Surging demand from data centers and air conditioners put the US power system through a tough test this summer. But instead of triggering a jump in fossil-fuel use, record renewables output carried mu...

China's decision to suspend fuel exports for October has raised fresh fears of a further tightening in global markets.

The shift toward electric vehicles, renewables, battery storage and expanded power grids is driving a surge in demand for copper, rare earths, silver and other materials. But the electrification push ...

Bangladesh should be one of the global LNG industry's success stories, but instead it is a warning sign.

The headline grabbing global attention is simple enough: a shipowner reportedly paid more than $5 million for a single Panama Canal transit slot. But that may only mark the start of an historic surge ...

A record-strong El Nino weather pattern this winter bodes well for wind power generation potential across Europe, and could help limit the amount of gas required by utilities over Europe's peak heatin...

Southeast Asian nations have emerged as key drivers of China's clean-energy export boom, with the region making record purchases of energy storage batteries, grid equipment, electric vehicles and clea...

Energy trade routes that optimize distance and costs may no longer be suitable for the fractured and fractious modern world, especially for major importers.

The world's energy traders are sending a consistent message about 2027: They do not expect global energy markets to become calmer anytime soon.

Record solar output is helping to shield Hungary's power system from the worst effects of the forced cutbacks at the country's only nuclear power plant, demonstrating that renewables can provide a cri...

The defining question of Europe's energy story over the past few years has been whether the region has enough gas. That query is starting to look outdated.

For years, the energy transition narrative has pointed toward a future dominated by renewables and batteries, with natural gas eventually fading into the background. Yet the evolution of the U.S. powe...

The good news about the global energy transition is that most of the key technologies now work.

A curious pattern is emerging in U.S.-China trade.

Europe has one answer for almost every major energy challenge it faces: electrify.

Europe's energy traders have spent recent weeks glued to maps of the Gulf. They should also be watching the Rhine.

Europe's latest heatwave delivered an uncomfortable reminder that the continent's climate challenge doesn't stop at cutting emissions.

The latest data dump from the Energy Institute has landed, and as ever, it's an energy analyst's dream: sprawling, consistent and packed with signals about where the global system is heading.

Europe's solar sector is scaling new heights - yet the region's power markets are showing signs of growing stress.

U.S. President Trump's push to revive the domestic coal sector taps into a potent mix of energy security, industrial policy and electoral politics. But the data show that coal's decline is being drive...

While oil markets fixate on the disruptions to Middle East exports and surging U.S. supply in 2026, South America is quietly emerging as a key new source of global crude flows.

Many of Asia's largest cities are already gripped by above-normal temperatures that are prompting widespread use of power-hungry air conditioners weeks ahead of the usual peak in summer thermometer re...

Elevated crude oil prices have grabbed the most attention in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. But most economies run on fuels, not oil, and the sharp surge in diesel costs this year is l...

Russia - despite heavy sanctions and international isolation - is quietly playing a key role in cushioning global commodity markets from the full impact of the war with Iran and collapse in energy exp...

A durable peace breakthrough in the Middle East would ripple through markets far beyond crude oil, quickly stripping out risk premia that have been baked into everything from freight rates to fertiliz...

Europe's solar surge has become one of the continent's most visible energy transition success stories. But even the staunchest clean power advocates are now sensing there can be too much of a good thi...

Natural gas touches almost every corner of the U.S. economy, fuelling power plants, homes, factories and the booming LNG export sector. But the supply needed to meet all those uses is coming from an e...

Record output from wind farms has helped boost total clean power supplies in the United Kingdom to new highs so far in 2026, and allowed power firms to pare use of fossil fuels to multi-year lows.

When the missiles and drones eventually stop flying in the U.S.-Israeli air strikes against Iran, a new contest is likely to get underway: the scramble for contracts to rebuild damaged oil and gas inf...

The repercussions of the ongoing U.S.-Iran war are being felt across the world, with U.S. fuel prices, European natural gas costs and Asian tanker freight rates all jumping sharply since strikes began...

European lawmakers are soon expected to unveil new policies on the forms of heat used by industry, which could determine if the region can maintain viable and competitive businesses or will experience...

The scrapping of the foundation for U.S. federal climate regulations has upended energy investor narratives that have prevailed so far this decade, and is sparking a re-think on which sectors might no...

U.S. exporters of LNG consumed more natural gas than both households and commercial businesses last year, tightening U.S. gas supplies and putting the LNG export boom squarely in the frame of discussi...

Australia's wholesale electricity prices fell to the lowest in four years in 2025, bucking the rising price trends seen elsewhere and validating claims that renewables-heavy power system overhauls can...

While North America and Europe scramble to build the data centers needed to run 21st-century businesses, many emerging markets remain anchored to 20th-century products like steel, cement and plastics ...