Today's Energy Pulse
Scania pilots vehicle‑to‑grid power for heavy‑duty electric trucks
Scania showcased one of the first V2G systems for heavy‑duty electric trucks using the Megawatt Charging System (MCS). The pilot demonstrated bi‑directional power flow, letting trucks feed stored electricity back to the grid while parked, with real‑time communication enabling dynamic charging and discharging. The company also opened orders for trucks equipped with an extra battery pack and MCS.
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Elusive Peace
The United States announced it will mobilize naval vessels to block the Strait of Hormuz after Vice President Harris declared recent talks with Iran a failure. The cease‑fire set to expire on the 21st raises the prospect of renewed hostilities, threatening a key oil transit route. Higher gasoline prices are already being felt domestically, yet public outrage remains muted. Experts cite past oil crises to argue that economies can adapt if they adopt resilient strategies while the geopolitical dispute unfolds.
Why Filipinos Must Stay Prudent Despite Cuts in Fuel Prices, Taxes
The Philippine government rolled back fuel taxes, cutting diesel by more than ₱20 per liter (about $0.36) and lowering gasoline and kerosene prices. While the relief eases household and business costs, global oil volatility—driven by U.S.-Iran tensions and threats to...
Fix the Energy Problem Before the Next Downturn
The Philippines’ energy mix remains heavily import‑dependent, with 55 % of primary energy sourced abroad in 2024 and self‑sufficiency slipping to 45 %. Although the Department of Energy aims for 35 % renewable power by 2030, coal still supplied 62.5 % of electricity in...
Democrat Ro Khanna to Introduce Bill to Stop US Gasoline Exports Amid Iran War
California Democrat Ro Khanna plans to introduce legislation that would temporarily ban gasoline exports when U.S. prices surge. The proposal comes as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran drives historic fuel price spikes. Khanna argues that keeping gasoline at home can lower...
Resilient, Not Immune: The U.S. Faces An Energy Stress Test
The United States is confronting an energy‑price shock as the Middle East conflict pushes the 50‑day average crude price above $80 a barrel. Inflation has begun to climb in response to higher energy costs, yet key business‑cycle metrics—such as employment,...
Sigenergy Debuts High-Power PV Inverter Platform
Sigenergy has launched its first utility‑scale photovoltaic inverter, a 506 kW unit built around silicon‑carbide (SiC) MOSFETs. The inverter delivers a 1000 V AC output and features an 18‑channel maximum power point tracking architecture that minimizes shading losses. Its high‑density hardware, fast...
Oil and Gas Buyer’s Guide for Private Cellular Networks
The oil and gas sector is turning to private 5G cellular networks to overcome fragmented connectivity, labor shortages, and rising safety and environmental pressures. By consolidating multiple legacy systems into a single, secure platform, companies can enable real‑time data, high‑resolution...
Where to Find Long-Term Investment Opportunities in Energy
Stacey Morris of VettaFi argues that long‑term energy investing should focus on infrastructure and baseload power rather than short‑term oil price swings. Midstream ETFs such as AMLP and ENFR provide fee‑based exposure to North American LNG, propane and butane exports...
The Price of Instability: Oil Shocks, Energy Transitions and MENA's Economic Future
A webinar hosted by the Natural Resource Governance Institute will examine how the ongoing conflicts in Iran, Lebanon and the broader MENA region could reshape oil and gas markets, fiscal stability, and energy‑transition pathways. Speakers include Crystol Energy CEO Carole...
Dukosi Chip-on-Cell Monitoring System Enables Nordic Marine Power’s PowerStack to Achieve DNV Type Approval
Nordic Marine Power’s PowerStack battery system earned DNV type approval after integrating Dukosi’s Cell Monitoring System (DKCMS). DKCMS places a chip on each cell, delivering simultaneous temperature and voltage readings with deterministic latency via the C‑SynQ contactless protocol. The per‑cell...
$200 Million Heat Pump Program Somehow Slips Through Trump Chopper
A $200 million EPA grant in Colorado, part of the Inflation Reduction Act, is funding the Power Ahead Colorado program to accelerate cold‑climate heat‑pump adoption. The initiative launched the free Colorado Contractor Hub, a marketplace that matches homeowners with vetted installers...
IONNA Rechargeries Are Coming to More than 350 Circle K Stations
IONNA, a joint venture of eight OEMs, announced a partnership with Circle K to convert more than 350 U.S. stations into its branded “Rechargery” sites. The rollout begins with 85 existing Circle K chargers, slated to be operational by year‑end, and will...
Strategic Readiness Assessment
Ericsson has introduced a Smart Oil Field Maturity Assessment that evaluates an operator’s digital readiness across organizational, technical, production, and workforce dimensions. The tool benchmarks current connectivity, automation and analytics capabilities, then delivers a customized score, prioritized actions and a...
Why Integrated FPC-Based Cell Contact Solutions Are Essential to Battery Pack Manufacturing
Battery pack manufacturers are turning to flexible printed circuit (FPC)‑based cell‑contact solutions to boost energy density while maintaining safety and cost efficiency. Traditional discrete wiring is being replaced by integrated FPCs that deliver higher‑quality temperature and voltage data to the...
Serbian NIS Deal Faces Uncertainty After Hungarian Election
Hungarian oil giant Mol remains interested in buying the controlling stake in Serbia’s state oil firm NIS, currently owned by Russia’s Gazprom and Gazprom Neft. The deal was already under discussion before Hungary’s parliamentary election. The opposition Tisza party’s victory has...
Mild Winter Triggers US Gas Price Plunge
U.S. gas prices plunge after exceptionally mild end to winter U.S. gas futures prices have slumped after the warmest end to winter for more than 15 years caused storage injections to begin earlier than normal, with the threat storage space would...
Carbon180 Statement on Updates in Carbon Removal Demand
Microsoft appears to be pausing new carbon‑removal purchases, a shift that could affect early‑stage climate‑tech firms that relied on its procurement. While the tech giant has not confirmed the pause, its five‑year buying program helped establish market standards and gave...
VEV Completes 5 MW Heavy Truck Charging Deployment Across Three UK Logistics Hubs for Maritime Transport
VEV has finished installing 5 MW of high‑power DC charging at three Maritime Transport logistics hubs in Wakefield, Tilbury and Doncaster. The rollout includes 18 chargers ranging from 100 kW to 400 kW, capable of powering up to 36 electric trucks at once...
Oil Pulls Back as IEA Cuts Demand Outlook
Oil prices slipped below $100 a barrel as the International Energy Agency sharply reduced its 2026 demand‑growth forecast, marking the first annual demand decline since the pandemic. The cut, combined with a lull in U.S.–Iran confrontations, has shifted market focus...
Oil Pulls Back as IEA Cuts Demand Outlook
Oil prices slipped below $100 per barrel after the International Energy Agency sharply trimmed its 2026 demand growth outlook, marking the first annual demand decline since the COVID‑19 pandemic. Reduced traffic through the Strait of Hormuz – down to 8‑10...
Informa Markets Brings Battery Asset Management Summit to Canada as Energy Storage Market Reaches Critical Deployment Phase
Informa Markets is debuting the Battery Asset Management Summit Canada, a two‑day event in Toronto on June 23‑24, 2026, as the country prepares to quintuple its battery storage capacity to over 2,768 MW by 2030. Federal and provincial programs are earmarking...
Balsa Wood Absorbs Solar Heat and Generates Power Long After Dark
Researchers have engineered a carbonisation‑free balsa wood composite that absorbs sunlight, stores heat, and generates electricity after darkness, achieving a photothermal conversion efficiency of 91.27% and a sustained 0.65 V output. The material uses delignified wood with 93% porosity, black phosphorene...
Suniva to Open Second Solar Cell Manufacturing Facility in the United States
Suniva announced a $350 million investment to build a 4.5‑GW monocrystalline silicon solar cell plant in Laurens, South Carolina, slated for a Q2 2027 opening. The new facility will join its existing 1‑GW Georgia site, raising total U.S. manufacturing capacity to 5.5 GW...
India–US Eye 'Big-Ticket Energy Deals' Soon as PM Modi, Donald Trump Discuss West Asia Crisis
India and the United States are moving toward large‑ticket agreements, especially in energy, after a 40‑minute phone call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump. The leaders reviewed progress in their Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership and stressed the...
Terra Energy Aims to Make Signing up for Solar as Easy as Signing up for Cell Phone Service
Terra Energy, a Florida‑based solar‑as‑a‑subscription startup, offers homeowners a 36‑month subscription with no upfront cost and a modest 1.9% annual escalator, positioning the product as simple as a cell‑phone plan. By vertically integrating sales, engineering, logistics and asset management, the...
DCD>Studio: Navigating Energy Demand, Reliability, and Transition with Ron Gusek, Liberty Energy
Liberty Energy’s chief technology officer Ron Gusek discussed how the company is tackling soaring data‑center power demand while preserving reliability during the energy transition. He highlighted Liberty’s portfolio of mobile natural‑gas generators, on‑site fuel‑cell solutions, and emerging small modular reactors...
Kroenig Quoted in The Wall Street Journal on the US Blockade of Hormuz
Atlantic Council senior director Matthew Kroenig was quoted in The Wall Street Journal discussing the United States’ consideration of a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. He argued the Trump administration is intensifying pressure on Iran by threatening limited strikes...
Obsidian Energy Continues to Mitigate Operational Risk with ISN
Canadian upstream producer Obsidian Energy has broadened its use of ISNetworld, the contractor management platform from ISN, to cover additional risk domains such as transportation carrier verification. The expansion adds modules like RAVS 360 for safety culture assessment, API integration...
Russian Crude Oil Imports Rebound in March as PSU Refiners Left Record Volumes
India’s state‑owned refineries more than doubled their Russian crude purchases in March, lifting imports to roughly 1.98 million barrels per day from 1 million the month before. The surge helped push India’s total spend on Russian hydrocarbons to about $6.4 billion, with crude‑oil...
Multi-Country Hydrogen-Based Iron-Ore-to-Green-Steel Breakthrough in Namibia
A hydrogen‑powered rotary kiln in Namibia has successfully converted 80 t of low‑grade Australian iron ore (56 % Fe) into direct‑reduced iron (DRI) at industrial scale, demonstrating climate‑neutral production without pelletising. The pilot, run by the SuSteel AG consortium linking Australia, Namibia and...
Over 200 New EV Chargers Coming To Ohio
Ohio will receive $51 million in NEVI federal funding, matched by at least $26 million from private investors, to install over 260 new electric‑vehicle chargers across 64 sites. The chargers, each with four ports, will be placed at mainstream retail and travel‑stop...
Boiler Blast at Vedanta Plant in Chhattisgarh Kills Nine, Injures 15
A boiler explosion at Vedanta's power plant in Sakti, Chhattisgarh, killed nine workers and injured 15 on April 14, 2026. The blast occurred in the Singhitarai unit operated by subcontractor NGSL, prompting immediate medical evacuation of the injured to Raigarh...
Oil Prices Hit Record High in March as Refiners Try to Replace West Asian Grades: IEA
The International Energy Agency reported that crude oil prices posted their biggest monthly gain in March 2026, with North Sea Dated trading around $130 a barrel. Global oil supply dropped 10.1 million barrels per day to 97 mb/d, driven by attacks on...
California School District Completes 3.5 MW Solar and Energy Modernization Project
The Yucaipa‑Calimesa Joint Unified School District completed a $33 million energy modernization that installs 3.5 MW of solar across 12 campuses and upgrades lighting, HVAC and irrigation. A performance‑based lease‑purchase with a 4.373% fixed rate guarantees roughly $48 million in savings over the...
The Hormuz Crisis and the Fate of the Global South
The sudden closure of the Strait of Hormuz has halted roughly a quarter of global oil, a fifth of LNG and a third of fertilizer shipments, prompting the IMF to label the disruption a “global yet asymmetric” shock. Import‑dependent economies...
Big Risks Hover over Strait of Hormuz Blockade
The United States began a blockade of all commercial shipping to and from Iran on April 13, marking the first day of a new geopolitical flashpoint in the Strait of Hormuz. Crude oil prices spiked to over $105 per barrel...
All Today's Crises Reduce to Energy Battles
New pod: SUDDENLY, EVERY NEWS STORY IS A FIGHT ABOUT ENERGY -> The Iran War is about energy flows -> The AI buildout is an energy project -> The future of populism—i.e., AI, electricity prices, data center moratoria—is an energy debate w/ @NatBullard Plus: -...
Datacenter Power Scarcity Fuels Long Positions in CIFR, WULF
Energy and capacity are both still highly constrained. I continue to be long $CIFR and $WULF as I accessible datacenter power will to be in short supply. 💪🏻🚀
European Commission Proposes EU Industrial Accelerator Act Including ‘Made in EU’ and Low-Carbon Requirements, Stricter Rules for FDI in Strategic...
On 4 March 2026 the European Commission unveiled the EU Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), a sweeping proposal to lift manufacturing’s share of EU GDP to 20 % by 2035, introduce “Made in EU” and low‑carbon rules for strategic goods, and tighten foreign‑direct‑investment (FDI) screening...
Solar Desert Project Highlights Complex Anthropocene Trade‑offs
Surprised myself with this story. Went into the desert expecting to write about a terrible solar project that would harm bighorn sheep...and ended up writing why California should maybe approve it anyway. In the Anthropocene, there are no easy choices: https://t.co/nHm7TLYZB1...
Energy ETF Slides 12%—Buy‑the‑Dip Opportunity
12% pullback in energy stocks $XLE for everyone who was frustrated they missed the move and swore to buy back in on the next dip https://t.co/xeYc2YdVHI
China’s Crude and Gas Imports Tumble in March
China’s crude oil imports fell sharply in March, reaching 11.63 million barrels per day, according to customs data. That represents a year‑on‑year decline of 350,000 b/d and a 221,000 b/d drop versus the average of January‑February 2024. The contraction occurred as the market entered...
European Gas Hits Lowest Since War Began
European natural gas prices are heading toward their lowest settlement since the war started (Feb 28), currently trading at €43 per MWh (that's ~$15 per mBtu). The European gas benchmark TTF is now **lower** than it was in late January...
Canada Pauses Fuel Tax, Cutting Gas Price 10¢ per Litre
After Germany, here it comes Canada: Prime Minister Mark Carney said he will suspend a fuel excise tax until Labor Day weekend. The measure will lower gasoline prices by 10 Canadian cents per liter, and diesel by 4 Canadian cents.
Fuel Prices Stop Rising After 43 Days of Increases, RAC Says
After 43 consecutive days of increases, UK petrol and diesel prices have stalled, according to the RAC. A temporary cease‑fire in the Gulf lowered crude oil prices, easing wholesale costs, but retail prices remain well above pre‑war levels. Petrol now...
GAIL Commits to 700MW Solar and 572MWh Storage in India
GAIL invests in 700MW solar, 572MWh storage projects across India #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/lS8oHSsLE2
Parliament Energy Secures 1.2 GW Tracker Deal with Ideematec
Parliament Energy signs 1.2-GW tracker supply agreement with Ideematec #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/DGSPjEKS8U
India’s MNRE Expands ALMM List-II to 27.8GW, Adds HJT Cells for the First Time
India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy expanded the ALMM List‑II capacity to 27.8 GW, adding 1.3 GW since February. The revision introduces heterojunction (HJT) solar cells for the first time, with Reliance Industries contributing 1.238 GW of high‑efficiency modules. Jupiter Solartech and...
EU Leaders Unite to Electrify Europe for Energy Security
Spent yesterday in Brussels amongst the who-is-who of the EU energy bubble providing the opening remarks for the High-Level Roundtable: Electrify Europe for Energy Security hosted by @GRA_Renewables @Elec_All What an event - this is the spirit we need in times...
California District Adds 3.1 MW Solar to 12 Schools
California school district installs 3.1 MW of solar across 12 campuses #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/p01D2DhXnl