Paying at the Pump: A Timeline of U.S. Gas Prices
U.S. gasoline prices have historically mirrored crude‑oil movements, rising and falling as global supply and demand shift. However, abrupt disruptions—such as geopolitical crises, natural disasters, or pandemics—can cause sharp, short‑term spikes that break the usual trend. The article traces key moments from the 1970s oil embargo through the 2020 COVID‑19 price collapse to the 2024 hurricane‑driven surge, culminating in 2026 prices hovering above $4 per gallon. Understanding this timeline highlights how external shocks translate into everyday fuel costs.
Australia Shortlists Renewable Hydrogen Projects for Funding Support
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has shortlisted a group of large‑scale renewable hydrogen projects for Round 2 of its Hydrogen Headstart Program, covering ammonia, alternative fuels and other end‑uses across several states. The federal budget for the program was cut...
Tesla Solar Roof Is on Life Support as It Pivot to Panels
Tesla’s Solar Roof, once touted as a game‑changing residential solar solution, has stalled after installing roughly 3,000 systems—far short of the 1,000‑per‑week target set for 2019. Deployment peaked at 2.5 MW per quarter in Q2 2022 and then fell, with Tesla ceasing...
Energy Security & Affordability in a New Geopolitical Era: A Future-Proof Post-2030 EU Energy Framework
European civil society and industry are urging the EU to adopt a binding post‑2030 energy framework that accelerates the exit from fossil fuels. The proposal calls for reinforced renewable and energy‑efficiency targets, a new electrification pillar, and stronger enforcement mechanisms,...
Record Power Burn Expected This Summer as Coal Retirements and Data Centers Drive Gas Demand
U.S. natural‑gas supply is set to hit a record 117 billion cubic feet per day this summer, while total demand climbs to 108.7 Bcf/d, driven by LNG exports, data‑center load, and a surge in power‑burn. Power‑burn alone is forecast at 40.3 Bcf/d, the...
Casella Waste Systems and Waga Energy Unveil RNG Facility at Ribbon Cutting
Casella Waste Systems and Waga Energy inaugurated a renewable natural gas (RNG) plant at the Chemung County Landfill in Elmira, New York. The facility, operating since January 2026, uses Waga’s patented WAGABOX® technology to upgrade landfill gas into pipeline‑quality RNG....
U.S. Ships Millions of Reserve Oil Barrels Overseas Amid War
The United States has shipped roughly 13 million barrels of crude from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to Europe and other markets, accounting for about 40% of the oil released so far. The release is part of a broader Trump‑admin plan...
Grid Operator PJM Interconnection Aims Changes to Speed New Capacity Adds
PJM Interconnection, the United States’ largest grid operator, announced a revamped interconnection review process to speed the addition of new generating capacity. The updated queue contains 811 projects totaling 220 GW, spanning coal, natural gas, nuclear, hydro, battery storage and renewables....
Mild Weather Masks Upside for ANR SE Amid Prolonged Pipe Work, Looming Summer Heat
Mild weather has kept natural‑gas price upside limited for ANR SE, even as the ANR Pipeline’s Midwest repairs stretch into late June. The ANR SE premium over REX Zone 3 Delivered peaked at 26.2 cents in March, slipped to 18.9 cents in May,...
Hormuz Oil Flows Creep Higher as More Supertankers Exit
The number of supertankers exiting the Strait of Hormuz has risen, with four VLCCs—each carrying roughly 2 million barrels—departing since May 10, approaching a flow of about 2 million barrels per day. This is a modest increase compared with pre‑war traffic of roughly...
Russian Crude Exports Fall in First Half of May
Russian crude oil exports surged by roughly 400,000 barrels per day in April, but the first two weeks of May saw a sharp reversal as Ukrainian drone attacks disrupted shipment routes. The attacks have not only cut export volumes but...
Oceanside’s Energy Infrastructure Project Earns Smart Cities Award, with $26 Million in Projected Tax Savings
The City of Oceanside, California, earned a Smart 20 award for its Energy Infrastructure Upgrade Program, which bundles solar, battery storage, LED lighting, HVAC upgrades and smart controls. The initiative is projected to save $26 million in taxes, cut electricity use by...
OPG’s Darlington Project Proves the SMR Modular Thesis for Investors
Ontario Power Generation installed the first prefabricated basemat module for its Darlington New Nuclear Project, marking the debut of a grid‑scale Small Modular Reactor in the G7. The module, built off‑site and lowered by crane, demonstrates the time‑saving modularity that...
Global Wind Installations Surge as OEMs Pass 100GW
Global wind turbine installations jumped to a record 178 GW in 2025, a 40% year‑on‑year rise, with 28,395 turbines deployed. Five manufacturers—Vestas, Goldwind, Siemens Gamesa, GE Vernova and Envision—each surpassed 100 GW of cumulative capacity, cementing a new industry milestone. Chinese OEMs captured the...
Panasonic Raises EV Battery Outlook Based On Tesla's Sales Bounce
Panasonic raised its U.S. EV battery sales outlook for the fiscal year ending March 2027, projecting an 18.9% increase to 46 GWh, driven by Tesla’s rebound. Tesla’s Q1 market share jumped to 54% even as overall U.S. EV sales fell 27%, prompting...
Q1 Saw Net Loss of 5,900 Renewable Energy Manufacturing Jobs: EDF Report
The Environmental Defense Fund reported that Q1 2026 saw a net loss of 5,900 renewable‑energy manufacturing jobs despite a $1.1 billion increase in overall investment. Canceled projects accounted for $1.4 billion, while new commitments added $2.5 billion and created 2,200 positions. The job decline...
China's Gasoline Consumption Could Plunge 5.5% in 2026 as Oil Prices Surge
China’s gasoline demand is projected to fall 5.5% in 2026, slightly deeper than the 5.2% decline forecast earlier. The drop follows a 30% surge in retail fuel prices triggered by the Iran‑Israel conflict and accelerating electric‑vehicle adoption. Overall oil demand...
Germany Revamps Its Energy Laws, but Risks Locking Itself Into Decades of Costly Gas Import Dependence
Germany is revising its electricity market rules, including the pending Electricity Supply Security and Capacity Act, which will launch capacity auctions for backup power starting September 2026. Energy think‑tank Ember warns that the draft favors new gas‑fired plants, risking a...
UK Go-Ahead for 3GW Dogger South, 1GW North Falls
The UK government has granted development consent for two offshore wind projects: RWE and Masdar’s 3 GW Dogger Bank South and the SSE‑RWE 1 GW North Falls extension of Greater Gabbard. Dogger South, a 200‑turbine array, secured a £91.20 /MWh contract‑for‑difference in Allocation...
Tide Is Turning in Favor of Clean Energy Stocks
Clean‑energy equities are gaining momentum as the energy sector leads the S&P 500, driven by the Iran‑related oil shock. The ALPS Clean Energy ETF (ACES) has risen over 18% year‑to‑date and attracted $3 billion of fresh capital in the latest month, the...
Permian Gas Glut Means Producers Are Paying Buyers to Haul It Away
The Permian Basin is experiencing a severe natural‑gas glut, pushing spot prices to a record low of –$9.60 per MMBtu and even forcing producers to pay buyers to take the gas. Companies such as Diamondback Energy and EQT have curtailed...
Security Beyond CIP: When ‘Low Impact’ Doesn’t Mean Low Risk
The article argues that NERC CIP’s “low impact” classification is a reliability label, not a cyber‑risk rating, and that utilities are increasingly treating these sites as security priorities. As the grid incorporates more distributed energy resources, simultaneous failures of multiple...
Canadian Solar Begins Trial Production at Flagship Indiana HJT Solar Cell Factory
Canadian Solar has begun trial production at its flagship heterojunction (HJT) solar cell factory in Jeffersonville, Indiana, with Phase I delivering 2.1 GWp of capacity. The plant is slated for commercial operation in July 2026, and a second phase will add another 4.2 GWp...
How Suspending The Federal Gas Tax Could Affect Your State's Fuel Prices
The article examines President Trump’s proposal to temporarily suspend the federal gasoline tax, which currently adds 18.4 cents per gallon of gasoline and 24.4 cents per gallon of diesel. Even if Congress approves the pause, the reduction in pump prices would be...
Germany Bets Big on Industrial CCS with Carbon Contracts
Germany has secured European Commission approval for a revised €5 bn (US$5.85 bn) Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD) scheme aimed at decarbonising cement, steel and chemicals over 15 years. The program will subsidise the extra cost of emissions‑reduction technologies, with producers repaying the...
Delegates Say OPEC+ Has Plan to Complete Series of Quota Hikes
OPEC+ delegates say the alliance will complete a series of oil‑quota hikes by September, adding back the remainder of a 1.65 million‑barrel‑per‑day cut that began in 2023. The plan calls for three incremental increases, despite the Iran‑Israel war blocking actual output...
Trump’s Push to Keep Coal Plants Open Is Costing Hundreds of Millions
Since May 2025, the Trump administration has issued a series of 90‑day emergency orders to keep five aging coal‑fired power plants operating beyond their planned shutdown dates. The Energy Department’s directives have already forced the J.H. Campbell plant in Michigan...
Canadian Solar Module Shipments Fall to 2.5GW in Q1 2026 as Colin Parkin Transitions to CEO
Canadian Solar reported a sharp decline in Q1 2026 module shipments, falling 42% to 2.5 GW and marking the lowest first‑quarter volume since 2020. Net revenue slipped 11% quarter‑on‑quarter to $1.1 billion as the company continued to shift manufacturing from China to...
USA Crude Oil Stocks Drop More Than 4MM Barrels WoW
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories, excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, fell by 4.3 million barrels to 452.9 million barrels in the week ending May 8, according to the EIA. The Department of Energy announced a 53.3 million‑barrel SPR exchange from four storage sites, part...
NERC Inverter-Based Resource Registration Initiative Enters Final Stretch for Asset Owners
NERC’s Inverter‑Based Resource (IBR) Registration Initiative reaches its final phase as the May 15 2026 deadline approaches. Solar and storage owners previously exempt must now register as Category 2 generators and operators under the expanded bulk power system compliance framework. The process, governed...
How Long Can the US Be the Oil Supplier of Last Resort?
The United States has surged to a record‑high net export of 5.9 million barrels of crude and refined products per day, up from 3.3 million a year ago, as the shale boom meets a global oil shortage. To sustain the flow, the...
China’s Gotion and Richardson Electronics Partner for US-Made BESS
China‑based Gotion and U.S. electronics firm Richardson Electronics have formed a technology partnership to produce battery energy storage systems (BESS) at their Illinois facilities. The collaboration will launch a 760 kWh system for commercial‑industrial use and a 5 MWh system for utility‑scale...
Norwegian Oil & Gas Cash Flow Surpasses $74 Billion as Investment Bill Hits $30.71B
Norway’s petroleum sector generated a net cash flow of roughly $74.4 billion in 2026, up from $72.0 billion in 2025. Oil production hit 107 million standard cubic meters of oil equivalents, the strongest level since 2009, while total output on the Norwegian Continental...
As the US Starves It of Oil, Cuba Is Pulling Off One of the Fastest Solar Revolutions on the Planet...
Cuba is confronting nationwide blackouts as the U.S. oil blockade chokes fuel imports, prompting a rapid pivot to solar power backed by China. Chinese solar panel and battery shipments surged from $3 million in 2023 to $117 million in 2025, enabling the...
Nearly 13GWh of Grid-Scale BESS Deployed Globally in April
In April 2026, 4.5 GW (12.8 GWh) of grid‑scale battery energy storage systems were commissioned worldwide, with China delivering 2.5 GW—over half of the total. The rest of Asia added 647 MW, highlighted by Adani Group’s Khavda solar‑plus‑storage phase in India. Chile’s Innergex announced...
JP Morgan Warns Oil Could Average $151 in Q4
J.P. Morgan’s commodities strategists project that if the Strait of Hormuz reopens on September 1, Brent crude could average $151 per barrel in Q4 2026, the highest level across all reopening scenarios. Their base‑case June 1 scenario still sees Brent near $98...
Orsted Hints at Renewed Appetite for Growth in Key APAC Markets Including South Korea and Australia
Orsted, the Danish offshore‑wind leader, announced it is ready to chase new projects in South Korea, Australia and Taiwan after bolstering its capital structure. CEO Rasmus Errboe, who took the helm in January 2025, said the firm can now pursue “value‑creating opportunities”...
Uranium Supply Gains Momentum as Nuclear Energy Returns to the Spotlight
Global uranium production rose 6.1% in 2025, with Kazakhstan accounting for 39% of supply and the United States more than quadrupling output to 1,316 tonnes. The U.S. Department of Energy added uranium to the 2025 Critical Minerals list, signaling heightened policy...
Geothermal Energy Could Unlock 450 GW Electricity Potential in India: Report
A joint study by Project InnerSpace and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water estimates that India’s geothermal resources could support up to 450 GW of electricity generation, alongside 11,000 GW of industrial heat and 1,500 GW of cooling capacity. The report projects...
Sun Shines on Spain’s Green Industry Ambitions
Spain’s aggressive rollout of solar, wind and hydro power has slashed electricity costs, making its grid among the cheapest in Europe. Cheap, green power has helped the country’s manufacturing output grow at nearly three times the euro‑zone rate since 2018....
The Great SPR Arbitrage: An Oil Market Glitch Fuels Sector Gains
Washington’s authorization of a 172‑million‑barrel Strategic Petroleum Reserve exchange is flooding U.S. refiners with cheap crude just as the Strait of Hormuz shutdown is tightening global product supplies. The resulting input‑cost discount and soaring gasoline and diesel prices have driven...
From Paddy Stubble, Energy Firm SAEL Plans to Produve 1 GW Power in Next 5 Years
SAEL, a New Delhi‑based renewable energy firm, announced a plan to scale its paddy‑stubble‑based power generation to 1 GW within five years. The company currently runs 11 biomass plants across Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan, delivering 165 MW of electricity solely from agricultural residue....
Structural Changes See Bell Toll for Fossil Fuels
Danish Ship Finance’s latest maritime report warns that five independent forces – fiscal recomposition, the energy transition’s shift to equipment imports, China’s evolution into a gatekeeper, the loss of distance as a buffer, and a demographic tilt toward services –...
Cadeler Installs First Monopile at Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm
Cadeler has installed the first of 197 monopile foundations at Ørsted’s Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm in the UK, using its purpose‑built A‑class vessel Wind Ally. The project, which will reach 2.9 GW capacity and supply power to over 3.3 million homes, marks Cadeler’s...
Why Gas Engine Power Plants Are Crucial in the Energy Transition
Gas‑engine power plants are emerging as a flexible bridge in the shift toward a renewables‑heavy grid. Their modular, containerised design lets operators match output to volatile demand and quickly replace or relocate capacity as transmission upgrades roll out. Compared with...
Community Shocked as Australia’s Most Advanced Renewable State Moves to End Fracking Ban
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas announced legislation to lift the 10‑year fracking moratorium in the Limestone Coast, arguing that future gas resources should be evaluated on scientific and economic grounds. The ban, imposed in 2018 to protect farmland and groundwater, will...
200,000 Californians Help the Grid Out in Tough Times and Get Paid for It. Now That's up in the Air
California’s Demand‑Side Grid Management program, launched in 2022, pays more than 200,000 households to export solar‑charged battery power during hot‑weather peaks. Participants like the Lipps family earn a $300 annual credit while collectively supplying over a gigawatt of clean energy—roughly...
Matrix Connects Two New Renewable Projects to Spanish Grid
Matrix Renewables has linked two new solar farms—Cruz de los Caminos and Piedra de la Sal—in Cuenca province to Spain’s national grid, adding roughly 102.5 MW of capacity. The projects bring the company’s Spanish footprint to 15 interconnected assets and a...
Matrix Connects Two New Renewable Projects to Spanish Grid
Matrix Renewables has connected two solar farms—Cruz de los Caminos (51.29 MW) and Piedra de la Sal (51.25 MW)—to Spain’s national grid, raising its Spanish portfolio to 15 projects and a combined 691 MW of capacity. Both farms will sell power under a...
Türkiye Targets First Offshore Wind Tender as 2026 Set to Be 'Year of Wind'
Turkey's Energy and Natural Resources Ministry announced its first offshore wind Renewable Energy Resource Area (YEKA) tender after completing permits for four sites. The locations—Saros Bay, Gökçeada, Bozcaada and Edremit—are intended to help the country achieve 5 GW of offshore wind...