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Southeast Asia can harness vast renewable resources to meet fast-growing electricity demand

September 22, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on Sept. 22, 2025. New IEA report examines opportunities for countries across the region to integrate more solar and wind into their power systems to help [Read more]

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Utility-scale batteries are more commonly used for price arbitrage

September 22, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 22, 2025. By Alex Mey, Owen Comstock In our annual survey of power plant activity, we ask operators of utility-scale batteries how they are [Read more]

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U.S. Northeast is relying less on electricity imports from Canada

September 22, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Sept. 19, 2025. By Kimberly Peterson Over the past few years, net electricity inflows from Canada into New York (New York Independent System Operator, [Read more]

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More gas turbines for data centres may signal lost opportunity for solar

September 12, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Sept. 10, 2025. By Chris Bonasia A planned expansion by one gas turbine manufacturer could eventually help data centres acquire more gas-generated electricity to power their [Read more]

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Saskatchewan cites energy security in $900M coal refurbishment

September 4, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Sept. 2, 2025. By Jody MacPherson Saskatchewan is pressing ahead with its plan to keep burning coal for electricity, committing $900 million over four years to [Read more]

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Alberta restrictions cancel 10.7 GW of new renewables, 89% of province’s peak power demand

August 25, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on Aug. 24, 2025. By Mitchell Beer Alberta has lost 10.7 gigawatts of clean energy capacity in the two years since the province slapped a moratorium on [Read more]

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U.S. developers report half of new electric generating capacity will come from solar

August 25, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on Aug. 20, 2025. By Office of Energy Statistics Staff Developers added 12 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale solar electric generating capacity in the United [Read more]

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Renewables boom highlights growing regional divide

August 14, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by IRENA on July 10, 2025. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 10 July 2025 – The Renewable Energy Statistics 2025 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today shows that despite renewables [Read more]

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Are governments better positioned to respond to energy security risks today than in the past?

August 14, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on July 10, 2025. By Gabriel Saive, Energy & Environment Analyst Hazel Yeo, Energy Market Analyst, Consultant Lucia de la Cuerda, Energy Analyst Fabian Voswinkel, Energy [Read more]

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Global electricity demand to keep growing robustly through 2026 despite economic headwinds

August 14, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the International Energy Agency on July 30, 2025. Global electricity demand is expected to expand at one of the fastest sustained paces in over a decade despite ongoing economic pressures, [Read more]

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EIA expects rapid electricity demand growth in Texas and the mid-Atlantic

August 14, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on July 31, 2025. by Tyler Hodge In our most recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), we forecast nationwide U.S. retail electricity sales to ultimate customers will grow [Read more]

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100,000 homes deliver record 535 megawatts of power to California grid

August 14, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on August 13, 2025. By Christopher Bonasia Virtual power plants are showing they can pull their weight in grids across North America, including a fleet of batteries [Read more]

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Trump and the energy industry are eager to power AI with fossil fuels

July 22, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by Grist on July 20, 2025. By Molly Taft, WIRED This story was originally published by WIRED and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. AI is “not my thing,” President Donald Trump admitted during [Read more]

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CER Market Snapshot: Overview of 2024 Canada-U.S. energy trade

July 11, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on July 9, 2025. Canada and the United States (U.S.) share a highly connected energy system. This summary of Canada’s trade at the national level shows [Read more]

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South Australia’s rooftop solar boom holds key lessons for regulators

June 30, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 27, 2025. By Chris Bonasia Jurisdictions accelerating toward clean energy can learn from South Australia, where a rooftop solar boom reshaped the grid and pushed [Read more]

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Electricity demand in the Eastern United States surged during heat wave

June 30, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 27, 2025. By Lindsay Aramayo, Kimberly Peterson Electricity demand in the PJM Interconnection and ISO New England (two regional grid operators covering the Northeast United States) reached multiyear [Read more]

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Electricity use for commercial computing could surpass space cooling, ventilation

June 26, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on June 25, 2025. By Courtney Sourmehi In our Annual Energy Outlook 2025 (AEO2025) Reference case, we project the electricity consumed for commercial computing will increase faster [Read more]

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Yukon, B.C. agree to link grids through new $2B power line

June 3, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Energy Mix on June 2, 2025. By Chris Bonasia The Yukon and British Columbia governments have agreed to jointly plan a transmission line connecting their power grids, with project [Read more]

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Canada has a chance to lead on AI policy and data governance at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit

May 27, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by The Conversation on May 27, 2025. By E. Richard Gold, Cristina Vanberghen Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming sectors from health care to climate science. But amid the global scramble [Read more]

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U.S. hydropower generation expected to rise in 2025 following last year’s relative low

May 20, 2025 Energi Staff

This article was published by the US Energy Information Administration on May 19, 2025. By Lindsay Aramayo We expect U.S. hydropower generation will increase by 7.5 per cent in 2025 but will remain 2.4 per [Read more]

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