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Under the Biden administration, the federal government gave out billions of dollars to companies looking to slash the planet-heating emissions from concrete, cement , and asphalt . Since President Donald Trump took office in January, the future of that support for low-carbon materials has been thrown into question.…... Read more

Landfills are a major problem for the climate: They’re the United States’ third-largest source of methane, a greenhouse gas that traps 80 times as much heat as carbon dioxide in the short term. Last year, the federal government was poised to start reining in these emissions: In July, the Environmental... Read more

Ground-source heat pumps, which tap into the stable temperatures found hundreds of feet beneath the Earth’s surface, are a super-efficient way to heat and cool homes . They’re also quite expensive to install in existing houses. There’s a pretty straightforward reason: It’s hard to drill in a residential…... Read more

The Environmental Protection Agency revoked an essential Clean Air Act permit last month from Atlantic Shores, an offshore wind development slated to be built off the New Jersey coast. One of the main justifications was President Donald Trump’s January executive order calling for a halt and reexamination of the…... Read more

A coalition of environmental justice advocates is pushing Illinois to become the first Midwest state to adopt California’s Advanced Clean Trucks standards designed to spur a transition to zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles over the next decade. “Air pollution is an equity issue,” Griselda Chavez, an environmental…... Read more

Want to know why EV chargers can be so hard to connect to crowded urban power grids? Just look to San Francisco’s latest public charging station, opened by startup Revel last week. At first glance, the station, Revel’s first foray outside of its home city of New York, doesn’t seem... Read more

On March 6, at the start of the still-simmering trade war between the U.S. and Canada, hydropower generator Hydro‑Québec quietly stopped exporting electricity to New England. At a time of year when Canadian hydropower typically supplies up to a tenth of New England’s power, the region has instead gone almost... Read more

When ecologist Anthony Bicknell went looking for fish around the foundations of wind turbines a dozen or so miles off the coast of Scotland in the North Sea, he wasn’t sure what he’d find. But he was ready for something surprising. Around that time, some European lobsters were catching researchers... Read more

This story was originally published by Floodlight and Barn Raiser. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on March 25 it will release previously authorized grant funds to farmers and small rural business owners to build renewable energy projects — but only if they rewrite applications to comply with President…... Read more

U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) represent the largest source of natural gas demand growth in our March 2025 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), with LNG gross exports expected to increase by 19% to 14.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2025 and by 15% to 16.4 Bcf/d in... Read more

Companies in the United States produced more uranium concentrate in 2024 than in any year since 2018 after a sustained period of higher uranium prices spurred production, according to our recently published Domestic Uranium Production Report—Quarterly. The increase largely came from two in—situ recovery facilities, one in Texas and one... Read more

Canada's propane exports have steadily increased over the last decade, reaching record highs in 2024 as new marine export terminals streamlined the flow of propane from western Canada to export destinations, particularly to Asia. U.S. propane imports from Canada have stayed relatively consistent since Canada began waterborne exports in 2019.... Read more

In 2024, U.S. natural gas consumption averaged a record 90.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) and set new winter and summer monthly records in January and July, according to data in our Natural Gas Monthly. Overall, U.S. consumption last year increased 1% (0.9 Bcf/d) from 2023. In January, natural... Read more

The United States exported 11.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2024, remaining the world’s largest LNG exporter. LNG exports from Australia and Qatar—the world’s two next-largest LNG exporters—have remained relatively stable over the last five years (2020–24); their exports have ranged from 10.2... Read more

A small but increasing amount of biodiesel in the United States is consumed in the residential, commercial, and electric power sectors, according to new estimates now published in our State Energy Data System. Previously, we allocated all U.S. biodiesel consumption to the transportation sector, where the vast majority of biodiesel... Read more

Be sure to sign into your Energy Central account (register for free here) to access this full post with the podcast recording. In a unique edition of Power Perspectives this week, we take you inside the electric utility industry’s season-defining event: DistributeTECH 2025 through the lens of the Energy Central... Read more

​Thank you for checking out the EnergyBiz Network Community Manager digest. This piece compiles important articles that concern different elements of energy commerce, such as customer care and utility management. The articles referred to in this piece are just a small smattering of the content posted on Energy Central, so make sure... Read more

In the race to develop more powerful artificial intelligence, we often celebrate breakthroughs in model capabilities, but rarely acknowledge what makes these innovations possible behind the scenes: massive amounts of energy. As large language models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok transform our digital landscape, their energy demands are skyrocketing. Today,... Read more

Gas prices (Brazil) Brazil has the particularity of being very different from competitive countries. The gas market is still essentially closed. Just look at the statistics at Natural gas prices around the world, Natural gas prices around the world, June 2024 | GlobalPetrolPrices.com A good part of the natural gas distributed... Read more

Rapid decarbonization is the purpose of the burgeoning carbon capture industry. Companies are looking at how to remove mainly CO2 from the air and water. The companies want to make it profitable.  Currently, the cost per captured ton of CO2 is prohibitive. To invent cheaper solutions, universities are coming to the... Read more

Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) play a pivotal role in modern energy infrastructure, enabling renewable integration, grid stability, and operational efficiency. To achieve optimal performance, a robust data strategy is essential, focusing on system-level Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) like Round-Trip Efficiency (RTE). These KPIs simplify performance tracking, automate data management..... Read more

Yesterday, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) released its draft 2024-2025 Transmission Plan. Thirty-one transmission upgrades are on the agenda including, the implementation of grid-enhancing technologies like advanced conductors. Most of the projects are needed to strengthen reliability, meet load growth and adapt to changing grid conditions. The plan would... Read more

As California drives toward a decarbonized and electrified future, its transmission grid must evolve to meet new challenges. The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has unveiled its 2024–2025 Transmission Plan, committing $4.8 billion to 31 crucial projects aimed at meeting growing electricity demand and integrating an expanded renewable energy mix.... Read more

A❤️456-word🧡under💛3-minute💚read I was encouraged by a recent article that summarized a new study published in the journal 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴. The study concluded that we have been underestimating the economic damage of global warming. That wasn’t the encouraging part, but two other aspects of the article were. First, accurately estimating... Read more

Here are the stories that caught my eye today. What are you reading?    Theme 1: Offshore wind roadblocks Maine offshore wind array on pause The newest hurdle for offshore wind: Trump’s EPA   Theme 2: Progress for domestic mining U.S. uranium production in 2024 was highest in six years... Read more

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming the utilities sector, from optimizing energy consumption to predicting equipment failures. Yet, as with any transformative technology, successful implementation isn’t just about the technology itself—it’s about the people who use it. For utility companies, incorporating AI into daily operations can be challenging, as it often..... Read more

‘World’s first’ dual-fuel ammonia-powered vessel arrives in the UK... Read more

Side-stepping the congestion of major data center hubs, AVAIO Capital instead chose to target "step-out geographies" boasting lower-cost land and less competition for power, according to Mark McComiskey, Founding Partner at the infrastructure investment firm. Here is a clip of McComiskey making his comments:  "We're not going to go pay... Read more

Originally published in MasterResource. The United States military has pursued an increasing number of programs to try to fight climate change for more than a decade. The air force, army, and navy each developed programs to use alternative energy and to reduce hydrocarbon-based fuels, with aggressive carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions... Read more

IMO, this bill introduces necessary public-private partnerships with NIST that would be very beneficial to industry.... Read more