In June, the Energy Institute released the 2024 Statistical Review of World Energy. The Review provides a comprehensive picture of supply and demand for major energy sources on a country-level basis. Each year, I do a series of articles covering the Review’s findings. In three previous articles, I discussed: Overall highlights Trends in global carbon
CVR Energy, Inc. Second quarter net income attributable to CVR Energy stockholders of $21 million; EBITDA of $103 million; adjusted EBITDA of $87 million Second quarter earnings per diluted share of 21 cents and adjusted earnings per diluted share of 9 cents Announced cash dividend of 50 cents per share CVR Partners announced a cash distribution of
This month, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the Commonwealth’s largest utility, Dominion Energy, announced a request for proposal (RFP) for the development and construction of an advanced nuclear small modular reactor (SMR), and the governor signed Senate Bill 454 designed to facilitate the research, design, construction, and deployment of what will be America’s first commercial
AUSTIN, Texas (KTRK) — State lawmakers finally got their turn to grill CenterPoint Energy executives in a Texas Senate committee on Monday about their response to Hurricane Beryl. The hearing comes a week after the company promised to do better while being questioned by Texas Utility Regulators. The committee will try to get to the
HOUSTON (KIAH) — In the wake of the devastating power outages around Southeast Texas after Hurricane Beryl that lasted for over a week for many, the Houston branch of the NAACP wanted answers. According to the Houston NAACP President Bishop James Dixon, the branch met with CenterPoint Energy CEO Jason Wells and other executives. Dixon organized
It has been three weeks since Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas and the fallout continues from the deadly energy crisis in Texas. On Monday morning, the company at the center of it all, CenterPoint Energy, was being grilled by Texas lawmakers in Austin about the response, as a state-ordered investigation continues. Beryl made landfall
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Two new papers, both authored by Mohamed Mehana of the Earth and Environmental Sciences division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, explore the feasibility of well retrofitting and clean hydrogen production from fossil fuels. “With no action taken, over 5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide will leak into the atmosphere annually
An international team of scientists from the Center for Advanced Sensor Technology demonstrated the ability of twisted carbon nanotubes to store three times more energy per unit mass than sophisticated lithium-ion batteries. The discovery could make carbon nanotubes a more viable option for energy storage in small, light, and secure devices like medical implants and
American International Group Inc. reduced its position in shares of SM Energy (NYSE:SM – Free Report) by 2.7% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 62,511 shares of the energy company’s stock after selling 1,752 shares during the quarter. American International Group
Towngas Smart Energy Company Limited (OTCMKTS:TGASF – Get Free Report) saw a significant drop in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 101,000 shares, a drop of 19.9% from the June 30th total of 126,100 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 0 shares, the