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NRG Expects to Line Up New US Data Center Deals This Quarter

Bloomberg NRG Energy Inc. is working on deals to power US data centers “all over the country” and will reveal details with second-quarter results, according to the top executive of the independent generator. These are huge, complicated deals and it’s sensitive to figure out when to announce them, Chief Executive Officer Larry Coben said on Bloomberg TV. Data …

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COMMENTARY: With Friends Like Brazil, OPEC+ Doesn’t Need Enemies – Javier Blas

It’s clear that a boom is following the bust, and the timing couldn’t be worse for the Saudi-led oil cartel. By Javier Blas Moving right along. Photographer: Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images The Brazilian coffee and oil industries have something in common. Espresso connoisseurs know the country’s coffee production follows a natural biennial cycle, alternating periods of …

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COMMENTARY: BP Needs to Scrap its Big Oil Mentality, and its Buybacks

By Ron Bousso BP’s net debt reached $27 billion by end of Q1 CEO aims to reduce net debt to $14-$18 billion by 2027 Shares have underperformed rivals since strategy reset in February LONDON, June 3 – BP has jumped from crisis to crisis in recent years, severely eroding the British firm’s stature as one …

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How the House Cut Off New Solar and Wind Subsidies in the “Big Beautiful Bill” – Alex Epstein

My Power Hour discussion with Representatives Chip Roy and Josh Brecheen By Alex Epstein I invited Representatives Chip Roy and Josh Brecheen for a discussion about how they defeated a hoard of subsidy-seeking lobbyists to cut off new solar and wind subsidies in the “Big Beautiful Bill.” I had the opportunity to help out with …

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COMMENTARY: Key US Clean Energy Charts That Track Trump’s Tax Bill Impact

By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colorado, May 28 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill calls for drastic cuts to clean energy tax credits that have been major drivers of the boom seen in utility-scale renewable power and battery capacity over the past three years or so. The bill was passed by …

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OPINION: Washington Is Selling Energy Insurance Against Itself. Seriously. – Liam Denning

A House committee wants to compensate some energy companies if the government derails their projects. By Liam Denning Pick a side. Photographer: Brandon Bell/Getty Images North America The legislating of energy policy in Washington has become so volatile that some folks want to sell insurance against it. Those folks happen to be the politicians in …

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COMMENTARY: Making the Case for Industrial Freedom—Instead of Tariffs—on Donald Trump Jr’s Show

The case for improving our industrial capacity with industrial freedom, not tariffs. By Alex Epstein It’s important to have nuanced conversations about tariffs. Recently I had the opportunity to share my view on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast, Triggered, which is that there are real problems with our industrial capacity, but the solution is industrial freedom, freer …

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COMMENTARY: How Trump’s Tariffs Affect U.S. Economic Freedom—and Why That Matters – Fraser Institute

By Robert A. Lawson and Matthew D. Mitchell For a moment on April 9, the average U.S. tariff rate leapt to 32 per cent, making American consumers the highest tariffed people in the world. For the next 90 days, the average U.S. tariff rate will be about 25 per cent, which will leave Americans paying …

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COMMENTARY: US LNG Exporters Could Lose Out As AI Gas Demand Booms

By Ron Bousso Share of data centres in U.S. power market to more than double by 2030 Natural gas to account for over half of incremental power supply U.S. natural gas production set to peak in early 2030s LONDON, April 29 – The race for AI supremacy could have an unlikely loser: U.S. liquefied natural …

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Huge Power Outage Paralyses Parts of Spain and Portugal

Power outage hits Spain, Portugal and briefly France Authorities try to establish what caused the outage Outage paralyses transport and delays flights MADRID/LISBON, April 28 (Reuters) – A huge power outage hit large parts of Spain and Portugal on Monday, paralysing traffic, grounding flights, trapping people in elevators and leaving power operators scrambling to restore …

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