List of Energy Policy articles
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A general view during the inauguration of a green-tech hydrogen production plant at the Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland in Wesseling, Germany. Green Hydrogen Isn’t a Silver Bullet
World leaders are betting big on clean hydrogen. How much of it is hype?
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A worker stands atop a solar panel during construction on the roof of a new development in Wuhan. Buildings can be seen in the background. Can the U.S. and China Cooperate on Green Technology Again?
A recent book makes the case for collaboration in an increasingly competitive industry.
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Technical managers at the SOMELEC, The Mauritanian Electricity Company, talk with each other at the turbines field at the 30MW Nouakchott Wind Power Station in Nouakchott, Mauritania on March 21. Why Everyone Is Courting Mauritania
NATO, China, Russia, and regional powers all want closer ties to a stable West African nation with crucial energy supplies and a strategically valuable location.
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Protesters demonstrate against Germany’s proposed Building Energy Act in Munich on July 1. How a German Energy Law Became Part of the Culture War
A reform that experts see as central to achieving Berlin’s climate goals could also catapult the far right into power.
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A Polestar electric vehicle is displayed during the Electrify Expo in Washington. Chinese-Made Electric Cars Arrive Stateside
China’s EV industry is ascendant everywhere—except the U.S. Is that about to change?
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Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, pauses after drawing a red line on a graphic of a bomb while discussing Iran during an address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2012 in New York. Bibi Isn’t Serious About Preventing a Regional Nuclear Arms Race
Benjamin Netanyahu has long warned of the perils of a nuclear Middle East. Now he seems willing to allow Saudi nukes in exchange for normalization.
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A “bathtub ring” of mineral deposits left by higher water levels is visible beyond Elephant Butte Dam at the drought-stricken Elephant Butte Reservoir near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, on Aug. 15, 2022. Can We Learn from Oppenheimer in Responding to Climate Change?
Like atomic energy, geoengineering could change the nature of the world. That’s why it needs international guardrails and guidelines.
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The logo of the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which is a gridmarked circle with the red letters TSMC over it, hangs from the ceiling of a large lobby. Energy Is Taiwan’s Achilles’ Heel
In the U.S.-China tech standoff, supply vulnerabilities give Beijing leverage.
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A view of a spent nuclear fuel storage site at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. How Worried Should We Be About Zaporizhzhia?
It’s not Chernobyl 2.0. But experts say Russian threats to cause a catastrophe shouldn’t be dismissed lightly.
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An employee of Air Liquide in front of an electrolyzer at the company's future hydrogen production facility of renewable hydrogen in Oberhausen, Germany. Hydrogen Is the Future—or a Complete Mirage
The green-hydrogen industry is a case study in the potential—for better and worse—of our new economic era.
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A German Navy Sea King helicopter arrives on the Germany Navy frigate Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in the Baltic Sea near Rostock, Germany, on June 5. The First Job for NATO’s New Baltic Bloc
Pipelines, ports, and cables in and around the Baltic Sea are as critical as they are vulnerable.
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A crowd of activists march down a street in Seoul. Some protesters hold signs and banners, and a man in the center of the street jumps above the rest as he catches a giant inflatable ball painted to look like the Earth. Fukushima Disposal Plans Put Tokyo in Hot Water
Japan’s plan to release treated radioactive water into the ocean is heating up tensions in East Asia.
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Workers wearing hardhats and safety gear direct truck traffic at a mine in southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The U.S. Strategic Minerals Situation Is Critical
Desperate to diversify away from Beijing, Washington is ramping up efforts to jump-start its struggling domestic industry.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping hold glasses during a reception following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow. The Global South Is Keeping Russia’s Energy Economy Afloat
Gas and oil flows are reshaping geopolitical alignments.
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The release of gas emanating from a leak on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea on Sept. 27, 2022. Who Blew Up the Nord Stream Pipeline?
Its destruction reflects decades of energy disputes dating back to the Soviet era.
