Wind Energy

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a cracked American flag made of silicon wafers, fiber optic cables, and EV batteries—all splintering at the rare earth seams

China Just Turned Off U.S. Supplies Of Minerals Critical For Defense & Cleantech

In April 2025, while most of the world was clutching pearls over trade war tit-for-tat tariffs, China calmly walked over to the supply chain and yanked out a handful of critical bolts. The bolts are made of dysprosium, terbium, tungsten, indium and yttrium—the elements that don’t make headlines but without … [continued]

The red areas mark the highest concentration both on- and off-shore wind in South Luzon Philippines. (Image from World Bank)

Wind Energy in the Philippines Picks Up Speed in South Luzon

Batangas and Mindoro Emerge as Key Sites in Philippine Offshore Wind Energy Development The Philippines, driven by global climate change initiatives and the need for energy security, is rapidly advancing its renewable energy sector, with a shifting focus on offshore wind. Though the number of onshore and inland wind turbines … [continued]

Including workers in traditional dress handling solar infrastructure

Pakistan’s 22 GW Solar Shock: How a Fragile State Went Full Clean Energy

Pakistan isn’t the first country you’d expect to crash the global solar party. But by the end of 2024, it quietly rocketed into the top tier of solar adopters, importing a jaw-dropping 22 gigawatts worth of solar panels in a single year. That’s not a typo or a spreadsheet rounding … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of two hands pulling on opposite sides of a US dollar bill—one tattooed “Clean Tech” and the other “US Tariffs.”

Americans Pay More For Clean Tech, Fossil Fuel Firms Catch Tariff Shrapnel

Imagine slapping a 30% surcharge on your prescription medication—not because it suddenly got more expensive to make, not because there’s a shortage, but because you want to make a point to a pharmacy halfway across the world. That’s the economic logic—or lack thereof—behind Donald Trump’s newest volley of tariffs. On … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic view of Europe with HVDC lines overlaid like a neural network — symbolic of a meshed grid overlay

Decoding the Future of Coordinated Power Systems with Mark O’Malley

I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Mark O’Malley, Leverhulme professor of Power Systems at the Imperial College of London, and founder and research lead for the Global Power Systems Consortium, which is the leading organization trying to figure out how to operate grids as we approach 100% … [continued]