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Market Analysis

Tesla Advertises for Solar, Energy Storage Staff in China

​Tesla Inc has advertised for solar and energy storage project managers in China, as the U.S. electric vehicle maker moves to expand its energy business into t…

Solar Power Plant

Fla. PSC Approves FPL's 1.49-GW Community Solar Program

Florida utility regulators on March 3 unanimously approved Florida Power & Light Co.'s SolarTogether initiative to build the largest community solar program in …

Offshore Wind Power

Developer to Open Hub to Grow U.S. Offshore Wind Industry

An offshore wind developer is opening a hub in Providence that its executives hope will help accelerate the takeoff of the industry in the United States.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Arctic Oil Drilling Plan Coming Soon, U.S. Interior Chief Says

The Trump administration is moving to sell drilling rights in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Interior Secretary David Bernhardt said Saturday.

U.S. Senators Unveil bill to Support Renewable and Nuclear Power

The top two senators on the U.S. Senate energy committee unveiled a bipartisan energy legislation package on Thursday that would support renewable energy.

Wind Power Now US’s Most-Used Renewable Energy Source

In 2019, annual wind generation in the U.S. exceeded hydroelectric generation for the first time, with wind power the country’s top renewable power source, the…

Shale Gas

Saudi Aramco Launches Largest Shale Gas Development Outside U.S.

Saudi Aramco is launching the biggest shale gas development outside of the United States to boost domestic gas supply and end the burning of oil at its power ge…

Crude

Libyan Oil Chairman Calls On U.S. To Help End Oil Blockade

The United States should step in and help lift the blockade of Libyan oil ports that has decimated the country’s oil production, the chairman of the National O…

Coal Mine

47GW of U.S. Coal Capacity to be Uneconomic by 2024

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC sees a $64 billion spending opportunity on top of double-digit earnings accretion for more than a dozen utilities that decide to retire…

Energy Storage Battery

Tesla's Cheap Home Batteries Set to Upend Utility Business

Prices for home power-storage batteries look likely to fall in Japan as U.S. electric car maker Tesla moves to offer its Powerwall batteries here, with major im…

Supercomputers to Aid GE Research in Gas Turbine Design

If you had access to the world’s #1 supercomputer, what would you do? Figure out whatever happened to the legendary PROMIS software developed for the U.S. Depa…

Trump's Agriculture Department Announces 30% Biofuel Goal for 2050

The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday announced a goal for biofuels to make up 30% of U.S. transportation fuels by 2050, a move that could bolster an i…

Oil & Gas Trade

Sanctions on Rosneft Unit Threaten Venezuela’s Vital Oil Trade

U.S. sanctions on Rosneft Trading SA threaten to hit Venezuela’s ability to export oil, choking off the main source of cash for Nicolas Maduro’s regime and po…

Energy Storage Battery

The Future Of Battery Energy Storage Is Upon Us

It was announced in January by U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and is a comprehensive program to accelerate the development of next-generation energy s…

Energy storage technology

Can The U.S. Compete With China In The Energy Storage Race?

Last year Oilprice reported that the energy storage industry was about to explode in China. We wrote that “China is set to become the single biggest energy sto…