Opinion, News, Analysis, Video and Polls. The transition to renewables might simply be doomed because modern industrial people, no matter how Romantic they are, do not want to return to pre-modern life.

Jan 30, 2025 · Latest Articles from RealClearEnergy. The National Center for Energy Analytics (NCEA) and featured speakers will highlight the flawed– and sometimes dangerously wrong– assumptions in the IEA’s 2024 World Energy Outlook (WEO), rebutting its widely reported forecast that world oil demand will peak in 2032.

2 days ago · A recent report from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) sounds the alarm: America’s power grid is becoming dangerously unreliable. The nation is hurtling toward a future where rolling blackouts and power shortages will be the norm rather than the exception. At the heart of this crisis is the closure of baseload coal plants, a move that is leaving our electric system ...

Jan 23, 2025 · President Donald Trump now has a second opportunity to free the U.S. energy industry from unnecessary and expensive regulations, including oppressive, senseless caps that jeopardize our energy independence and give advantage to foreign markets. Change is much needed, especially since Joe Biden has ...

Jan 21, 2025 · Taxpayer monies allocated toward clean energy spending are facing renewed scrutiny, especially with imminent congressional negotiations on the federal budget, spending targets, deficits and more set to dominate the coming year. Among the Biden administration’s signature legislative achievements ...

Sep 5, 2024 · At meetings of energy regulators, policymakers, consumer advocates, and industry this summer, the content and tone of the conversations around electric system reliability have changed dramatically. Ex

The Energy Future Forum, presented by RealClear takes place on June 26 in Washington, DC and online. Register to hear one-on-one conversations with the foremost experts across energy and environmental policy, capital markets, alternative energy, automotive, oil & gas, mining, nuclear energy, and the grid

Sep 18, 2024 · “Senators, Calgary is a lot closer to Washington than Riyadh. And you don’t need the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet to patrol the Great Lakes.” So said then-Alberta Premier Jason Kenney at a U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee hearing in May of 2022, just a few months after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine thrust energy security back into the spotlight.

May 1, 2024 · One curious but predictable effect of making decisions that restrict access to affordable, reliable and environmentally sound energy is that the more we squeeze supply in the name of climate action, the higher prices go and the faster less environmentally friendly options are brought back into service.

Dec 23, 2024 · As artificial intelligence, data centers, and electric vehicles drive unprecedented electricity demand, our aging transmission infrastructure struggles to keep pace. At the center of this crisis lies