Global Coal Demand Hits Record High in 2024
Global coal demand hit a record 8.77 billion tons in 2024, driven by power sector growth in China (4.9 billion tons) and India (1.3 billion tons), while the EU and US saw slower declines; production also hit a record high exceeding 9 billion tons.
Global Coal Demand Hits Record High in 2024
Global coal demand hit a record 8.77 billion tons in 2024, driven by power sector growth in China (4.9 billion tons) and India (1.3 billion tons), while the EU and US saw slower declines; production also hit a record high exceeding 9 billion tons.
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20% Bias Score
Spain Embraces DIY Balcony Solar Panels, Reducing Energy Bills and Dependence
Spain's adoption of DIY balcony solar panels is rapidly increasing, offering significant cost savings (up to 30% reduction in electricity bills) and energy independence, particularly beneficial in apartment-heavy urban areas where roof installations require complex approvals.
Spain Embraces DIY Balcony Solar Panels, Reducing Energy Bills and Dependence
Spain's adoption of DIY balcony solar panels is rapidly increasing, offering significant cost savings (up to 30% reduction in electricity bills) and energy independence, particularly beneficial in apartment-heavy urban areas where roof installations require complex approvals.
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36% Bias Score
Trump's Tariff Threat: US-Mexico Energy Trade at Risk
President Trump's potential second term plans include a 25% tariff on all Mexican and Canadian imports, including crude oil and natural gas, potentially disrupting the nearly $70 billion US-Mexico energy trade in 2023, a sharp departure from past trade practices.
Trump's Tariff Threat: US-Mexico Energy Trade at Risk
President Trump's potential second term plans include a 25% tariff on all Mexican and Canadian imports, including crude oil and natural gas, potentially disrupting the nearly $70 billion US-Mexico energy trade in 2023, a sharp departure from past trade practices.
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32% Bias Score
Biden Report Warns of Soaring Energy Costs if LNG Export Moratorium Lifted
A Biden administration report warns that lifting the LNG export moratorium could raise U.S. energy prices by 30% and increase emissions by 1.5 gigatons by 2050, prompting industry pushback and criticism from environmental groups, while President-elect Trump intends to reverse the ban.
Biden Report Warns of Soaring Energy Costs if LNG Export Moratorium Lifted
A Biden administration report warns that lifting the LNG export moratorium could raise U.S. energy prices by 30% and increase emissions by 1.5 gigatons by 2050, prompting industry pushback and criticism from environmental groups, while President-elect Trump intends to reverse the ban.
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40% Bias Score
ConocoPhillips Stock Underperforms Market Despite Acquisition
ConocoPhillips' stock underperformed the market in 2024's first three quarters due to lower natural gas prices and increased costs, despite higher oil production; however, a recent acquisition is expected to boost future earnings and free cash flow.
ConocoPhillips Stock Underperforms Market Despite Acquisition
ConocoPhillips' stock underperformed the market in 2024's first three quarters due to lower natural gas prices and increased costs, despite higher oil production; however, a recent acquisition is expected to boost future earnings and free cash flow.
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44% Bias Score
CSP Solar Power Plant Failure Highlights Technological and Economic Challenges
The $1 billion Crescent Dunes solar thermal power plant in Nevada failed to meet expectations, closing in 2019 after repeated technical issues; this, coupled with the higher cost and operational complexity of CSP compared to PV solar, hindered its widespread adoption, although China's recent focus o...
CSP Solar Power Plant Failure Highlights Technological and Economic Challenges
The $1 billion Crescent Dunes solar thermal power plant in Nevada failed to meet expectations, closing in 2019 after repeated technical issues; this, coupled with the higher cost and operational complexity of CSP compared to PV solar, hindered its widespread adoption, although China's recent focus o...
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44% Bias Score
Flamanville EPR Reactor to Connect to Power Grid on December 20
The Flamanville EPR nuclear reactor in Normandy, France, is expected to connect to the power grid on December 20, 2024, after a 12-year delay and significant cost overruns, ultimately supplying power to approximately two million homes.
Flamanville EPR Reactor to Connect to Power Grid on December 20
The Flamanville EPR nuclear reactor in Normandy, France, is expected to connect to the power grid on December 20, 2024, after a 12-year delay and significant cost overruns, ultimately supplying power to approximately two million homes.
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40% Bias Score
Italy's Energy Efficiency Success: Tax Incentives Drive Record Savings
Italy's 2023 energy savings exceeded 3.6 Mtep, primarily driven by tax incentives (56.2% of total savings), supplemented by White Certificates, sustainable mobility incentives, and the Conto Termico program, exceeding 92% of the Pniec 2023 target and showing the effectiveness of a multi-pronged appr...
Italy's Energy Efficiency Success: Tax Incentives Drive Record Savings
Italy's 2023 energy savings exceeded 3.6 Mtep, primarily driven by tax incentives (56.2% of total savings), supplemented by White Certificates, sustainable mobility incentives, and the Conto Termico program, exceeding 92% of the Pniec 2023 target and showing the effectiveness of a multi-pronged appr...
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32% Bias Score
Rabat Conference Promotes Clean Energy Transition for Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability
Participants at a Rabat conference on energy transition advocated for increased use of clean energy sources, highlighting Morocco's progress and shared challenges with Chile in this area, while acknowledging the need to overcome high initial costs and technological access issues.
Rabat Conference Promotes Clean Energy Transition for Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability
Participants at a Rabat conference on energy transition advocated for increased use of clean energy sources, highlighting Morocco's progress and shared challenges with Chile in this area, while acknowledging the need to overcome high initial costs and technological access issues.
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40% Bias Score
Axpo to Build Two Biomethane Plants in Sicily
Axpo will build two new biomethane plants in Sicily, Italy, starting construction in early 2025 and producing a combined 90 GWh of renewable energy annually from agricultural waste by late 2026, furthering its European biogas expansion.
Axpo to Build Two Biomethane Plants in Sicily
Axpo will build two new biomethane plants in Sicily, Italy, starting construction in early 2025 and producing a combined 90 GWh of renewable energy annually from agricultural waste by late 2026, furthering its European biogas expansion.
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40% Bias Score
Germany's Energy Grid Vulnerability Exposed: RWE CEO Calls for Backup System
RWE CEO Markus Krebber highlighted Germany's energy grid vulnerability after a tenfold surge in wholesale electricity prices on November 6th, 2024, advocating for a capacity market and rejecting a return to nuclear power due to lack of societal consensus.
Germany's Energy Grid Vulnerability Exposed: RWE CEO Calls for Backup System
RWE CEO Markus Krebber highlighted Germany's energy grid vulnerability after a tenfold surge in wholesale electricity prices on November 6th, 2024, advocating for a capacity market and rejecting a return to nuclear power due to lack of societal consensus.
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44% Bias Score
Former Extremadura Councilor Appointed to Head Spanish Nuclear Waste Agency
The Spanish public company Enresa, responsible for managing radioactive waste, appointed Olga García, former Socialist councilor of Extremadura, as its new president with an annual salary of €175,191.23, replacing José Luis Navarro who is retiring. This appointment follows a similar transition in Ex...
Former Extremadura Councilor Appointed to Head Spanish Nuclear Waste Agency
The Spanish public company Enresa, responsible for managing radioactive waste, appointed Olga García, former Socialist councilor of Extremadura, as its new president with an annual salary of €175,191.23, replacing José Luis Navarro who is retiring. This appointment follows a similar transition in Ex...
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52% Bias Score