June 2025

Recently, while deeply engaged in energy transition scenario planning with TenneT for the Netherlands’ decarbonization by 2050, I found myself considering again the lessons of Jonathan Haidt’s 2012 book, The Righteous Mind, a book I…

Recent adjustments to my projections for global steel demand through 2100, reflecting a significant slowdown in Chinese infrastructure and cement consumption, have sharpened my economic focus on competing new steelmaking…

In the latest Africa crypto news: South Africa crypto payments hit 2M Rand monthly as Kenya eliminates its 3% crypto tax. Yellow Card seeks to expand stablecoin use. South Africa remains a continental trailblazer, with Luno Pay crypto…

Last Updated on: 25th June 2025, 01:02 pm The global offshore wind market is heading for another boom year in 2025, though industry insiders advise that it won’t be quite as boomy as in the past. Blame the US, which is failing to…

US President Donald Trump suspended the NEVI program for new EV charging stations earlier this year. Now a judge has ruled that the program must go forward. Even without NEVI, though, clever new startups are bringing more charging…

District will use charge management to maximize solar consumption and minimize utility bills Turlock, California — Turlock Unified School District (TUSD) celebrated the delivery of nine electric buses and charging infrastructure with…

Introduction LG Energy Solution’s new lithium-iron phosphate (LFP) battery plant in Holland, Michigan, marks a significant step for clean energy in the US. Opened in early May 2025, this facility shifts focus from electric vehicles…

Last Updated on: 27th June 2025, 01:38 pm You’re at a family reunion, and your cousin-once-removed announces to the gathered group that electric vehicles are overtaxing the grid — and their drivers don’t pay their fair share of road…

The US auto industry has factories in California, Nevada, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Ohio, but its spiritual home has always been in Michigan where Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler…

This week, I had the opportunity to participate in TenneT’s scenario planning for its ambitious 2050 Target Grid project. The session was notable for including Professor Heleen de Coninck, one of the Netherlands’ experts on…