America’s new gas boom. Can the industry meet soaring demand to power AI and export LNG while keeping energy affordable at home?
Gas is back at the center of the energy debate. Surging demand for electricity to power new data centres, and growing fears about global energy security resulting from the conflict in the Middle East,...
18 Aug 1h 9min
Is the competitive power market model broken? Why changing the rules around generation could be an answer to rising electricity prices.
US electricity prices are rising at well above the general rate of inflation. The data center investment boom, by adding to electricity demand, points to further upward pressure in the future. Consume...
5 Aug 1h 8min
Is fusion power here at last? The imagined energy of the future is becoming very real right now
The old joke about nuclear fusion power is that commercial deployment is 30 years in the future: it always has been and it always will be. It may be time to retire that joke. Private fusion companies ...
20 Juli 1h 4min
Can the LA Olympics in 2028 be a catalyst for clean energy? How the games could remake transport, power and clean air in the car capital of America
Los Angeles will host the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, an event that poses formidable logistical challenges. To put it in terms that will be familiar to many Americans, it is the equivalent of s...
14 Juli 47min
Why is it so hard to build big energy projects? The barriers that obstruct new infrastructure development, and how to get past them
Whoever you ask, you are likely find broad agreement that the world needs more energy infrastructure. Whether you are worried about ensuring secure supplies, powering new data centres, or cutting gree...
7 Juli 1h 6min
The new politics of power: What's really driving up American electricity bills? And what can we do about it?
US residential electricity prices have risen by more than 40 per cent since the start of 2021, which is much faster than general inflation. Utilities requested a total of $31 billion in increased rate...
23 Juni 46min
Methane is both a problem and an opportunity: How market-based solutions can cut emissions even after climate policy has retreated
Methane is the second-most important greenhouse gas, after carbon dioxide. It has accounted for roughly 30% of human-induced global warming since the 19th century. But it is also a valued commodity, u...
15 Juni 50min
How AI is changing the natural gas industry
There are two great forces reshaping the world of energy today. The AI boom and the wave of investment in new data centres have sent power producers scrambling for generation capacity to meet soaring ...
12 Juni 43min
