The electricity pricing model was created and very successful (for about a century) for firm, "centralised" generation, mainly hydroelectric and thermal. Recently, important changes have occurred.

The results of this week's existing energy auctions show prices for 3 years at R$ 213/MWh. Currently traded free market prices are in the range of R$ 183/MWh for this period. This means that free ...

Article co-authored by Saurabh Chatterjee, Senior Vice President and Onshore Renewables Business Line Leader at WSP. WSP’s senior vice president and onshore renewables business line leader Saurabh ...

Palmer Luckey plus leaders from Lockheed Martin and Palantir are making a $130M bet on a nuclear startup. (Politico) Valar Atomics wants to build thousands of advanced nuclear fission reactors…within ...

VPP participation jumped 400% annually, with 106K+ homes now enrolled in Sunrun’s VPP programs nationwide. Battery attachment rates hit 70% among new customers in Q3, up 60% in the last year, pushing ...

TVA plans to add up to 1.5 GW of battery storage by 2029, marking its first major step toward modernizing a fossil-heavy grid. (WPLN) Fossil fuels still dominate TVA’s mix (53% in FY2025), though ...

The electric utility industry is at a pivotal moment. Rising energy demands, the integration of renewable sources, aging infrastructure, and the push for operational efficiency are driving a need for ...

Plug Power is hitting pause on its hydrogen plant ambitions and cashing out the assets it lined up to build them. (Times Union) Why? Plug posted another steep loss—$120M on $170M in revenue—and says ...

Chevron is planning a massive 2.5 GW natural gas plant in West Texas to supply an AI data center. (WSJ) The oil giant says it’s in “exclusive negotiations with a premier customer” for the off-grid ...

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund (NBIM) is expanding its energy and infrastructure team as it looks to buy more wind, solar, and grid assets in the US and Europe. (Bloomberg) The fund’s unlisted ...

The global energy storage industry is trapped in a paradox: while system prices have dropped 15-20% annually over the past three years, profit margins for manufacturers continue to shrink.

Carbon Direct has acquired Pachama in a deal that unites one of the world’s top carbon accounting firms with a leading tech player in forest-based offsets. (TechCrunch) Why it matters: The voluntary ...