By Aaron Larson, Power (Feb. 1, 2022) – There are a lot of changes taking place in the world’s energy supplies. We seem to read announcements almost every day about coal plant retirements, and solar and wind farm installations. Yet, when you look […]
By Herman K. Trabish, Utility Dive (April 11, 2022) – Industry and resource provider responses in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proceeding this February on U.S. power system supply-demand uncertainties revealed two important things about the nation’s accelerating energy transition. […]
By Jael Holzman and Emma Dumain, E&E News (Feb. 1, 2022) – As the prospects for coal continue to darken, states that were once the lifeblood of America’s coal mining industry are now tying their economies to the production of […]
By Daniel Yergin, contributor to The Atlantic (Nov. 27, 2021) – To appreciate the complexities of the competing demands between climate action and the continued need for energy, consider the story of an award—one that the recipient very much did […]
By Ben Geman, Axios Climate isn’t top of mind for the electorate in the 2020 presidential race, but Pew Research Center polling also signals how the topic is likely to surface in the months ahead. Why it matters: Joe Biden has tethered his proposed low-carbon energy and […]
By Nick Reynolds, Casper Star-Tribune CHEYENNE – U.S. Attorney General William Barr said he would look into stalled joint venture between two of Wyoming’s largest coal operators after meeting with Gov. Mark Gordon on Thursday morning. The joint venture between Arch Coal […]
By David Stanway, Reuters China built more than half of the world’s new coal-fired power plants this year and accounted for 90% of new planned capacity, a study showed on Monday, with Beijing still commissioning new projects even as capacity worldwide […]
By Meghan Gordon, S&P Global Platts Washington — The potential for energy projects to secure quicker permitting and face fewer court challenges as promised by the Trump administration’s rewriting of a bedrock US environmental policy may ultimately depend on the outcome of […]
By Sonal Patel, POWER Despite uncertainties posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) again expects to shatter its peak demand record this summer. Factoring in changes to its generation profile, extreme weather, and low wind […]
By Dean Scott, Bloomberg Law The U.S. and other nations will need to mount a massive effort to capture and store carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants because coal will remain a dominant source of global energy use through 2050, […]
