#energy-policy

A Concentric Energy Advisors report says data-center-scale demand can support grid upgrades, but warns that failing to assign costs properly could shift $120 billion to $169 billion onto other customers.

France is tying industrial policy, energy security and electrification together in a plan to raise the share of electricity produced domestically by 2030, with new support for EV charging, heat pumps and industrial build

FERC Order 1920 pushes transmission operators toward longer time horizons, multiple scenarios, and planning decisions that can withstand scrutiny from regulators and stakeholders.

California officials and offshore wind backers are still pressing toward a 25-gigawatt target for 2045, arguing that the state’s resource base and long-term electricity needs outweigh a sharp change in federal policy.

Australia’s New South Wales has opened Tender 8 under its Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, seeking 2.5GW of new renewable capacity while also launching a separate process for long-duration storage.

A court-ordered document release has intensified scrutiny of whether local-content requirements for solar modules were followed in major South African tenders awarded in 2021 and 2022.

Chevron is seeking a Texas tax abatement for a gas-fired power plant tied to data-center demand, potentially for Microsoft. The case captures a new phase in the AI buildout, where power, local taxes, and public tolerance

The US Department of Energy is pitching “nuclear lifecycle innovation campuses” as a way to pair spent-fuel storage and possible recycling with jobs, power infrastructure, and industrial development. The idea has drawn a

Small plug-in solar systems are gaining legislative support in the United States, promising easier access to rooftop-style generation while raising new safety and grid-integration questions.

Lawmakers in Czechia are considering changes to electricity taxation and permitting rules that industry groups say could remove bottlenecks for new solar projects and paired battery systems.

A new market outlook suggests low-carbon hydrogen is not collapsing, but it is becoming harder to advance speculative projects as investors focus on projects with credible power access, permitting, policy support, and of

A planned transfer of about 1.4 million acres of federal land in Alaska’s Dalton Utility Corridor to the state has drawn immediate backlash from Sierra Club, which says the move would accelerate industrial development.

Sardinia’s resistance to new wind and solar projects has grown so strong that a grassroots campaign helped produce a temporary moratorium, revealing how social and political mistrust can block energy transition plans.

Madagascar has signed 46 agreements for solar projects totaling 932 MW, linking renewable deployment to energy access and lower import dependence.

New steps by the African Development Bank and the European Commission suggest the hydrogen sector is moving deeper into project selection, financing support, and buyer-supplier matching.

TransAlta is seeking $19.9 million for costs tied to keeping Washington’s Centralia coal plant available after federal emergency orders delayed its planned retirement.

A fragile bipartisan effort to rewrite U.S. permitting rules is colliding with accusations that the Interior Department has delayed renewable energy approvals, turning a long-running policy debate into a direct test of a

Singapore’s latest generation tender requires at least 600 MW of new gas-fired capacity to be hydrogen-ready, making fuel flexibility and emissions performance central to the country’s next power buildout.

As interest in nuclear power surges in the United States, pressure is growing to confront the longstanding lack of a permanent strategy for high-level radioactive waste.

A new critique of small modular reactors argues that the sector’s central promise is being undermined by a familiar industrial problem: fragmentation.