The taps of Karnataka's biggest hydro engine just got shut. Not for maintenance. Not for an upgrade. Because there simply isn't enough water left to spin the turbines. **Linganamakki dam** — t...
Picture this. The **highest battlefield on Earth**. 12,000 feet up. Temperatures that crash to **-50°C**. Snowfall measured in *meters*, not centimeters. And for decades… the lights here ran on o...
India just pulled off something most people didn't notice. A quiet fuel revolution. From April 1, 2026, every petrol pump across the country has been pouring **E20** — petrol blended with **20% etha...
India just did something nobody else on the planet has done. Not China. Not the US. Not Europe. At a quiet coastal town called **Kalpakkam**, India switched on the world's *first* hydrogen plant...
China just dropped its new five-year energy plan. And the headline number is the kind that makes the rest of the world pause mid-sip. ☕ **Half of all electricity from non-fossil sources by 2030.** ...
Munich. Intersolar Europe 2026. The biggest energy show on the continent. And one Chinese player just made the loudest move in the room. ⚡ Meet **ZOE Energy Storage**. A BNEF Tier 1 company. ...
Two earthquakes. Seconds apart. 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude. The strongest tremors Venezuela has felt in **over 125 years**. Buildings collapsed in Caracas on the evening of June 24. But thousands of...
Your electricity bill just got an unexpected challenger. And it's not coming from a utility. It's coming from a battery sitting inside someone's garage. Meet **Base Power** — the energy startup...
Kerala's lights run on rain. And right now… the rain isn't showing up. The **Idukki dam** — the beating heart of Kerala's power grid — has dropped to just **24% storage**. Last year, this same ...
It's Friday in Hyderabad. The Old City is about to swell with lakhs of mourners. Flags. Alams. Elephants. A 400-year-old tradition walking down the same lanes it has for centuries. And somewhere ...
Two tiny coastal Karnataka villages just pulled off something most cities still can't. They out-solared everyone around them. ☀️ And now they're walking away with **₹1 crore each**. Meet the winn...
First the UAE walked out. Now Iraq is rattling the same door. And suddenly, the most powerful oil cartel on Earth is looking… *fragile*. --- ## 🛢️ The threat that just shook OPEC Iraq — OP...
For seven long years, the door was shut. India stopped buying Iranian crude in **2019**. U.S. sanctions made it too risky to touch. Then Thursday happened. In Gurugram, on the sidelines of the...
California residents served by Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) are grappling with conflicting reports regarding their utility bills, with a recent tweet from "California Post" asserting that "PG&E bills...
For four months, India's restaurants, dhabas and hotels were running on fumes. Literally. The Strait of Hormuz — that narrow stretch of water carrying *one-fifth of the world's fuel* — got slamm...
A quiet factory in **Baddi, Himachal Pradesh** just changed the math of India's solar story. Jupiter International flipped the switch on a brand-new **1.25 GW TOPCon solar cell line**. Price tag: **...
Imagine running the world's third-largest power grid… and the weather just refuses to cooperate. That's the spot **Grid India** is in right now. On June 10, it quietly sent out an advisory that sa...
Imagine running a small shop in Chandigarh. You use **100 units** of electricity. But your bill quietly shows **117**. No extra fan. No extra light. No extra anything. Just… math. *A formul...
India just cranked its AC to maximum. And the grid felt every degree of it. On **May 21, 2026**, peak power demand smashed through the roof — **270.73 GW**. A new all-time record. Four back-to-...
Seven years ago, India quietly pulled the plug on one of its biggest oil suppliers. Not by choice. By pressure. This week, that story may be getting a sequel. Iranian Oil Minister **Mohsen...
Two months ago, oil traders were panicking. Brent was screaming toward **$120 a barrel**. Tankers were stuck. Missiles were flying. The Strait of Hormuz — the world's most important oil chokepoint —...
Forget lithium for a second. The world just quietly crossed a massive clean-energy milestone. **200 gigawatts of "water batteries."** 💧⚡ No headlines. No hype cycles. No Elon tweets. Just dams…...
Imagine checking your phone and seeing a video of ants swarming a car’s fuel tank. Or a voiceover claiming your local gas station is dumping raw sugarcane juice straight into your petrol. Over the p...
Sunday night. Qatar's coast. A sudden roar tears through **Ras Laffan Industrial City** — the world's largest LNG export hub. By Monday morning, the toll lands hard. **13 dead. 66 injured. 12 of the...
For three months, the world watched the **Strait of Hormuz** go dark. A fifth of global oil and LNG. Gone. Brent crude rocketed toward **$120 a barrel**. And then… the *real* lesson hit. The c...
A loud boom rolls across Doha on a quiet Sunday evening. Windows rattle. Phones light up. Group chats explode. *Something just happened up north.* That "something" was an explosion at one of the ...
San Francisco's new electrification mandate, set to take effect on July 1, is drawing attention to the significant challenges property owners may face with electrical panel upgrades, particularly conc...
Washington, D.C. – Ian Banks, Director of Science and Innovation at the Foundation for American Innovation (FAI), expressed enthusiasm for his participation on the second day of the Energy Imperatives...
Washington, D.C. – The Energy Imperatives Summit, co-hosted by American Affairs, the American Conservation Coalition, and the Foundation for American Innovation, commenced on June 9, 2026, at the Capi...
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is set to take action by June 2026 on its Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANOPR) concerning the interconnection of large loads, such as data cent...
Everett, Washington – Helion Energy, a fusion energy company, announced it has successfully closed its Series G funding round, raising $465 million. This latest investment, led by Thrive Capital, prop...
Global oil inventories have plummeted to 7.9 billion barrels as of April 2026, marking a record-setting draw of 117 million barrels in April alone, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). ...
Washington, D.C. – The second annual Energy Imperatives Summit is set to convene over 450 attendees, including members of Congress, agency heads, and industry leaders, for two days of policy-dense pro...
New Jersey's efforts to price carbon emissions are reportedly "backfiring" due to a phenomenon known as "carbon leakage" from neighboring Pennsylvania, according to an analysis by Bloomberg Opinion co...
Australia's burgeoning community of battery enthusiasts is providing a crucial model for managing the next phase of the global energy transition, according to a recent analysis by Bloomberg Opinion co...
Texas's power grid is confronting an unprecedented challenge as interconnection requests for new projects, largely driven by a surge in data centers, have soared to over 400 gigawatts (GW), dramatical...
**Washington D.C. –** The farm lobby is actively advocating for significant tax credits to incentivize the production of renewable natural gas (RNG) derived from dairy and corn, a move that could resh...
The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly passed the Accelerating Deployment of Versatile, Advanced Nuclear for Clean Energy (ADVANCE) Act with an 88-2 vote, a significant bipartisan legislative achievement ...
Ontario has entered a cost-sharing agreement of up to $300 million with Bruce Power, aiming to advance a significant expansion at its Kincardine nuclear site that could establish it as the world's lar...
Texas's unique electricity market design is proving fundamentally more conducive to the rapid development of low-cost clean energy, according to clean energy expert Ramez Naam. This market framework, ...
Texas has significantly increased its clean energy output, with recent data indicating it is outpacing California in the sheer volume of clean power generated. This development has drawn attention to ...
Beijing's long-standing strategy of securing discounted crude oil from sanctioned nations like Iran and Venezuela, often outside the traditional dollar-denominated financial system, is reportedly faci...
Europe's electricity markets are significantly calmer in 2026 compared to the tumultuous period of 2022, when "ruinously high electricity bills became the defining image" of the energy crisis. This as...
**Beijing, China** – China has significantly surpassed its renewable energy targets, achieving its 2030 goal for wind and solar power capacity a remarkable six years ahead of schedule. The nation's co...
The LNG carrier Mubaraz, owned by the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), has successfully transited the Strait of Hormuz, marking the first confirmed passage of a fully loaded liquefied natural g...
A recent social media post by analyst Ross Hendricks has ignited discussion within the energy sector, predicting a significant shift in the global crude oil market where West Texas Intermediate (WTI) ...
**El Segundo, CA** – Valar Atomics, a prominent hard tech company based in El Segundo, California, has announced an aggressive recruitment drive, seeking a "new crop of henchmen to be the frontline tr...
The global oil market is experiencing a significant divergence between physical crude prices and futures contracts, with physical barrels trading at a substantial premium. Social media user Trinh enca...
Global oil markets are experiencing a pronounced bullish sentiment, driven by persistent demand growth forecasts from major energy organizations and ongoing supply constraints. This outlook is reflect...
