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The cost of going green is about to become more expensive as polysilicon prices are erupting and will likely remain elevated due to factory shutdowns in…
Ever since the arrival of the ESG craze, we have discussed the change in "optics" that Exxon has been trying to pull off in order…
While electric vehicles are undoubtedly the future, the question of whether or not our power grid is also ready for the "future" has started to surface. Especially…
The United Kingdom could be ready to officially put nuclear power back on the map. That's because UK ministers are planning on putting nuclear power…
Coal shortages are currently causing electricity supply problems in two major coal-using economies, India and China. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz notes, shortages are happening because economic activity…
It looks as though Finland is starting to come back around to the idea of nuclear power - and that they plan on taking their…
Delta Air Lines Inc. delivered a profit in the third quarter but warned soaring jet fuel prices might result in an unprofitable fourth quarter. Since August, spot…
Beijing said on Tuesday it would allow price fluctuations of power derived from coal-fired plants to improve the country's power market as shortfalls in power…
As EV owners are starting to, unfortunately, learn, electricity to power your "green" vehicles has to come from somewhere. This is a tough dose of…
Russia's natural gas giant, Gazprom, raised its 2021 price guidance for natural gas exports, while signaling caution on volumes it could ship, as Europe’s energy…
China's energy crunch has resulted in power rationing in more than half of the provinces and affected the world's biggest production base for electronic gadgets…
Several weeks after Beijing's seemingly final ban in a long series of crackdowns on bitcoin trading, when the PBOC said that all crypto-related transactions are…
Coal supply shortages in Asia and Europe are pushing prices for the dirtiest fossil fuel to record highs and have become a challenge for US…
Last week, British Army personnel were on standby as service station pumps ran dry across the country, forcing vendors to ration sales as a shortage of truck…
Global central bankers have been out and about continuing to promote a narrative that inflation is "transitory." We've seen it from the likes of Powell,…
Just one week ago, we highlighted the first victim of the latest "rogue wave" in global natural gas markets. As Miami-based Statar Capital gave up its "hefty gains" from…
China is officially panicking. Now that the global energy crisis has slammed China's economy, leading to the first contractionary PMI since March 2020 as a…
Europe's energy crisis is not contained to natural gas, and as we've discussed in the last five days, a "winter of discontent" is quickly emerging…
Just yesterday we warned that a "Power Supply Shock Looms" as the energy crisis gripping Europe - and especially the UK - was set to…
Compounding the ongoing UK energy crisis is BP plc, a multinational oil and gas company, which said it plans to restrict deliveries of gasoline and…