The World Needs to Crack Battery Recycling, Fast

Europe is slowly catching up, both in terms of battery production and recycling, with car manufacturers leading the charge to reclaim the valuable materials.The IEA forecasts that recycling could meet up to 12 percent of the EV industry’s demand for lithium, nickel, copper and cobalt by 2040. The Volkswagen Group—which includes Audi, Porsche and other … Read more

Oil giant Shell waters the down pace of its near-term emission cuts

A Shell logo displayed on a sign at a gas station in Nakuru, Kenya. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images British oil giant Shell on Thursday announced plans to moderate its near-term carbon emissions cuts, while maintaining its pledge to become a net-zero company by the middle of the century. In its latest energy … Read more

Oil prices could surprise to the upside this summer: Morgan Stanley

Investors could be caught off guard by the strength of an oil price rally this summer, according to Morgan Stanley’s Martijn Rats. His comments came as oil prices rose on Wednesday amid fears of potential supply disruption after Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries, and hopes that the Federal Reserve may soon start cutting interest … Read more

Saudi oil giant Aramco posts 25% fall in full-year profit

Logo of Aramco, officially the Saudi Arabian Oil Group, Saudi petroleum and natural gas company, seen on the second day of the 24th World Petroleum Congress at the Big 4 Building at Stampede Park, on September 18, 2023, in Calgary, Canada.  Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Saudi Arabia’s state oil giant Aramco reported … Read more

As mega-rounds become rarer, energy startups are powering up

The largest funding rounds raised by startups are becoming rarer and rarer. For upstart companies working on the future of energy, however, the market is surprisingly strong. The venture deceleration, and its late-stage glaciation, are not stopping the companies that want to reinvent energy from raising huge rounds. Given what we’re seeing around the world, … Read more

For Bitcoin Mines in Texas, the Honeymoon Is Over

Others argue the state’s strategy of paying Bitcoin miners not to mine when the grid is under heavy load is nonsensical. “The most important thing a regulator can do is match assets and liabilities—match supply and demand,” says Ed Hirs, an energy fellow at the University of Houston. With the deterioration of the state’s fleet … Read more

Norway wants to store carbon under the North Sea

The receiving dock at the Northern Lights carbon capture and storage project, controlled by Equinor ASA, Shell Plc and TotalEnergies SE, at Blomoyna, Norway, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Norway’s government wants to show the world it is possible to safely inject and store carbon waste under the seabed, … Read more

Saudi Arabia and Russia extend voluntary crude oil supply cuts until the end of June

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud gesture upon his arrival at the 8th OPEC International Seminar in Vienna on July 5, 2023 Alex Halada | AFP | Getty Images Heavyweight oil producers Saudi Arabia and Russia will extend their voluntary crude supply cuts until the end of the second quarter. The … Read more

TMX CEO jumps deeper into ETFs

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s parent company has already completed a major deal this year: its acquisition of ETF education company VettaFi. According to TMX Group CEO John McKenzie, the deal helps expand its exchange-traded fund business globally. “The exchange-traded fund is essentially one of the most important innovations in investing in the marketplace history — … Read more