Trump Issues Emergency Orders To Keep Coal Plants Running
Coal is not and never was a stranded asset. Such is the demand for electricity; Donald Trump wants every reliable generator he can get. One coal plant in Colorado was a week away from….
The Unreported Story of Grid Scale Battery Fires
The geniuses who are planning New York’s energy future think that they can make intermittent wind and solar generators work to power the electrical grid by the simple device of providing some battery storage.
The Battery Storage Delusion: Utility-Scale Batteries Are No Silver Bullet
Utility-scale lithium-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS), together with wind and solar power, are increasingly promoted as the solution to enabling a “clean” energy future.
Fancy a Model? Wait Till She Moves In
Weather-dependent power systems are beautiful in theory — capricious in practice. There is a hint of divine comedy in it all. At the very moment Australia’s power system operator delivered its plan for stress-testing…
SA must lead with collegiality at the G20
The G20 is an opportunity for coal companies to step out of the “coal closet” and show South Africans, and the world, that real sustainability begins with restoring balance and realism to climate and energy policy, writes Mike Teke….
5 Big Energy Stories – 11.19.2025: WOTUS Could Finally Die a Long-Deserved Death
Trump Admin To Wash Away Biden-Era Water Rule After Years Of Contentious Debate – Ding-dong, the WOTUS witch may finally be dead. I first wrote about…
Is it really the end of climate cancellation?
This is a guest post by Benjamin Zycher, a valued colleague of mine at the American Enterprise Institute. Ben and I agree on many things and disagree on some. I am happy to host his guest post today challenging my recent post on the “climate cops…
West’s climate spending fails to curb emissions
Why are emissions still increasing when the EU and the US spent more than $US700bn in 2024 on green investments such as solar panels, wind turbines, batteries, hydrogen, electric cars and power grids?
“Thank You For Not Coaling”
I would like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we gather and extend my respects to Elders past and present, and to the Traditional Custodians of all the lands I visit around the world.
The IEA Makes a Major Change to Its World Energy Outlook
The IEA has been forced by U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright to restore the agency’s original mission of providing accurate, reality-based data about the world’s energy picture. It has moved in that direction with its forecasts in the World Energy Outlook 2025….