Energy

The sprawling solar and wind energy plant will generate enough electricity to power 16 million homes in India.

TerraPower CEO Chris Levesque told The Financial Times it plans to start work on a site in Wyoming in June even if it hasn't got a permit by then.

The fireball blast has seized national attention in China, and attracted controversy after frontline staff were seen pushing local reporters away.

China is opening a battery plant in Michigan. Locals say it's a plot to overthrow America.

An average US household is using around 29 kilowatt-hours of electricity while ChatGPT is using more than half a million, The New Yorker reported.

Russia — an energy giant — has managed to circumvent Western sanctions, most recently by activating a price-floor mechanism.

There's a massive reservoir of hydrogen buried deep within an Albanian mine that could be a key source of clean energy.

The well leak, which lasted from June to December 2023, is estimated to have released 140,000 tons of methane into Earth's atmosphere.

The vibecession is over: Americans are suddenly much more confident that the economy is doing better and less scared of a recession.

Aliko Dangote, founder of the Dangote Group, wants to help oil-rich Nigeria to reduce fuel imports and become self-sufficient.

Iran-backed Houthi rebels targeted a Panama-flagged tanker transporting Russian oil last week, likely "mistakenly," according to a UK security firm.

Russian oil cargoes typically sail through the Red Sea before reaching India and this remains the preferred route, per S&P.

Oil buyers are choosing to not reroute ships from the Red Sea, but to buy from the US instead, according to an analyst.

The sudden slowdown in electric car sales is a symptom of a much uglier problem.

Europe's share of Russian oil and petroleum exports has fallen to 4% to 5% from nearly half.

The world added renewable energy at breakneck speed in 2023, a trend that if amplified should help Earth prevent severe warming and its effects.

A Rosneft unit selling Sokol oil in Russia hasn't been able to open a bank account in the UAE to accept dirham payments.

Biden administration officials estimate the hydrogen production credits can deliver $140 billion in revenue and 700,000 jobs by 2030.

The first new American reactors built from scratch in decades can each can power 500,000 homes and businesses without releasing any carbon.

BP's ex-CEO Bernard Looney will lose more than $40 million in compensation after the board said he'd committed "serious misconduct."

Texas regulators documented startling amounts of benzene in Channelview, near Houston. Instead of solving the problem, they allowed a benzene polluter to expand.

The boom in solar panels means people can sell their renewable energy to others instead of relying on large utilities.

The Shidaowan reactor isn't the world's most powerful by far, but it comes with a new capability that solves a massive problem for China.

The UAE reportedly planned to discuss liquefied natural gas projects with Chinese delegates.

Finns were told to curtail sauna usage as energy prices spiked due to the war in Ukraine. Tomorrow, they may be paid to sweat after a huge electricity bid mistake cut prices nationwide.

Texas turns out to be the king of clean energy. But it may be about to lose the crown.

Donald Trump is reminding oil and gas executives that he weakened key environmental regulations and opened up drilling on public land.

A boom in nuclear energy has triggered soaring demand for uranium, pushing prices sharply higher amid a global push to reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

A majority of Americans may be paying less to heat their homes this winter compared to last winter.

Hydrogen energy could help the climate crisis. President Biden is pouring up to $7 billion into hydrogen hubs around the country. The goal is to spur production of "clean" hydrogen.

President Biden announced a $3.5 billion project to strengthen the US power grid by moving to renewables and fortifying it against natural disasters.

Nearly half of all Americans don't view climate change as a major threat. Can a better marketing job persuade them to save the planet?

Global carbon emissions are on track to rise through 2050, which could add a trillion more tons of CO2 to the atmosphere and threaten millions of lives.

Israeli natural gas from the Tamar offshore gas platform is exported to Egypt where it is turned into LNG and then shipped to Europe.

Welcome to America's greased-pig economy. Efforts to control inflation are failing, and it could result in consumer pain and a stock market crash.

Bernard Looney abruptly resigned from BP this week after admitting he failed to disclose relationships with colleagues at the oil giant.

Some of these attacks can be traced to right-wing extremism, and one expert says there have been spikes during the 2020 and 2022 election seasons.

Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm's road trip highlighted a major problem in the push for more electric cars: There are still not enough chargers.

But as the record-breaking extreme heat continues into September and renewable energy decreases, Texas is scrambling to reduce consumption.

Prices spiked because oil giants Saudi Arabia and Russia said they plan to extend the production cuts of 1.3 million barrels a day through December.

The lithium-ion batteries used in electric cars are marred by child labor and environmental concerns. Some say plain old sand is the solution.

The bloc is on track to import record volumes of Russian LNG this year to make up for lost piped gas.

Catastrophic fires and killer storms have jacked up the price of home insurance by 200% — and the financial turmoil is just getting started.

Ecuador voters decide on August 20 whether drilling will continue in an oil-rich area of the Amazon.

For the second time, scientists have taken one significant step forward toward a future that runs on clean, sustainable nuclear fusion-powered energy.

Stephanie Pullman died in 2018 after her power was shut off. Even today, advocates say her memory is a warning. Phoenix has hit 110 every day in July.

Strauss levied communist accusations against physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer after years of disagreement over the construction of thermonuclear weapons.