As investments in clean energy accelerate, the U.S. will need to reengineer much of its power grid to run on more and more renewables.
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In the pursuit of deeper participation in Kazakhstan’s extractive industries, South Korea faces country-level and broader geopolitical risks.
Sanctions imposed on Russia since its Ukraine invasion have reshaped global trade, with countries like China and the UAE emerging as winners.
Guyana is the world’s fastest growing economy and an emerging oil giant. But its newfound abundance presents as many challenges as it does opportunities.
There’s no such thing as “clean cobalt.” Cobalt extracted under slave-like conditions is mixed into supply from large-scale miners.
Lithium-abundant Ukraine may be key to South Korea’s ambitions to become a global battery production powerhouse.
Gold hydrogen is a low-cost, low-impact subsurface energy source present in much of the world. But its economic viability is unclear.
The Nigerien junta could use the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline project as leverage against the EU, strengthening Russian influence.
Hawaii has the most expensive gas in the U.S., followed by California and Washington. The cheapest gas prices are in Oklahoma and Gulf Coast states like Mississippi and Texas.
The Ugandan government must consider potential price shocks when designing and negotiating oil agreements.