2. High Power and Scalability Potential: A single HYPOT unit can generate up to 600 W/m² (at a current speed of 1 m/s), which is 6 times more efficient than solar panels of similar area. Example: The ...

In the free electricity market, the price of energy for long-term future delivery rose - already 32% in 1 year- reaching R$200/MWh (USD 37/MWh). How can this price be evaluated? I still consider R$200 ...

Two signals in the past month have made one thing very clear: the clean energy transition has moved from forecast to financial fact. First, the International Energy Agency's World Energy Investment ...

Summary: Your author has lived in Livermore, California most of his adult life. For those of you that really don’t know where this is -- Livermore in on the eastern side of the central SF Bay Area.

Wall Street is changing its mind on fossil fuel projects. (Bloomberg) Financing for oil, gas, and coal projects by Wall Street’s top six banks fell 25% annually to $73B this year through August 1, ...

Note from Tom: I have moved from Blogspot to Substack as the main platform for my blog. Starting August 11, I will charge $30 per year for a subscription to all my new and legacy posts (which go back ...

From Geneva, a new front is emerging in the global energy and petrochemical landscape: The UN-led treaty to reduce plastic production is now facing serious pushback from some of the world’s top oil- ...

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and POWER Engineers (POWER), member of WSP, present their case on how advanced electronic control systems and rotating machines stabilize voltage, manage power flow and ...

Note from Tom: Since 2013, I’ve been publishing “Tom Alrich’s blog” on Blogspot. I’m now publishing my posts in this Substack blog, named “Tom Alrich’s blog, too”. I’m posting for free on Substack now ...

Massachusetts wind project Vineyard Wind 1 is under fire from both Texas conservatives and Nantucket officials, with federal permits now on the line. (Utility Dive) The Texas Public Policy Foundation ...

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s first major action as the interim NASA administrator? A nuclear reactor on the moon. (Politico) Duffy is expected to announce expedited plans and a more ...

Panic buying has hit the US solar market. (Semafor) What’s happening: In the six weeks after the GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” passed, 660 MW of solar panels changed hands on Anza, a marketplace that ...