A drill rig stands at a Fervo Energy geothermal site under construction near Milford, Utah, Nov. 26, 2023. Ellen Schmidt | AP MILFORD, Utah — Deep in the Utah desert, down miles of gravel roads and hours from a major city, Fervo Energy bets it can economically harness heat from the Earth’s core for power,…
POWER POINT What I’m hearing from energy insiders First and foremost, I hope that everybody had a wonderful 4th of July holiday and celebrated the 250th birthday of this amazing nation. As the celebrations ended and this week began, we seemed to be on a path to the Iran conflict winding down and the Strait…
Workers check solar panels installed on a lake in Tianchang, east China’s Anhui province on January 12, 2026. – | Afp | Getty Images China has called for “concerted efforts” to ease its solar power industry’s severe overcapacity crisis, as part of Beijing’s campaign to end a fierce price war. The proposed measures include capacity…
Wind turbines operated by Gamesa Eloica SA near Zaragoza, Spain, on Wednesday, March 25, 2026. Renewables are helping cushion the blow of higher oil and gas prices in Europe. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo lauded the country’s energy resilience to the Iran war, saying a pivot to solar and…
An electric vehicle (EV) is left to charge at a charging station in Tehran on February 23, 2026. Atta Kenare | Afp | Getty Images The sprawling Middle East crisis is expected to spur drivers to abandon traditional internal combustion engine vehicles in favor of EVs, analysts told CNBC, although early evidence suggests this will…
FILE PHOTO: Bull and bear symbols for successful and bad trading are seen in front of the German stock exchange (Deutsche Boerse) in Frankfurt, Germany, February 12, 2019. Kai Pfaffenbach | Reuters Shares listed in Europe are set to kick off the new trading month with a strong rebound, after notching their worst month since…
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Monday, March 9, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks rose on Monday morning despite investors grappling with a further escalation in the Iran war and fresh evidence of weaker economic sentiment. The…
Workers check vehicle frames on the production line for electric vehicle maker Zeekr at its factory on May 29, 2025 in Ningbo, China. Kevin Frayer | Getty Images News | Getty Images The fallout from the Iran war is likely to expedite the shift away from fossil fuels and make countries think differently about the…
An aerial view of wind turbines at the Altamont Pass wind farm on January 13, 2026 in Livermore, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The White House has agreed to pay TotalEnergies $1 billion to shelve East Coast wind farm projects that it condemned as “costly,” with the French energy giant’s investment set to be…
Nissan’s logo is illuminated on a prototype of its new all-electric Ariya crossover. Nissan’s Z Proto performance car is reflected in the vehicle’s grille, while a redesigned Nissan Pathfinder SUV sits in the background. Michael Wayland / CNBC Nissan Motor plans to introduce a new type of hybrid to the U.S. market that drives like…
