A potent mix of American ingenuity and full-throated political backing has propelled the U.S. to the top of global LNG exporter rankings, and promoted a narrative that shipments of "freedom gas" will continue climbing to all markets for years to come.
China's exports of batteries and battery energy storage systems (BESS) have hit a record in 2025, soaring by 24% from the year before over the first nine months of the year.
A jump in natural gas costs has spurred several U.S. utilities to lift coal power output and cut back on gas-fired generation so far this year, reversing a years-long trend of lower coal use and emissions in the country.
Global power generation capacity is on track to expand by just over 25% once projects that are currently under construction are completed and steer power onto generation systems and electricity grids.
In the decade since the landmark COP21 Paris agreement aimed to limit global warming, both a lot and a little has changed when it comes to the energy sector makeup and the trajectory of emissions.
Australian utilities generated more electricity from clean power sources than from fossil fuels for the first time ever last month, marking a major energy transition milestone for one of the world's top coal and gas exporters.
Germany's highest gas-fired power generation levels since 2021 are scuppering regional efforts to replenish natural gas stockpiles ahead of the peak season for gas-fired power demand.
Taiwan's utilities have cranked natural gas-fired electricity generation to new highs this year, bucking regional and global trends toward increased clean energy within power mixes.
China's booming car sector has upended the entire global carmaker industry over the past decade, especially its EV producers which have supplanted combustion engine cars in sales at home and have flooded global markets with record exports.
The world's largest goods and raw materials producer, China, has a commensurately large energy demand footprint, is the top global consumer of power and electricity, and is also the world's largest energy polluter.
It's not just the U.S., Qatar and Australia that are vying for a share of the lucrative LNG export market. Malaysia wants a cut too, and is retooling its own power generation system to do it.