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.
MPC Energy Solutions just announced that its 66.1 MWp San Patricio solar PV plant in Guatemala has finished testing and hit commercial operation. Energy delivery to…
On a cold, still night in wine country, frost can erase an entire harvest in hours. Growers have long relied on heaters, fans, and helicopters to…
Duke Energy Florida just announced it’s delivering $50 million in savings to customers in 2027 — and canceling a planned rate increase along the way. The…
INEOS and Norwegian recycling company Recuro have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop an advanced plastic recycling facility in Norway. The project, named ‘Full Circle,’…
About 15 miles off Oahu, the ocean gets incredibly wild. Strong trade winds sweep across open Pacific water here. A high-tech buoy spent an entire year…
Federal nuclear regulators just moved closer to approving the first small modular reactor construction in the United States. In June 2026, NRC staff published a safety…
India’s largest state-owned oil-and-gas producer is making a serious bet on energy security. On Friday, the board of Oil and Natural Gas Corp. approved adding 1.75…
Baker Hughes announced contract awards—booked in the second quarter—to supply liquefaction equipment and gas turbine upgrade services for Cheniere’s Sabine Pass LNG facility in Cameron Parish,…
The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Vår Energi a drilling permit for well 36/7-6 S in production license PL 636, under Section 13 of the Resource…
Imagine a scorching summer afternoon. The sun is beating down relentlessly. Millions of people blast their air conditioners at the exact same time. The electric grid is absolutely…
UTM Offshore, Seplat Energy, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) have signed a gas sales agreement for the UTM FLNG project — Nigeria’s first indigenous-led…
The U.S. Department of Energy and AEP Texas reached financial close on a loan of up to $3.26 billion through the Trump administration’s Energy Dominance Financing…
GE Vernova announced on June 30, 2026, the completion of a four-year, $7.2 million modernization of its high-voltage R&D laboratory in Noventa di Piave, near Venice,…
The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission moved to block the Chicago Mercantile Exchange from launching its new 10-barrel WTI crude oil futures contract (ticker TCL) for…
Bloom Energy says it’s the world’s largest consumer of scandium oxide — and on July 7, it published a detailed account of how it actually gets…
Most people have seen it without really seeing it. A bird on a wire, still against the sky. It looks completely unremarkable. But from above, the…
On July 8, FTC Solar brought together robotics firms, EPC companies, developers, and technology partners at its ASTAAR training facility in Seguin, Texas, for what the…
Crews scanning the North Sea floor for leftover World War II explosives weren’t expecting a history lesson. They wanted to find old bombs and expected 20th-century…
A NOAA-funded coalition has pulled more than 18,168 pounds of marine debris from the shores of Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Anacapa Islands—part of California’s Channel…
Duke Energy is committing $350,000 to help Indiana customers cover their energy bills this summer. The funding comes from company shareholders — not ratepayers — and…
Svanehøj has signed a contract with Drydocks World Dubai to supply four LTD gauging systems for the conversion of the LNG carrier LNG Bayelsa into the…
Seven major OPEC+ producers—Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria, and Oman—agreed on July 5, 2026, to cut their collective oil output by 188,000 barrels per…
Archer just locked in a five-year drilling contract with Argentine energy company YPF — worth around USD 90 million — to put a third super-spec rig…
ADNOC launched a global LNG commercial platform on Monday, consolidating the marketing and trading activities of ADNOC Gas, XRG, and ADNOC Trading under a single structure…
In the Miera River basin in northern Spain, a small team of researchers is wading into clear mountain streams. They are sending brief pulses of electricity…
Pipeline operators are swapping out the crews that once drove or flew thousands of miles to visually check for leaks, corrosion, and encroachments. In their place:…
Vistra (NYSE: VST) has set August 7, 2026, as the date it’ll publicly report its second quarter financial and operating results. The Irving, Texas-based power generation…
At its annual Orchestrate 2026 conference in Atlanta on June 9, GE Vernova unveiled GridOS for Transmission — a unified, AI-powered software platform built to coordinate…
Superstorm Sandy. The devastating 2025 Texas floods. Massive weather events like these force us to face an uncomfortable sci-fi question. What if we could see a…
Severe weekend storms swept through eastern and central Pennsylvania, knocking out power for more than 115,000 PPL Electric Utilities customers as of July 5, 2026. Heavy…
Saudi Aramco on Monday published its August official selling price for Arab Light crude, setting the rate for Asian customers at $1.50 a barrel below the…
Equinor and Polenergia have passed the halfway mark in turbine foundation installation for their Baltyk 2 and Baltyk 3 offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea.…
Sherwin-Williams just launched Heat-Flex AEB — a spray-applied thermal insulative coating built to replace conventional mineral-based insulation on storage tanks, process vessels, and piping at industrial…
Ecowende’s Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm just produced its first carbon-free electricity — and it’s now connected to TenneT’s offshore high-voltage grid. The 760 MW…
Every glass of milk carries an invisible climate cost. Cows burp methane in massive quantities as they digest their feed. Scientists have long searched for ways to…
Duke Energy dropped close to $1 billion with North Carolina-based suppliers in 2025—and that’s just the start. The Charlotte-headquartered utility shared the figure this week, along…
Portland General Electric (NYSE: POR) has locked in Friday, July 31, 2026, for its next quarterly earnings release and investor conference call. The Oregon-based utility generates,…
Imagine a giant wind turbine floating on the ocean. The waves crash. The platform rocks violently. You would expect the power output to drop, right? Most…
Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities announced on April 30, 2026, that they’re teaming up with X-energy—a NASDAQ-listed advanced nuclear reactor developer—to study whether…
At the Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town on June 17, 2026, GE Vernova put its full portfolio on display—power generation, grid stability, and AI-driven emissions…
Charge Robotics, founded by MIT alumni Banks Hunter and Max Justicz, has raised $22 million to move its portable robotic assembly factories from prototype to commercial…
Phoenix Tailings, a startup founded by MIT alumni and based in Woburn, Massachusetts, is scaling up what it describes as the only facility in the world…
Actis just made its first move in Poland. The firm acquired Klara Renewables—a 171 MW operational onshore wind portfolio—from CVC DIF. It’s not just a one-off…
Look around any major city. You will see a landscape built entirely on concrete and steel, not trees. These materials are the literal backbone of modern…
The UK’s National Energy System Operator has published its ‘Beyond 2030 Update,’ identifying a new round of electricity transmission reinforcements across Great Britain. For northern Scotland…
Baker Hughes just locked in a 13-year lifecycle services contract with Nigeria LNG Limited to support turbomachinery equipment at the Bonny Island liquefaction plant in Nigeria.…
Virginia just made a massive decision about the future of farming and clean energy. The state passed a law proving solar panels and crops can thrive…
Woodside Energy has officially taken over operatorship of the Gippsland Basin Joint Venture and Kipper Unit Joint Venture from Esso Australia Resources—putting it in charge of…
Leona Chua started her ExxonMobil career in Singapore in 2000 as a process engineer. In February 2026, she arrived in Chambers County, Texas, as plant manager…
Canadian nuclear engineering company AtkinsRéalis filed a notice of intent with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week, kicking off the licensing process for its Enhanced…
