U.S. natural gas prices have shifted notably in recent months as winter weather patterns and global demand dynamics influence the market. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s latest outlooks, benchmark Henry Hub prices are expected to average around $3.90 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) through the winter season and rise further to about….

Japan has taken a major step in reviving its nuclear energy sector with the restart of Reactor No. 6 at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant — the first such restart by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) since the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The plant, located in Niigata Prefecture and known as the world’s largest nuclear facility….

The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a major change in how it evaluates air pollution regulations, saying it will no longer assign a monetary value to the health benefits of reducing harmful pollution such as fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ground-level ozone. Instead, the agency will focus only on the economic costs to industry when….

The race to develop nuclear fusion — a potentially limitless and clean source of power — is heating up, with China aggressively scaling up investment and research in ways that are forcing the United States to respond. Recent reporting highlights how Chinese government planners and scientists are pouring substantial resources into fusion science, aiming to….

As billions continue to pour into artificial intelligence and data center expansion, a quieter but critical challenge is coming into focus: the ability of the U.S. power grid to keep up. New analysis shows that in many regions, projected data center electricity demand is rapidly outpacing available spare grid capacity. Areas including PJM (Mid-Atlantic), Texas….

Natural gas prices in the United States have climbed sharply as colder-weather forecasts, rising export demand, and tighter supply dynamics converge ahead of the winter heating season. Futures recently reached levels not seen in several years. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), natural-gas prices paid by electric power plants are projected to rise….

The Trump administration has launched a sharper policy targeting oil imports from certain foreign regimes, introducing fresh sanctions and import bans designed to reduce U.S. dependence on adversarial oil sources and strengthen U.S. energy security. Under the new rules, U.S. companies are barred from importing oil from specified countries tied to sanctions-designated regimes, while U.S…..

NextEra Energy has announced a major collaboration with Google to bring the long-dormant Duane Arnold Energy Center in Iowa back online. Once shuttered in 2020, the 615-megawatt facility is slated to resume operations by early 2029 and will supply electricity under a 25-year agreement to Google for its expanding cloud and AI infrastructure. As part….

A federal judge has overturned the Trump administration’s order halting work on the nearly completed Revolution Wind offshore wind farm off the coasts of Rhode Island and Connecticut. Construction, which had stopped in August over undisclosed national security concerns, is now cleared to resume. Judge Royce Lamberth granted a preliminary injunction, noting that delaying the….