HOUSTON — The need to power the AI revolution is the top-of-mind issue for energy CEOs and thousands of professionals at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference here.
Why it matters: Depending on who you listen to, AI will either lead to a decades-long extension in relatively unfettered fossil fuel use or may not cause electricity demand to skyrocket as much as many assume.
HOUSTON — Andrew Flanagan, CEO of RWE Clean Energy, warns that taking renewables out of the equation would boost gas demand enough to raise prices for consumers and data centers.
Why it matters: His message shows how a big onshore U.S. renewables player is navigating a White House that's hostile to wind and a Congress weighing the fate of clean power tax credits in budget talks.
Ontario's energy minister said Tuesday that electricity tariffs on the U.S. were meant to signal that the country is ready to respond in full force if the U.S. continues its trade war.
Why it matters: The 25% tariffs that the Canadian province slapped on the U.S. — which it later agreed to suspend — cover an extremely tiny fraction of the electricity actually used by Minnesota, Michigan and New York.
NASA has cut its office of the chief scientist and its Office of Science, Policy, and Strategy, among other entities, the agency said in an internal email that Axios has viewed.
Why it matters: Eliminating these offices comes ahead of potentially deep cuts to the agency's science programs.
