PETROLEUM Refilling the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Puts a Soft Floor Under Prices The government sold off hundreds of millions of barrels from the strategic petroleum reserve in 2022, but now it’s buying back oil to refill the reserve.
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OFFSHORE WIND STARTING Massachusetts Switches On Its First Large Offshore Wind Farm Vineyard Wind is the country’s second large-scale offshore project to start producing electricity and comes at a turbulent time for the industry.
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OFFSHORE WIND STOPPING BP and Equinor Cancel Big New York Offshore Wind Project The project, known as Empire Wind 2, was expected to be installed 15 to 30 miles off the coast of Long Island.
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CLEAN ENERGY Zero-Carbon Industry: Navigating The Clean Industrial Revolution This is a core message of Zero-Carbon Industry, a new guide to the breakthrough technologies transforming the manufacturing sector and the policies that can accelerate the global transition to clean industry.
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RIGS U.S. Drilling Continues to Slow The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week by 1, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday—the…
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SEVERE WEATHER Statement on Impending Severe Cold Weather Across United States Securing fuel supplies, readying units through winterization and dispatching fuel will require prudent attention...
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ELECTRICITY DEMAND Future Electricity Demand and Energy Needs Rising Rapidly; Transmission Hurdles Impact Future Reliability Sharp increases in peak demand forecasts and the potential for higher generator retirements are raising concerns for electric reliability over the next 10 years |