Hydrogen is often promoted as a clean and efficient energy carrier, but its real-world efficiency is frequently overstated. Proponents of hydrogen fuel cells highlight their conversion efficiencies of 50–60%, comparing them favorably to internal combustion engines (ICEs). However, this selective framing ignores the full energy pathway, from hydrogen production to … [continued]
Chris Wright, the newly appointed U.S. Secretary of Energy, has wasted no time in making his stance on energy policy clear. In his first major international speech at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) Conference in London, he framed net-zero as an economic disaster and defended fossil fuel expansion. But … [continued]
The Trump administration’s latest round of tariffs is drawing scrutiny, but the real concern isn’t just the cost of Chinese EVs—it’s the impact on the materials those tariffs affect. Nickel, cobalt, and platinum-group elements (PGEs) are indispensable to the U.S. economy, yet the country is overwhelmingly reliant on imports, often … [continued]
Definitions for “efficiency” vary depending on the context of energy discussions. Opinions range widely. Which is more efficient for a nation: renewables or fossil fuels? For advocates of fossil fuel power, global primary energy consumption hit historic highs in 2023, the hottest year on record, with oil and coal dominating … [continued]
Electricity generators plan to retire 12.3 gigawatts (GW) of capacity in 2025, a 65% increase in retirements compared with 2024. Last year, 7.5 GW was retired from the U.S. power grid, the least generation retired since 2011, according to data reported to us in our latest inventory of electric generators. Coal … [continued]
US tariffs have been a wake up call for Canada, which is putting up $35 billion to promote two oil pipelines. It needs to think smarter.
One of the big arguments anti-EV and anti-cleantech people in the United States make is that fossil fuels make America stronger. Instead of focusing on intermittent and unreliable energy sources, they say, we should focus on “drill, baby, drill!” policies that make the United States an energy powerhouse. Not only … [continued]
After the first three weeks that Trump 2.0 has been unfolding, with a mix of absurd ego, drill baby drill, radical loyalty requirements, elimination of soft power, purging of ‘enemies’ and devastation of science, it’s worth asking what the foreign policy tea leaves suggest for clean technology globally. It’s actually … [continued]
The promise was simple. All those pesky regulations, limitations, and outright bans that were imposed on fossil fuel companies would be lifted by the mighty pen of President Donald Trump, allowing them to finally produce as much as they materially could — environment be damned — and, by virtue of … [continued]
Hydrogen’s hoped for role in aviation dates back to the mid-20th century, when researchers began exploring its potential as an alternative to conventional jet fuel. In 1957, engineers at Lockheed and Boeing investigated hydrogen propulsion as part of Cold War efforts to develop high-altitude, long-endurance aircraft. In 1959, a modified … [continued]
