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Since its inception in 1995, Energy Central has served as a central resource for news and information tailored for professionals in the electric power sector. With over 200,000 registered users, the Energy Central Platform, also known as the Power Industry Network, links you to valuable insights and a network of experts to elevate your professional skills. Our goal is to harness the collective knowledge and experience of the industry to drive progress during this time of significant transformation. We invite you to be part of this exciting journey with us!

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Guest Commentary: Nuclear Power Reactors and the Next War

21 hours ago | energycentral.com | Kennedy Maize

By Henry SokolskiWith President Trump’s latest announcement that Iran’s centrifuges either will “blow up nicely in a deal” or “viciously without one,” the odds of a military strike against Iran’s nuclear program just shot up. This raises the question: if negotiations in Oman this fail, what might Israel or the United States target? Would they just hit the centrifuges? What of Iran’s large power reactor at Bushehr?
Coal pile: Wyo. coal exports? Miners push back on safety. Open or shut?

2 days ago | energycentral.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy MaizeWyoming Republican Gov. Mark Gordon wants to ship the Cowboy State’s plentiful coal to Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea, according to a recent account in Cowboy State Daily.
179. The future of the Auto Industry: Winners, challengers and zombies - Redefining Energy podcast

3 days ago | energycentral.com | Laurent Segalen

image credit: Credit: Redefining Energy / Dunne insights May 12, 2025 7:26 am GMT6 views Access Podcast / Audio On one hand, tariffs are causing significant disruption in the global automotive industry. On the other, the electric vehicle (EV) market continues to surge, seemingly unaffected. According to the latest Q1 2025 data from Rho Motion, 4.1 million EVs were sold globally in Q1 2025—a 29% year-over-year increase compared to Q1 2024.
Are melting glaciers and rising sea levels turning around?

5 days ago | energycentral.com | Kennedy Maize

By Kennedy MaizeOne of the most enduring themes of the popular discussion of a man-made warming globe has been sea level rise as a result of the melting of ice from the planet’s two frigid poles. Former Vice President Al Gore’s 2006 film “An Inconvenient Truth” featured images of icebergs calving off the Antarctic continent. He proclaimed that if the world proceeded to warm at its current rate, worldwide sea levels would rise “20 feet.”On Oct. 16, 2009, then Sen.
Rare Earths Represent A New Energy Crisis For America

6 days ago | energycentral.com | Llewellyn King

China's decision to limit the supply of rare earths minerals to the United States represents an existential crisis for many areas of our national endeavor, but none more, perhaps, than to energy. Rare earths are the great multiplier in the production of electricity and the efficiency of motors. Without them wind turbines would probably not be worth constructing — rare earths increase the output from a wind turbine fivefold or better and the same dynamic is at work in the efficiency of motors.
Contracts for Difference | Bleasdale

6 days ago | energycentral.com | Charley Rattan

image credit: UK gov | MB May 8, 2025 2:44 pm GMT2 views As predicted, the Clean Industry Bonus doesn't work. The real shame is rather than recognising it's a structurally flawed policy the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero seem to think throwing more money at the problem is the fix; it isn't (it rarely is.)The CfD is the problem.
California Energy Storage Update

6 days ago | energycentral.com | John Benson

The Energy Central Power Industry Network® is based on one core idea - power industry professionals helping each other and advancing the industry by sharing and learning from each other. If you have an experience or insight to share or have learned something from a conference or seminar, your peers and colleagues on Energy Central want to hear about it. It's also easy to share a link to an article you've liked or an industry resource that you think would be helpful.
USEA Virtual Press Briefing: New, Transformative Technologies Entering the Electric Utility Space

6 days ago | energycentral.com | Llewellyn King

Video recording of the session at the bottom of this post, along with open Q&A discussion from the session taking place actively on the Energy Central Community:The United States Energy Association examined new, transformative technologies which are entering the electric utility space at its latest virtual press briefing on May 7. The format for these briefings is well-established: A panel of experts is interviewed by a panel of senior reporters who cover energy.
When major outages happen, like recently in the Iberian Peninsula, who really pays? For example, Winter Storm Uri in February 2021 cost $16 billion. How are such costs considered in standard PUC LCOE analysis?

1 week ago | energycentral.com | Llewellyn King

Llewellyn King May 8, 2025 12:35 pm GMT 9 views This question was asked by an audience member during our recent USEA Virtual Press Briefing on the topic of 'New Transformative Technologies Entering the Electric Utility Space' (fully replay can be watched here) With the engaging conversation taking place between our esteemed expert guests and the press panel, we were unable to get to this question during the Press Briefing so we wanted to pose it here to the Energy Central Community where...
Somehow I Manage - May 2025 - [Energy Management Network Community Manager Digest]

1 week ago | energycentral.com | Matt Chester

Thank you for checking out the Energy Management Network Community Manager digest. This piece compiles important articles that concern different elements of energy efficiency, demand management, and grid flexibility. The articles referred to in this piece are just a small smattering of the content posted on Energy Central, so make sure to check the rest of the site.