The Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2026 in Manila arrived at a moment when the region’s energy systems are under unprecedented pressure. As geopolitical tensions continue to disrupt global fuel markets, artificial intelligence data centers are driving electricity demand to historic highs, and more than 400 million people across Asia ... [continued] The post Energy Forum Signals Asia’s Clean Energy Transition Is Entering A New, High-Stakes Phase appeared first on CleanTechnica .

With Kier Starmer stepping down as the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister (PM), it looks increasingly likely that Andy Burnham, who is known as the “King of the North”, will take his place as the leader of the Labour Party and PM in July. The Member of Parliament for the northern English constituency of Makerfield has significant political experience, having served as Mayor of Greater Manchester, but what are his plans for British energy? Burnham has a long history in politics, serving as Shadow Home Secretary under the former Labour…

China’s clean energy dominance is growing. Buoyed by the skyrocketing energy needs and future projected demands of the artificial intelligence boom, clean energy projects are getting greenlit at a breakneck pace. And those projects depend on cheap Chinese clean energy components, as Beijing has near-total control of global supply chains for clean energy tech including solar panels and lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles as well as energy storage systems. As a result, Chinese clean energy exports are going gangbusters in virtually…

Fly into Abilene, Amarillo or Midland this year and you'll see the buildout before you land: cranes over half-finished turbine halls, miles of freshly trenched pipeline right-of-way, and fenced-off scrubland that a year ago grew nothing but mesquite and cotton. Texas has become the epicenter of America's AI data center boom, and unlike a lot of things AI, t…

China will continue spending heavily on both coal and alternative energy, such as wind and solar, over the next five years, Beijing’s latest five-year plan revealed this month. The apparent paradox sees the world’s largest emitter by far continue to generate a solid portion of its energy from coal while also boosting the largest alternative energy capacity in the world. The thing is, it is not actually a paradox. Ever since the signing of the Paris Agreement in 2015, a host of countries have been working hard to reduce their reliance…

Eni is forming an energy commodity joint venture with global trader Mercuria as the Italian energy major eyes higher profits to rival the most active traders among the European energy giants. Eni on Wednesday said it had signed an agreement with Geneva-based Mercuria, one of the world’s largest independent trading groups, to create a joint venture to trade energy commodities across global energy markets. The joint venture will be equally owned by Eni and Mercuria, and will operate on an independent and unconsolidated basis through a holding…

Investment in natural gas exploration in Australia hit the highest in ten years amid the energy crunch caused by the war in the Middle East, totaling the equivalent of $329 million in the first quarter of the year, government data showed, as quoted by Reuters. The publication cited Rystad Energy as forecasting a 10% increase in gas exploration investment fo…

Over the 250-year history of our nation, energy consumption has evolved from wood use in the 18th and 19th centuries to today’s use of modern renewable, hydrocarbon, and nuclear technology. In 2025, total energy used in the United States was 96 quadrillion British thermal units (quads), up 2% from 2024, but below ... [continued] The post The 250-Year Histor…

London Climate Action Week took place during an intense heat wave last week, causing some of the planned events to be cancelled and calling extra attention to the urgency of the summit’s cause. One of the biggest takeaways of the event, underscored by the weather, is that Europe has missed critical opportunities to catalyze the clean energy transition and m…

For years, critics of the energy transition have made essentially the same argument. Renewable energy was supposedly too expensive, too dependent on subsidies, too intermittent, and too vulnerable to survive a serious energy security crisis. Sooner or later, they argued, governments and investors would return to the comfort of oil, gas, and coal. The latest…