Energy
Business
A new electricity supercycle is under way
Why spending on power infrastructure is surging around the world
United States
The Biden administration pursued a mistaken policy on LNG exports
It will be reversed eventually, but not before the courts have had their say
Britain
The battles of Greg Jackson, Britain’s clean-energy disrupter
The boss of Octopus Energy wants to change the way the world uses electricity
Finance & economics
How much oil can Trump pump?
The president-elect wants to be the ultimate energy baron
Business in 2025
Grid-scale storage is the fastest-growing energy technology
From giant batteries to compressed gas, energy storage is booming
United States in 2025
What Donald Trump’s return means for energy policy
Does this spell the end for America’s green-energy push?
Briefing
The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think
Most analysts overestimate energy demand and underestimate technological advances
The Americas
Blackouts in Cuba highlight the island’s extreme energy fragility
The failure of a decrepit, oil-burning power system has plunged Cubans into darkness and misery
Asia
Kazakhstan’s referendum on nuclear energy could benefit Russia
The opposition have been barred from campaigning or locked up
United States
On energy and climate, Trump and Harris are different by degrees
Green subsidies will probably survive Mr Trump’s re-election, and Big Oil will probably do just fine under Ms Harris
Science & technology
Geothermal energy could outperform nuclear power
Tricks from the oil industry have produced a hot-rocks breakthrough
China
China is beating America in the nuclear-energy race
They have pioneered a new generation of reactor
The Americas
Confused and dirty: Claudia Sheinbaum’s energy plan
She cannot boost renewables while propping up the state oil and power giants
Finance & economics
Europe faces an unusual problem: ultra-cheap energy
The continent is failing to adapt to a renewables boom