The Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2026 in Manila arrived at a moment when the region’s energy systems are under unprecedented pressure. As geopolitical tensions continue to disrupt global fuel markets, artificial intelligence data centers are driving electricity demand to historic highs, and more than 400 million people across Asia … [continued]
Over the 250-year history of our nation, energy consumption has evolved from wood use in the 18th and 19th centuries to today’s use of modern renewable, hydrocarbon, and nuclear technology. In 2025, total energy used in the United States was 96 quadrillion British thermal units (quads), up 2% from 2024, but below … [continued]
Energyminer has something much better than a rendering. Its Energyfish is a small floating hydrokinetic turbine, mostly underwater, anchored in a river current, sending power to shore through a cable and feeding a land-side power box for grid-compliant electricity. It is not a dam, not a conventional run-of-river hydro plant … [continued]
Solar and wind power plants continue to grow rapidly in the United States, and coal continues to decline — despite the current federal government so heavily putting its thumb on the side of coal. Solar and wind continue to get deployed rapidly due to their pure free-market competitiveness, while the … [continued]
We briefly covered the news this month that electricity from solar power surpassed electricity from coal power in May. This is the first time the US ever got more electricity from solar than from coal across a full month. But let’s take a closer look, also sharing a great graph … [continued]
Hitachi Energy's new HVDC Light® technology is at work behind the scenes of a massive new hydropower transmission line connecting New York City to Canada (screenshot courtesy of Hitachi Energy via YouTube).
Hitachi Energy’s new HVDC Light® technology is at work behind the scenes of a massive new hydropower transmission line connecting New York City to Canada.
While the US is languishing thanks to permitting hell, the UK is looking to speed up its clean energy transition with faster grid connections for solar, wind, and battery projects. “Britain has offered grid connections to more than 700 projects, the country’s power planning body said on Wednesday, under a … [continued]
Solar power has grown to enormous levels in California, and that solar power is keeping wholesale prices low. Wind power, water power, and solar power all mean free fuel, and free fuel means low wholesale electricity prices. This is not news, but given how much people love to exclaim “California … [continued]
ChatGPT generated infographic showing the gap between Africa’s reported solar additions and module imports, where much of the real market may be hiding.
At the start of 2026, I predicted that Africa would surprise a lot of observers with solar deployment this year. That was in my 2026 energy predictions article, and the prediction was not based on one giant solar park, one government announcement, or one development bank programme. It was based … [continued]
Canada’s federal government has finally put electricity where it belongs: at the centre of the national economy. That is the most important thing about Mark Carney’s newly announced National Electricity Strategy. This is not just a climate file. It is an industrial strategy, an affordability strategy, a trade strategy, a … [continued]
