Trump Is Spending Billions On The Minerals That Power EVs
by Alex Kimani on August 14, 2026 at 12:00 am
For years, U.S. President Donald Trump has openly displayed his disdain for the clean energy and electric vehicle sectors. In the early days of his second term, Trump stalled funding for EV charging infrastructure while pushing fossil fuels. In July 2025, the GOP-sponsored One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) rolled back EV incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act, terminating the $7,500 new and […]
Mexico Has More Refining Capacity. So Why Are Fuel Imports Rising?
by Natalia Katona on August 13, 2026 at 11:00 pm
Mexico’s push for fuel self-sufficiency has run into a stubborn problem: Pemex has built and upgraded refining capacity faster than it has learned to operate it reliably. The state oil company is being asked to send more crude into domestic refineries and less onto the export market, a strategy that looks increasingly sensible when refined products’ cracks are strong. But the second quarter […]
U.S. Power Grid Strains Under Record Electricity Demand
by Irina Slav on August 13, 2026 at 10:00 pm
U.S. demand for electricity is expected to hit an all-time high both this year and next, driven by the data center buildout of Big Tech. This is the latest in a series of record-demand projections by the Energy Information Administration. There is one problem, though. That problem is the grid. Electricity consumption in the United States has already had two record-breaking years: 2024 and 2025. […]
China Races to Finish Molten-Salt Solar Plant as Stocks Whipsaw
by Haley Zaremba on August 13, 2026 at 9:00 pm
China has driven the world’s solar energy deployment, adding capacity at such a blistering rate that the nation’s existing and planned wind and solar generation nearly doubles the rest of the world put together. However, China’s deployment of supportive infrastructure for all that new solar has not kept pace, leading to curtailment during peak hours and increased quantities of wasted clean […]
Solar Surpasses Wind In Global Electricity Generation For The First Time
by Robert Rapier on August 13, 2026 at 8:00 pm
In 2007, nearly two decades ago, I wrote an article called “The Future Is Solar.” At the time, my argument was largely based on efficiency. I had been comparing biofuels with direct solar energy and noted how much more effectively solar panels could capture the sun’s energy than crops could convert it into liquid fuel. Solar was still expensive, storage was a major challenge, and the […]