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Africa’s energy poverty: Dwindling forests, high power costs worsening energy security in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone’s energy poverty, like other countries in the African continent, has compounded massively. Most of the country still depends on firewood for cooking fuel and the country’s progress towards renewable shift is extremely slow. […]
DAVID BLACKMON: Biden Is Spreading Around Green Subsidies Like A Vegas Gambler
A pair of stories published this week help document a rising phenomenon on the U.S. energy landscape: Hundreds of speculative, potentially non-economic projects being pursued solely due to the existence of billions of debt-funded dollars […]
EXCLUSIVE: Big Batteries Likely Powered by High-Emitting Gas Under Ontario Grid Plan
Weeks after Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) triumphantly unveiled the biggest battery storage procurement in Canadian history, persistent questions remain about how much of that storage capacity will be powered by high-emitting natural gas, The […]
This high speed train could be the first to be powered entirely by renewable energy
California’s long-awaited high speed train will be solar powered, according to the California High-Speed Rail Authority. It’s been a rocky road so far for the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s promising new project. This high speed […]
SHORT-TERM ENERGY OUTLOOK
Forecast overview U.S. economy. Our forecast assumes U.S. GDP growth of 1.5% in 2023 and 1.3% in 2024, which is revised up from last month’s forecast of 1.3% in 2023 and 1.0% in 2024. The upward […]
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