.
America's plan to replace gas guzzlers with electric cars was doomed from the start
The sudden slowdown in electric car sales is a symptom of a much uglier problem.
Russia has managed to divert most oil exports from Europe to India and China, getting around sanctions, says a top official
Europe's share of Russian oil and petroleum exports has fallen to 4% to 5% from nearly half.
One country dominated clean energy growth this year, and it isn't the US, UK, or Germany. It's China, by a landslide.
The world added renewable energy at breakneck speed in 2023, a trend that if amplified should help Earth prevent severe warming and its effects.
Russia wants to topple dollar dominance, but it isn't even able to deliver oil to India with alternative currencies
A Rosneft unit selling Sokol oil in Russia hasn't been able to open a bank account in the UAE to accept dirham payments.
The Biden administration unveiled its hydrogen tax credit proposal, estimated to deliver $140 billion in revenue and 700,000 jobs by 2030
Biden administration officials estimate the hydrogen production credits can deliver $140 billion in revenue and 700,000 jobs by 2030.
2 nuclear reactors that can power 1 million US homes with clean, sustainable energy is $21 billion over budget and years behind schedule
The first new American reactors built from scratch in decades can each can power 500,000 homes and businesses without releasing any carbon.
BP ex-CEO loses $40 million over relationships with colleagues
BP's ex-CEO Bernard Looney will lose more than $40 million in compensation after the board said he'd committed "serious misconduct."
Texas found startling amounts of a cancer-causing chemical in the air outside Houston. Nobody told the residents.
Texas regulators documented startling amounts of benzene in Channelview, near Houston. Instead of solving the problem, they allowed a benzene polluter to expand.
Millions of Americans will soon be able to turn their roofs into a lucrative side hustle
The boom in solar panels means people can sell their renewable energy to others instead of relying on large utilities.
China's bragging about being the first to build a next-generation nuclear reactor. Here's how it compares to reactors in countries like the US, Japan, and Russia.
The Shidaowan reactor isn't the world's most powerful by far, but it comes with a new capability that solves a massive problem for China.