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Trump Approves LNG Exports From Venture Global’s CP2 Project
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Trump Approves LNG Exports From Venture Global’s CP2 Project

President Donald Trump’s administration has granted Venture Global LNG Inc. conditional approval to export natural gas from a planned facility in Louisiana that had stalled under former President Joe Biden. Energy Secretary Chris Wright authorized the exports from the company’s CP2 project on Wednesday, saying in a statement the measure was critical to restoring US energy dominance. “The benefits of expanding...

Putin Wants to Sell More Russian Gas to Europe. Can He?
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Putin Wants to Sell More Russian Gas to Europe. Can He?

Russian President Vladimir Putin seems confident that pipeline flows of natural gas to Europe could be stepped up if a US-brokered deal to end the war in Ukraine is agreed — raising questions about whether the continent is willing to reverse course and revive that relationship. “If, say, the US and Russia agree on cooperation in the...

Korea Cancels Planned Reactor After Impeaching Pro-Nuke Leader
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Korea Cancels Planned Reactor After Impeaching Pro-Nuke Leader

South Korea has scaled down its plans for nuclear power after the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, an atomic energy advocate, gave the opposition party greater influence over the country’s long-term energy policy.  The Asian nation expects to add a total of 3.5 gigawatts of nuclear capacity by 2038, according to a government plan finalized...

Germany May Need to Keep Reserve Coal Plants Longer Than Planned
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Germany May Need to Keep Reserve Coal Plants Longer Than Planned

Germany may need to keep its fleet of mothballed coal-fired stations available for longer than expected as a drive to build new gas plants is severely behind schedule, grid operator Amprion GmbH warned.  After Europe’s biggest economy shut its last nuclear plant in 2023, its power generation margin has shrunk. The coal plants are there to help...

UK Power Prices Surge as Freezing Weather Tightens Market
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UK Power Prices Surge as Freezing Weather Tightens Market

Power prices jumped after the UK’s grid operator issued a market warning for this afternoon as declining wind output crimps supply just as plunging temperatures boost demand.  The three-hour notice period is set to begin at 4 p.m. London time when there’s an insufficient buffer between predicted supply and demand, the National Energy System Operator...

Japan Sees Nuclear as Cheapest Baseload Power Source in 2040
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Japan Sees Nuclear as Cheapest Baseload Power Source in 2040

Nuclear power is forecast to be the cheapest baseload electricity source in Japan in 2040, highlighting the government’s desire to restart the nation’s idled reactors. The cost of constructing and operating a new nuclear power plant for 2040 is estimated at 12.5 yen ($0.08) per kilowatt-hour, according to documents released from a trade ministry panel meeting on...

Texas Grid Chief Says Big Tech Must Pay More for Power Upgrades
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Texas Grid Chief Says Big Tech Must Pay More for Power Upgrades

Technology giants developing big artificial intelligence data centers in Texas will need to pay more for electricity infrastructure upgrades to prevent those costs from burdening households and other businesses, according to the state grid operator’s chief. Affordable power is “at the core” of the conversation that the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the grid operator,...

US and India Should Do More With Critical Minerals
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US and India Should Do More With Critical Minerals

India and the US often describe each other as natural partners. In reality, collaboration between them usually fails to meet expectations. That seems likely to be the case with their new pact on critical minerals unless both sides focus on what exactly each can bring to the relationship. In a recently signed memorandum, the two countries agreed...

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