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China’s petrochemical stockpiles near depletion as US-Iran war cuts feedstock supply, driving wholesale price inflation

China burned through most of its petrochemical surplus in a matter of months. The stockpile — an unintended byproduct of years of domestic overproduction — had quietly served…

By Kelly Lippke · October 28, 2026

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China

China’s petrochemical stockpiles near depletion as US-Iran war cuts feedstock supply, driving wholesale price inflation

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 28

Brent crude

Brent crude jumps 4% to $113 as drone strikes hit Saudi Aramco field and Dammam airport

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 28

Cheniere Energy signs long-term LNG supply deal with QatarEnergy covering deliveries through 2054

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 28

EU awards $249 million to Aker BP and Höegh Evi for large-scale Atlas CCS project in Norway

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 28

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Trump invokes Defense Production Act to boost U.S. oil production and refining capacity amid post-Iran strike fuel price surge

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 28

GeoPark

GeoPark wins Corralera Noreste block in Vaca Muerta licensing round with $95 million commitment

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 28

Solar panels glare near airport runway approach path in Netherlands, amsterdam glare off

Near Amsterdam, glare off 78,000 solar panels grounded landings for two hours a day, so a Dutch court ordered a third of the farm torn out by autumn

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 28

Standard Solar Washington portfolio

Standard Solar expands Washington portfolio with nearly 16 MW of projects

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 28

Duke Energy

Duke Energy Foundation and Cincinnati Regional Chamber distribute $100,000 in storm relief grants to 26 small businesses

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 27

Solar

Solar panel hail resilience ratings gain importance as climate change is projected to intensify hailstorms

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 27

Deriva Energy 350 MW Indiana solar build

Deriva Energy lines up $540 million for a 350 MW Indiana solar build, giving the project the financial firepower to move ahead

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 27

Slow ocean winds that standard models ignore are quietly wearing down offshore turbines faster than engineers expected

Slow ocean winds that standard models ignore are quietly wearing down offshore turbines faster than engineers expected

By Daniel Garcia · Oct 28

Scotland

Scotland’s Whitelee wind farm cleared 900 hectares of commercial forest, beginning a 2,547-hectare moorland restoration for black grouse and wading birds

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 28

Energized substation feeding 414 MW from new wind farm to grid, wellington new south

Near Wellington, New South Wales, a 330 kilovolt substation built for 69 turbines switched on for the first time this October, clearing the way for 414 MW to reach the grid

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 28

Belgiums next offshore wind giant casts a long shadow over its neighbors and scientists are only beginning to understand its reach

Belgium’s next offshore wind giant casts a long “shadow” over its neighbors, and scientists are only beginning to understand its reach

By Daniel Garcia · Oct 28

Tafila Wind Farm in Jordan

At Jordan’s Tafila wind farm, buried cables reduce bird electrocution risks while spotters can stop turbines for approaching migrants

By Anke Maree · Oct 28

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Waterford 3 reactor and switchyard where a bus transfer failed after shutdown, 75 percent power

On the Mississippi near Killona, a reactor at 75 percent power tripped on October 16, hours before its scheduled shutdown, and a backup bus transfer failed too

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 28

The Nuclear Company 6.6 GW campus

The Nuclear Company proposes 6.6 GW nuclear campus for eastern Kentucky

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 28

Holtec

Holtec recovers tilted fuel assembly at Palisades nuclear plant using purpose-built device, clearing path for restart

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 27

Abandoned nuclear cooling tower now used as a sound lab, grays harbor county

Grays Harbor County hides two abandoned cooling towers where sound tests now measure below 20 decibels, and the unfinished nuclear site became a working acoustics lab

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 27

Nuclear

NANO Nuclear subsidiary STS earns DOE recognition for two international nuclear material transport missions and completes UF₆ delivery for LIS Technologies

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 26

San'ao reactor dome beside Zhejiang bay at blue hour, off zhejiang s

Off Zhejiang’s coast a carmaker bought a two percent stake in a nuclear plant rated near 1,100 megawatts per unit, and San’ao unit one became China’s first reactor built with private money

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 26

Scotland's Pitlochry Dam hydropower facility

At Scotland’s Pitlochry Dam, salmon swim through 34 connected pools to reach Loch Faskally as visitors watch

By Anke Maree · Oct 28

Solar panels anchored by rock ballast atop Virginia's capped Ivy Landfill, virginia s old

At Virginia’s old Ivy Landfill, 7,000 solar panels sit on buried trash anchored only by loose rock, and engineers used gravity instead of posts to keep every anchor off the waste below

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 28

Dam in France

France’s redesigned Poutès Dam opens seasonally for migrating salmon while aiming to preserve 85% of its former hydropower output

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 28

Offshore gas platform converting seawater into hydrogen off Scheveningen

Off Scheveningen, an aging gas platform ran 8 miles of offshore cable to split seawater into hydrogen, and the rig never stopped pumping gas

By Hugo Rojas · Oct 27

Wells Dam in Douglas County, Washington

Five spillway openings at Washington’s Wells Dam guide over 90% of several juvenile salmon runs safely past turbines

By Anke Maree · Oct 27

PPL Electric

PPL Electric Utilities responds to Pennsylvania governor’s petition on data center cost protections for customers

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 26

SunHydrogen 12.3% solar-to-hydrogen

SunHydrogen reaches 12.3% solar-to-hydrogen efficiency as its Austin pilot keeps moving forward, pushing the panel technology closer to real-world deployment

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 25

Nel Hydrogen US $12 million PEM electrolyzer

Nel Hydrogen US lands a $12 million PEM electrolyzer order from a U.S. technology company, adding another large commercial win to its hydrogen pipeline

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 22

Energy

Bloom Energy says solid oxide fuel cells can close the gap between surging U.S. data center power demand and slow grid expansion timelines

By Kelly Lippke · Oct 20

Oregon State scientists found a way to pull clean hydrogen from sunlight

Oregon State scientists found a way to pull clean hydrogen from sunlight using a crystal that acts as its own “spark plug”

By Daniel Garcia · Oct 15

Oregon State researchers found a shortcut to clean hydrogen that skips the expensive ingredient the whole industry

Oregon State researchers found a “shortcut” to clean hydrogen that skips the expensive ingredient the whole industry thought was unavoidable

By Daniel Garcia · Oct 12

SunHydrogen and Honda renewable hydrogen panel

SunHydrogen and Honda are keeping their renewable hydrogen panel partnership alive through 2028, giving the technology more runway to move from prototype toward deployment

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 11

- Plug 280 MW electrolyzer e-SAF

Plug lands a 280 MW electrolyzer order for a Danish e-SAF project, while the broader partnership now stretches beyond the 1 GW mark

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 11

WATTMORE GTI Energy’s Illinois hydrogen

WATTMORE joins GTI Energy’s Illinois hydrogen microgrid research effort, putting its technology into a project testing how hydrogen can fit into resilient local power systems

By Prince Sibanda · Oct 10

Latest News

1

Brent crude jumps 4% to $113 as drone strikes hit Saudi Aramco field and Dammam airport

Oct 28

2

Slow ocean winds that standard models ignore are quietly wearing down offshore turbines faster than engineers expected

Oct 28

3

Navigating Mineral Ownership in the Bakken: Value, Timing, and Long-Term Decisions

Oct 28

4

Cheniere Energy signs long-term LNG supply deal with QatarEnergy covering deliveries through 2054

Oct 28

5

Near Amsterdam, glare off 78,000 solar panels grounded landings for two hours a day, so a Dutch court ordered a third of the farm torn out by autumn

Oct 28

6

Scotland’s Whitelee wind farm cleared 900 hectares of commercial forest, beginning a 2,547-hectare moorland restoration for black grouse and wading birds

Oct 28

7

Near Wellington, New South Wales, a 330 kilovolt substation built for 69 turbines switched on for the first time this October, clearing the way for 414 MW to reach the grid

Oct 28

8

At Scotland’s Pitlochry Dam, salmon swim through 34 connected pools to reach Loch Faskally as visitors watch

Oct 28

Editorial Voices

Carlos Albero RojasCEO

Daniel GarciaChief Editor

Hugo RojasTech Editor & Advisor

Kelly LippkeStaff Writer

Prince SibandaStaff Writer

Anke MareenStaff Writer

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