Stanley Reed

Developers have finally broken ground on the project, known as Sizewell C, but getting there meant navigating wary investors and local opposition.

Traders are pondering whether the United States and its allies are finally getting serious about restricting Russian energy.

Orsted, a Danish wind farm developer, has been hammered by high costs and President Trump’s efforts to stymie renewable energy. Its struggles are rippling across Denmark.

By STANLEY REEDAt the French port of Dunkirk, a mothballed oil refinery represents both the legacy and the future of the energy giant TotalEnergies.The French company shut down the refinery in 2010. Rather than abandon the site, the company is finding new uses for it.Earlier in the decade, it installed more than two dozen industrial-scale batteries on a strip alongside the rusting tanks and pipes. Some long-standing refinery employees now make the rounds at the battery farm, making sure the devi

Oil Prices Rise After Producers Announce New Increase in Output

National Grid, which owns the high-voltage electricity grid in England and Wales, is rebuilding it in a government-backed drive to attract investment and tackle climate change.

The energy giant said it would cut planned investments in clean energy and redirect spending toward fossil fuels.

A court ruling requires the British government to consider the potential climate impact of the oil and gas produced in the North Sea.

Periods of low sun and wind, a weather pattern known as a Dunkelflaute, can increase electricity prices and stoke political tensions.