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World Energy Report Exposes Looming Resource Crises

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The Energy Institute recently published its updated energy report, the 2025 Statistical Review of World Energy, showing data through the year 2024. In this post, I identify trends in the new data that I consider worrying. These trends help explain the strange behaviors that we have been seeing from governments recently.

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U.S. LNG Stocks Surge on EU Energy Deal

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LNG producers jumped in early trading Monday after the European Union agreed to dramatically increase its energy imports from the United States, pledging $250 billion in annual purchases under a new transatlantic trade framework. The move includes LNG, oil, and nuclear energy and was announced in Brussels earlier today. before the U.S.

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The Shifting Landscape of American Energy Sources

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Energy Information Administration to illustrate how the country’s energy generation landscape has evolved since 1950. Energy Generation by Source, 1950–2024 As seen in the video above, natural gas has experienced the most significant growth—rising from just 6.2 quadrillion BTUs in 1950 to 39.2

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Nuclear Energy Gets a Major Boost From World Bank

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The global tide is turning in favor of nuclear energy after decades of distrust and an adverse policy environment. The World Bank credited this groundbreaking pivot to the need to meet ballooning energy demand from the developing world without compromising on climate…

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What's Driving India's Historic Renewable Energy Expansion?

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India added a record 22 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity in the first half of 2025 – a 57% jump from the 14.2 GW installed during the same period last year. The new capacity includes 18.4 GW of solar, 3.5 GW of wind and 250 megawatts (MW) of bioenergy, which is generated from plant and animal waste.

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Sand Batteries Are a Game Changer for Clean Energy

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The battery, built by Finnish company Polar Night Energy, employs a form of thermal energy storage by using… And if it keeps running as cheaply and efficiently as it appears to be doing now, don’t be surprised if sand batteries start popping up around the world – even in your neck of the woods.

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Biomethane Could Be the Unsung Hero of the Energy Transition

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In the fast-paced world of clean energy innovation, biomethane is rarely the star of the show. It doesn’t sparkle like solar, boom like batteries, or stir geopolitical intrigue like hydrogen.