ENERGY

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum warned the United States is at risk of suffering from blackouts that recently brought most of Spain to a halt due to over-subsidizing intermittent renewable energy sources. 

“We just saw in Spain, they were celebrating on April 12th of this past month that they'd shut down their last coal plant. A week after that, they were celebrating the fact that they had their first day of 100% renewables on their system,” Burgum said in an (more…)

Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times,

California gas prices could skyrocket by as much as 75 percent by the end of 2026 with the expected shutdown of oil refineries in the state, according to an analysis released May 5 by a researcher at the University of Southern California (USC).

Regular gasoline prices could rise from an average of $4.82 in April 2025 to as high as $8.44 a gallon by the end of next year, said the report, authored by Professor Michael Mische at (more…)

Authored by Alex Kimani via OilPrice.com,

• Chinese scientists achieved a breakthrough in clean energy technology by adding fresh fuel to an operational thorium reactor.

• The 2-megawatt experimental reactor is located in the Gobi Desert.

• The experimental reactor uses molten salt as the coolant and fuel carrier, with thorium as the fuel source.

Chinese scientists have achieved a significant milestone in clean energy tech after successfully adding fresh (more…)