CATL, BYD Join over 100 China Firms in Perovskite Solar Cell Race
More than 100 Chinese companies, including battery giant CATL and EV maker BYD, are racing to mass‑produce perovskite solar cells. The sector already boasts gigawatt‑scale production lines, such as UtmoLight’s 1.8 million‑cell annual facility and GCL Optoelectronic’s $724 million plant targeting 2 GW. Efficiency records have climbed to 18.6%, narrowing the gap with silicon technology. Japanese firms are scrambling to devise niche strategies as China’s scale threatens to dominate the emerging market.
China and Turkmenistan Cannot Get Their Gas Export Numbers Straight
Turkmenistan’s president claimed the country now ships about 40 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas to China and is working toward 65 bcm, while China’s ambassador said actual 2025 shipments were roughly 30 bcm and will stay flat this year. The gap highlights...
Range Impact Inc (RNGE) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Ranger Energy Services reported Q4 2025 revenue of $142.2 million, essentially flat year‑over‑year but up sequentially, and generated adjusted EBITDA of $20.3 million, a 14.3% margin that improved from the prior quarter. The company highlighted two strategic pillars: the integration of the...
CBAK Energy Technology Inc (CBAT) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
CBAT’s Q4 2025 earnings call outlined a flat‑production outlook for 2026 while front‑loading 60% of its annual capital expenditures into the first half of the year, preserving flexibility to accelerate drilling if market conditions improve. The company highlighted its Deep...
Prairie Operating Co (PROP) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Permian Resources Corp reported Q4 2025 results that beat its own guidance, delivering 401,500 barrels of oil equivalent per day of production and $403 million adjusted free cash flow. The company lowered drilling‑and‑completion costs to $700 per foot and reduced lease...
High Oil Prices Fuel Apac Energy Crisis as Middle East War Enters Fifth Week
Brent crude rose above $115 a barrel, up $3 over the weekend, as the Middle East war entered its fifth week. The conflict, which began on February 28 with Israeli and U.S. airstrikes in Iran, has tightened global oil supplies....
Australia: Quantum Battery Signals Ultra-Fast Energy Storage
Australia’s CSIRO, together with RMIT and the University of Melbourne, unveiled the world’s first quantum‑battery prototype that successfully demonstrated a complete charge‑store‑discharge cycle. The device uses a laser‑excited organic microcavity to store energy in quantum states, achieving theoretically faster charging...
Miliband’s Solar Panels – Are Buyers Prepared to Pay More?
A heating‑company survey of 1,000 UK adults finds that 48% of buyers would pay an average 7.61% premium for homes equipped with solar panels, with millennials willing to add 10.46%. The willingness varies by region, peaking at 11.23% in Yorkshire...
Russian Oil Tanker Arrives Off Cuba Despite U.S. Ordered Embargo
After three weeks at sea, the Russian‑flagged tanker Anatoly Kolodkin, loaded with about 730,000 barrels of crude (roughly $62 million), arrived off Cuba on March 31. Despite a Trump‑era embargo, the U.S. administration quietly permitted the ship to dock, ending Cuba’s oil...
Oil and Fertilizer Prices May Soon Have Ripple Effects on These 3 Commodities Stocks
The Strait of Hormuz blockade is pushing oil and natural‑gas prices higher, which in turn is inflating fertilizer costs. The article spotlights three commodity‑linked stocks that could benefit: CF Industries, whose North‑American gas access fuels strong earnings of $1.46 billion in...
Oil Trade Has Begun for the Week - Prices Higher
Oil markets opened the week on a bullish note, with Brent crude climbing about $2.70 to roughly $115.30 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate rising $2.35 to near $102 per barrel. The gains came as U.S. equity index futures...
U.S. Allows Russian Oil Shipment to Cuba Amid Global Energy Disruptions
The United States has authorized a Russian‑flagged tanker, the Anatoly Kolodkin, to deliver between 650,000 and 730,000 barrels of crude oil to Cuba, temporarily easing a long‑standing de facto oil blockade. The move coincides with a broader, short‑term relaxation of Russia‑related...
Cuba Is Not Alone, Deputy FM Says as US Threats Grow
Deputy Foreign Minister Josefina Vidal Ferreiro warned that Cuba will resist escalating U.S. pressure, including intensified sanctions that have crippled the island’s fuel supply and triggered widespread blackouts. The U.S. has threatened further action, with President Donald Trump suggesting Cuba...
Monday Briefing: National Cabinet’s Emergency Fuel Crisis Meeting
Australia faces a deepening petrol crisis as more than 500 service stations have run out of at least one fuel type, driving prices sharply higher. The shortage stems from the war sparked by the US and Israel in Iran and...
UK Households Urged to Do This 2-Minute Boiler Check Now or Miss Out on £325 Off Gas Bills This Summer
UK energy experts say a two‑minute boiler tweak can cut gas bills by roughly £325 (about $406) a year. By lowering the boiler’s flow temperature to around 60 °C and enabling summer mode, households keep modern condensing boilers in their most...
PetroChina Successfully Concludes "the 14th Five-Year Plan", 2025 Operating Results Remain at Historical High Levels
PetroChina reported 2025 revenue of ¥2.86 trillion (≈$401 bn) and profit attributable of ¥157.3 billion (≈$22 bn), despite a 14.6% drop in Brent prices. Free cash flow rose 15.2% to ¥120.2 billion (≈$16.8 bn) and the debt‑to‑asset ratio improved to 36.4%. The company paid a record...
Russia Was Expecting a Windfall From Soaring Oil Prices, but Relentless Ukrainian Drone Attacks Are Devastating Nearly Half Its Export...
Russia banked on a windfall after oil prices spiked when the Strait of Hormuz closed and the United States briefly eased sanctions on its crude. The surge lifted Urals prices near Brent, temporarily rescuing a revenue stream that had collapsed...
Why Africa Must Build Energy Capacity Fast
Africa still has 600 million people without electricity, and demand will surge as the population is set to double by 2050. To meet needs, the continent must increase power‑generation capacity ten‑fold by 2065 and upgrade grid infrastructure. Financing gaps are acute;...
Philippines Declares Iran War Poses 'Imminent Danger' — Now It Must Lean on Coal. Does the US Face the Same...
The Philippines declared a national energy emergency on March 24 after the Iran‑Houthi war choked oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz, slashing fuel reserves to 45 days and forcing emergency oil purchases, a crackdown on hoarding, and a rapid shift...
Bihar Planning Market Debut of Transmission Company BSPTCL: State Energy Secy
India's Bihar state government plans to list its power transmission arm, Bihar State Power Transmission Company Ltd (BSPTCL), on the NSE, making it the first state‑owned transmission utility to go public. The IPO will fund a ₹16,194 crore (≈$1.95 billion) transmission expansion...
Engineering Firms Will 'Clean Up' After the Bombs Stop Falling
U.S. and Israeli strikes have severely damaged more than 40 oil and gas assets across nine Middle Eastern countries, prompting a looming reconstruction boom. The International Energy Agency likens the fallout to the 1970s oil shocks combined with the Russia‑Ukraine...
Trump’s Criminal Regime Goes After Electric School Bus Money
The EPA has cancelled the 2024 rebate round of the Clean School Bus Program, leaving roughly $2.3 billion in funding still available. Although the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law mandates that at least 50 percent of those funds support zero‑emission vehicles, the agency is...
California’s Hydrogen Infrastructure Collapse Proves What We’ve Known All Along
A February 24 explosion at a hydrogen trailer yard in Colton killed one technician and injured another, prompting an immediate halt to compressed‑hydrogen truck operations across California. Safety protocols forced the withdrawal of all such trucks, freezing the state’s gaseous supply...
Entergy: Meta Deal Exemplifies Its Strong Growth Profile (Rating Downgrade)
Entergy’s shares have surged more than 30% over the past year as data‑center demand fuels a robust capital‑expenditure cycle. The company secured a power‑purchase agreement with Meta that adds 5.2 GW of new capacity while transferring construction risk to the tech...
Energy Policy Support And Its Fiscal Price
Governments worldwide are intervening in the latest energy price shock with subsidies, price caps, and cash transfers, pushing costs onto public finances. In Asia, where energy and food make up half of inflation baskets, measures range from Philippines cash aid...
Jharkhand's GOBARdhan Scheme: Boosting Rural Income, Cleanliness, and Biogas Production
Jharkhand’s GOBARdhan scheme, part of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) 2.0, has installed 44 biogas plants across 24 districts, directly benefiting 745 rural families. The plants convert cattle dung into cooking gas and organic manure, cutting reliance on firewood and...
LPG Stock with Oil Cos Dipping in Vidarbha Cities
LPG inventories across Vidarbha’s PSU oil firms have plunged, with HPCL and BPCL holding less than a day’s worth of cylinders and IOCL slightly better at 1.4 days plus three days of inbound supply. Panic buying has kept demand robust,...
Arunachal Opens Biogas Plant to Switch From LPG
Arunachal Pradesh inaugurated a 30‑cubic‑metre biogas plant at the Central Cattle Breeding Farm in Nirjuli, converting daily cow‑dung output into clean cooking fuel. The two‑unit system processes 5‑6 quintals of manure each day, supplying biogas to the farm’s residential quarters and...
PM Modi Highlights Success of PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana; Solar Panels Transform Lives, Economy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the rapid expansion of the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, a scheme launched in February 2024 that subsidises up to 40 percent of rooftop solar installations for 1 crore households. He cited success stories from Gujarat,...
What I Will Do with Petrol Subsidy if Elected in 2027 – Presidential Aspirant
Presidential aspirant Faduri Oluwadamilare Joseph of the National Rescue Movement announced he will reinstate Nigeria’s petrol subsidy if elected in 2027. He criticized the 2023 removal under President Bola Tinubu as poorly planned and favoring the wealthy, causing hardship for...
PetroChina Profit Drops on Lower Oil Cost, Weak Fuel Demand
PetroChina reported a net profit of 157.3 billion yuan ($22.8 billion) for 2025, a 4.5% decline from the prior year as Brent crude fell to about $68 a barrel, 15% lower YoY. Despite weaker oil prices, the company’s natural‑gas segment lifted operating...
India Sends 38,000 MT Petroleum to Sri Lanka Amid Global Energy Crisis
India shipped 38,000 metric tonnes of petroleum—20,000 tonnes of diesel and 18,000 tonnes of petrol—to Sri Lanka after a call between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Anura Kumara Disanayaka. The shipment arrived in Colombo on 28 March 2026, providing...
Solar Is Winning the Energy Race
Since 2000, solar has outpaced all energy sources, rising from 228 GW in 2015 to an estimated 2,919 GW in 2025, now providing about 10% of global electricity. China leads with roughly 1,300 GW and dominates panel manufacturing, while the EU and the...
Santos Steps up for Australia’s Energy Security Amid Middle East War
Australian independent oil producer Santos is accelerating crude deliveries to support domestic refining amid the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which has disrupted over 20% of global seaborne oil and LNG trade. The company reshaped a 575,000‑barrel Cooper Basin...
Coastal Fuel Storage Facilities in Visayas, Mindanao a Must, Says Libanan
House Minority Leader Marcelino “Nonoy” Libanan called on the state‑owned Philippine National Oil Co. (PNOC) to develop coastal petroleum storage facilities in the Visayas and Mindanao, citing the current global fuel crisis triggered by the U.S.–Israeli war on Iran. He...
Reliance SEZ Export Duty Clarity Key Under India's Fuel Tax Rejig: Analysts
India introduced export duties of about $0.26 per litre on diesel and $0.36 per litre on aviation turbine fuel, while cutting excise duty on petrol and diesel by roughly $0.12 per litre. The new regime leaves the status of Reliance...
NSE to Introduce Dated Brent Crude Oil Futures Contract From Apr 13
The National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) will launch Dated Brent Crude Oil (Platts) futures on April 13, 2026, after receiving SEBI approval. The contract will be cash‑settled, with monthly settlement based on the simple average of Platts Dated Brent...
PM-KUSUM 2.0 Must Address the Overdependence on State Procurement
India’s PM‑KUSUM scheme has installed over 1 million solar irrigation pumps, proving that decentralized renewable energy can scale in agriculture. The current tender‑driven, state‑led procurement model, however, creates episodic demand spikes and leaves manufacturers and farmers waiting for the next tender...
Balcony Solar Is Spreading Across The US
The plug‑in balcony solar market, pioneered in Ukraine and exploded in Germany, is now entering the United States as households seek portable, low‑cost renewable power. German installations topped one million units in 2023‑24, spurring Enphase to launch a dedicated IQ...
Some Areas in Metro Manila, Cavite, Bulacan to Have Power Interruptions Due to Maintenance Works
Meralco announced scheduled power interruptions from March 30 to April 1 across parts of Metro Manila, Cavite and Bulacan as it conducts maintenance, line reconductoring, pole replacement and facility relocations. Outages affect residential and commercial districts in Imus, Malabon, Pasig, Makati, Muntinlupa...
MONEY THOUGHTS: Curbing, Capping and Curtailing Lifestyle Creep
The escalating Iranian conflict has pushed crude oil prices above $100 per barrel and raised the specter of a Strait of Hormuz closure, which could choke one‑fifth of global oil flow. Such a supply shock would amplify fuel costs, trigger...
Drillers See Triple-Digit Crude and Hit the Brakes
Brent crude has surged past $100 a barrel and WTI topped $90, creating a price environment that comfortably exceeds shale breakeven levels. Yet U.S. oil drillers remain hesitant, citing the ongoing Middle East conflict as a major obstacle to investment...
Bulgaria Unveils €100mn Package to Curb Impact of Rising Oil Prices
Bulgaria's caretaker government announced a €100 million (~$108 million) package to mitigate the impact of soaring oil prices, which have risen up to 24% since the Iran war. The plan includes a 50% electricity cost compensation for businesses when prices exceed €122/MWh...
Kemi Badenoch to Call for Oil Drilling to Be Maximised
UK Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch is launching a "get Britain drilling" campaign that proposes ending the moratorium on new oil and gas licences, scrapping the windfall tax on energy profits, and boosting financial support for the fossil‑fuel sector. She argues...
Estonia to Fortify Grid with Concrete Shielding After Drone Hits Power Plant
Estonia’s transmission operator Elering will install concrete shielding around critical grid components after a drone struck the Auvere power plant’s chimney on March 25. The attack, likely originating from a Ukrainian‑run operation, highlighted the vulnerability of above‑ground infrastructure near the Russian...
LNG Won’t Shield Hawaiʻi From the Next Energy Crisis
Hawaii’s recent HSEO study claimed an interim shift to LNG could lower costs and emissions, estimating a $150 million net present value and $10.2 /MWh savings. The analysis, however, excluded fuel‑price volatility and assumes LNG prices stay within a tight 10 % margin—an...
Is It Time for Energy Rationing to Return?
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has urged governments and consumers to slash energy use as the U.S.–Israeli attack on Iran fuels the biggest oil disruption in history, with the Strait of Hormuz closed for weeks. To blunt price spikes, the...
An Update On Electric Vehicle Batteries And Innovations In The Sector
President Trump-backed Congress eliminated the $7,500 federal EV tax credit, triggering an early sales slump, but the ongoing US‑Israel conflict with Iran has revived consumer interest in electric vehicles. At the same time, battery innovators such as BYD and Volvo...
Robinsons Land Expands Renewable Energy Use Across Office Portfolio
Robinsons Land has transitioned 15 of its office buildings in Metro Manila to 100% renewable energy, covering roughly 650,000 square meters of gross leasable space. The shift, completed through a partnership with MPower, a Meralco retail electricity provider, began in...
New Real Estate Investment Under Attack: Battery Storage
Staten Island Councilman Frank Morano introduced a bill demanding live data feeds and annual independent inspections for large outdoor battery storage facilities, arguing existing FDNY oversight is insufficient. The proposal comes as New York City’s fire department already enforces rigorous...