Kelly is an experienced writer with 15 years of experience exploring the big stories that shape our world, from tech breakthroughs and space exploration to climate, energy, and the fascinating quirks of science. She has a talent for turning complex ideas into sharp, memorable insights that stay with readers long after they’ve finished reading.
On July 23, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $65.5 million in federal funding for cost-shared research, development, and deployment projects aimed at…
On July 3, 2026, New York’s grid operator imported 52 gigawatt-hours of electricity from Canada—the highest single-day total since January 2025. Some of that power traveled…
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration announced Monday its intent to award $31 million to the Intermountain-West Nuclear Energy Corridor Tech Hub — a…
Imagine a material that breathes. It pulls oxygen in. It spits oxygen out. It works in continuous cycles, just like a sponge absorbing and squeezing out…
Two major Indian state-run refiners have halted crude oil loadings from Iraq amid a sharp deterioration in security conditions in the Strait of Hormuz. Indian Oil…
Norwegian state-owned energy company Statkraft reported a sharp jump in second-quarter 2026 earnings, with underlying EBITDA reaching NOK 6.6 billion ($686 million)—up from NOK 4.5 billion…
Zenith Energy just closed a private placement of 50 million new common shares with institutional investors in Norway, pulling in roughly £2.116 million ($2.848 million). The…
The artificial intelligence boom is running out of space on solid ground. Data centers are expanding at a record-shattering pace. Local power grids cannot keep up…
With a new Energy Secretary taking charge in Westminster, the UK’s renewable energy industry isn’t waiting to make its priorities known. Hours after Miatta Fahnbulleh was…
Helmerich & Payne FlexRig 648 has started moving to the Canyon-3 well location on the eastern flank of Queensland’s Taroom Trough, and that means Omega Oil…
Solar energy seems pretty simple at first glance. You put panels on a roof or out in an open field. The sun shines down on them.…
Rystad Energy put out a blunt market warning Monday: 2.5 million barrels per day of Saudi Arabian crude exports are now directly at risk. Houthi forces…
88 Energy’s Q2 2026 quarterly report, covering the period ended 30 June 2026, leads with a resource upgrade at its South Prudhoe project in Alaska. The…
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. has agreed to acquire WildFire Energy LLC in a cash-and-stock deal valued at $4.06 billion, including the assumption of WildFire’s debt.…
Oil shipping disruptions at two of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints intensified this week as the US-Iran conflict continued and Yemen’s Houthi militants threatened to…
TGS has commenced the Orphan3D PSDM Phase 2 reprocessing project offshore Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The initiative will upgrade approximately 5,135 square miles of existing 3D…
Equinor posted an adjusted operating income of USD 11.48 billion in the second quarter of 2026, alongside a net income of USD 4.84 billion. Total equity…
For thousands of years, Vibrionaceae bacteria have lit up the ocean surface. They are also famous for harboring one of humanity’s most feared diseases. For most…
Aker BP posted operating cash flow of USD 3.1 billion in the second quarter of 2026 — the highest single-quarter figure in the Norwegian oil company’s…
Spanish energy giant Iberdrola has agreed to acquire Caruna, Finland’s largest electricity distribution company, in a deal that values the business at approximately €5 billion ($5.7…
Offshore wind energy is moving into much deeper ocean waters. Fixed-bottom wind turbines work great near the shore, but deep waters require floating platforms tethered to…
Hawaiian Electric announced on July 20 that it has contracted GE Vernova to supply six LM6000VELOX aeroderivative gas turbine packages for its Waiau Power Plant in…
Serica Energy and Pharos Energy have announced a recommended acquisition agreement under which Serica will acquire the entire issued share capital of Pharos through a scheme…
Wood and Elementz have formalized a global partnership to deliver integrated subsea inspection and integrity management services. The agreement pairs Elementz’s Integrity Elementz software platform with…
On July 21, TerraPower announced it had been accepted into the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations — becoming the first advanced reactor company ever admitted to…
80 Mile PLC, listed on AIM, FSE, and OTC markets, just announced a placing of 283,581,890 new ordinary shares at 0.67 pence ($0.0089) each — raising…
Power grids face a growing gauntlet of threats. Ransomware attacks target control systems, while severe storms knock out power lines for days. Yet the tools to…
Mexico’s second LNG export terminal shipped its first cargo on July 8, according to the project developer. The milestone from Energia Costa Azul Phase 1 adds…
Every wind turbine and propeller blade on Earth relies on century-old math. Engineers have quietly known for decades that this math is broken. Since the 1920s,…
Standard Nuclear just announced that construction is substantially complete at two new TRISO fuel production facilities—one in Tennessee and one in Idaho—and that the Department of…
On July 27, 2026, GE Vernova marked the 25th anniversary of its Veresegyház facility—the company’s largest gas power manufacturing base outside the United States—with a sweeping…
The ocean holds more uranium than all known land-based reserves combined — and a startup now has federal backing to go after it. SuperCritical Materials, an…
The Department of Energy announced on July 22 that it’s selected 278 projects under its Genesis Mission initiative, backed by $5 billion in federal commitments. The…
Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company formally issued a Request for Proposals on July 22, 2026, seeking renewable energy resources and energy storage…
Scientists have spent decades trying to make green hydrogen cheap. It is one of our best shots at replacing fossil fuels. But there is a huge bottleneck…
Duke Energy says its existing residential and commercial customers are in line for billions of dollars in long-term electricity bill relief — and the source of…
PPL Electric Utilities is paying Pennsylvania customers to get rid of their old refrigerators, freezers, and other aging appliances—and hauling them away for free. The utility…
ARRAY Technologies unveiled a new 60-degree variant of its DuraTrack solar tracker on July 22, 2026, at its third annual Insurance Forum in Boston—positioning the product…
On a rooftop in Emma, something big just happened. Emma is a tight-knit neighborhood. It sits northwest of downtown Asheville. Most residents are immigrants. Most families…
PPL Corporation signed the White House’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge on July 23, 2026, committing to a set of voluntary principles designed to ensure that data centers…
On February 3, Siemens Energy broke ground on a $300 million high-voltage switchgear manufacturing plant in Pearl, Mississippi — its second factory in the state. Governor…
Eni and PETRONAS have formally launched Searah, a 50:50 joint venture combining 19 upstream oil and gas assets across Indonesia and Malaysia. The new company starts…
Since March, IEA member countries have released approximately 290 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves — the largest coordinated drawdown on record. Yet as of…
The Philippines spent decades as one of Southeast Asia’s most vulnerable energy consumers. It imported almost all its oil. That reliance exposed the country to painful…
A 16,500-ton platform now sits on the floor of the Black Sea, marking a milestone in what could become the European Union’s largest natural gas development.…
BP is selling all 250 of its retail stations and EV charging sites in Austria to Volenergy AG, a unit of Switzerland-based Volare Group AG. The…
PowerPlay AI announced this week a 400 MW behind-the-meter AI data center development in the greater Abilene area of West Texas, executed through a joint venture…
Marine conservation has long forced coastal towns into a tough spot. Give up your fishing grounds today. Then, wait decades for the ocean to heal. For…
German renewable energy developer PNE AG locked in French government auction support for its 22 MW Oinville-Saint-Liphard wind farm in the Centre-Val de Loire region, the…
TGS has launched the Atlantic Margin South Reprocessing project, targeting more than 23,000 sq km of 3D seismic data on the Norwegian continental shelf. The project…
