Amid a major heat wave, PECO workers went on strike for the first time after labor agreement negotiations collapsed. The demands: PECO’s 1,600 unionized workers have been negotiating with the utility ...

PIOMAS: "PIOMAS Arctic Sea Ice Volume." I met Andy Lee Robinson more than a few years ago, online that is. Last I heard he ...

Weekend wind and storms pummeled the Northeast and Midwest—and thousands still don’t have power. The numbers: 454K customers across PA, NY, NJ, CT, and MI were still without power Sunday night after ...

When I moved my blog from Blogspot to Substack last August, I needed help many times. On the Blogspot platform, there was (and still is) no help at all. You have to go online to a Google Group ...

Wikipedia: "Electricity sector in Brazil." Brazil has the largest electricity sector in Latin America, + in 2024, Brazil ...

When utility professionals think about grid modernization, the conversation naturally gravitates toward large-scale upgrades: high-voltage transmission lines, massive utility-scale storage, and ...

Two highly relevant metrics for analysing energy operations—which invariably involve the interest of various companies and institutions—are $/kWh and kWh/activity. $/kWh refers to the cost of all ...

By Kennedy Maize Fuel cells, a proven way to make electricity without combustion, fission, or gravity, are making serious inroads into the red-hot market for producing power for artificial ...

AAAS: "Scientists have only discovered a tiny fraction of living insect species." From half-meter-long moths to fairy wasps smaller than sand grains, insects come in a stunning variety of shapes and ...

The Trump administration and its Department of Energy have made Canada, who many Americans other than Donald Trump consider our closest ally and good friend, happy. Last week (June 23), DOE’s loan ...

Here’s some critical mineral news: The US and Canada could be sitting on enough rare-earth deposits to curb reliance on Chinese imports. These elements are essential to increasingly key tech like ...

The Berkeley-based startup (which plans to develop SMRs a mile underground) has officially hit the Nasdaq …at more than 70% below the initial goal. But don’t take this as a lack of appetite for ...