Energy Transition in Motion (Week of April 4, 2025)
Here is a look at some of this week’s renewable energy news, including Maverick Metals securing funding to accelerate commercialization of proprietary critical metals recovery technology.
‘Trump Effect’ Stalls Hydrogen FIDs, Already Killing Projects
Billions of dollars in capex have been dedicated to hydrogen projects. But some projects have yet to reach final investment decisions amid continued uncertainty surrounding the Inflation Reduction Act and hydrogen production tax credits.
TotalEnergies Grows Renewables Portfolio with Project Acquisitions
TotalEnergies has entered into deals with RES, VSB Group and SN Power for assets in North America, Africa and Europe.
Paisie: How a World in Flux Impacts Oil Prices
Sanctions, tariffs and production strategies are buffeting crude markets as wild cards like tariffs and geopolitical conflicts make headlines.
Oil Prices Fall into Negative Territory as Trump Announces New Tariffs
U.S. futures rose by a dollar and then turned negative over the course of Trump's press conference on April 2 in which he announced tariffs on trading partners including the European Union, China and South Korea.
BlackRock’s Fink Calls for Reliable US Power Grid—Now
“That starts with fixing the slow, broken permitting processes in the U.S. and Europe,” Larry Fink, the co-founder, chairman and CEO of $12 trillion investment-management firm BlackRock Inc., told shareholders March 31.
Energy Transition in Motion (Week of March 28, 2025)
Here is a look at some of this week’s renewable energy news, including another record for renewables power capacity growth.
BP to Sell Downstream Business in Austria
The sale, expected to be complete by year-end 2025, includes over 260 of BP’s retail sites across Austria.
TotalEnergies, Partners Reach FID for Northern Lights CCS Phase 2
The second phase is expected to increase the project’s transport and storage capacity to more than 5 million tons of CO2 per year in 2028, TotalEnergies says.
US LNG Exports May See EU Demand Drop-Off, Asian Surge
Ukrainian peace talks could end with Russian gas back on the market, Poten & Partners analysts said.