At 106 GW, gas-fired generation leads PJM’s newly reopened interconnection queue
More than 800 generating projects totaling 220 GW have entered the PJM Interconnection’s reformed interconnection process, the grid operator said Wednesday.
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Opinion: OPEC+ crude output boost is symbolic, but it still matters
LAUNCESTON, Australia, May 4 (Reuters) - It's easy to dismiss the agreement by the seven remaining members of the OPEC+ group of crude oil exporters to increase output for a third straight month in June as merely symbolic.
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Opinion: Operation Epic Fury is highlighting the utter brilliance of ‘Drill, baby, drill’
It’s not 1973 anymore, and that’s a very good thing for the United States. Back then, the United States imported more than a third of its oil, much of it from the Middle East — and it paid the price. Now, it’s in a transformed position.
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Opinion: California’s Climate Overreach
Even if the most dire climate scenarios are accurate, and humanity must transition away from fossil fuel, it can’t happen overnight. The rational approach is to first develop alternative sources of energy without precipitously destroying the industries that reliably produce oil and natural gas. Once…
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Opinion: EARTH DAY: Three big signs the climate movement is running out of gas
Former White House chief of staff (and potential 2028 presidential hopeful) Rahm Emanuel is associated with the phrase: "You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." His point was parlaying voters’ short-term anxiety into long-term political gain.
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Oil Hits Wartime High Above $120 a Barrel as Standoff Shows No End in Sight
Oil prices hit a fresh wartime high on Thursday, surging above $120 a barrel before pulling back in volatile trading on concerns that the war in Iran could escalate, leading to a longer disruption of fuel supplies from the Middle East.
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Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs
Tech companies, including Microsoft and Meta, have been falling in love with natural gas lately, rushing to build power plants fed by the fossil fuel to drive their data centers. But their embrace might be a little too tight — the cost to build one of the…
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Bills to repeal Michigan’s clean energy mandate advanced by GOP-controlled House committee
The full Michigan House of Representatives will now consider two bills rolling back the state’s recently imposed clean energy mandate laws, which included a goal of a 100% clean energy standard.
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Iran may have oil options to drag things out
Iran has more cards to play to avoid the U.S. blockade halting its oil output — at least for now, analysts say.
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United Arab Emirates Says It Will Leave OPEC in Blow to Oil Cartel
The United Arab Emirates will next month leave OPEC, a cartel of oil-producing countries, its government said on Tuesday, a decision that will weaken the group's influence over global energy markets.
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