Iran Oil Exports Through Hormuz Hit Wartime High

Nuclear Buildout Accelerates With Goldman Now Including SMRs Into Forecast Goldman's latest edition of "Nuclear Nuggets: Global Reactor Tracker" reinforces that the buildout of the cleanest and most reliable form of so-called "green" energy, nuclear power, continues to gain momentum. The theme we first laid out in December 2020 continues to broaden, with buildouts accelerating across both large-scale and small modular reactors, even as the growing risk of a massive uranium supply deficit emerges. Focusing on the latest North American reactor progress and announcements: 4/16/2026 - Canada - Bruce Power has signed...

Iran is threatening that it will strike northern Israel if Tel Aviv moves forward with planned strikes in Beirut.  On Sunday, Israel called for residents of southern neighborhoods in Beirut to evacuate the city before the IDF started to bomb. The Iranian military responded by threatening to strike northern Israel if it attacked the Lebanese […]

Data Centers Drove Half Of All Growth In US Electricity Use In 2025 Global electricity demand rose by 3% in 2025, with growth nearly triple compared to the 1.3% increase in total energy consumption, as data centers and electric vehicles continued to push power use higher, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a report on Monday. Overall global energy demand growth slowed to 1.3% in 2025, slightly below the previous decade's average of 1.4% and significantly lower than in 2024, as global economic growth slowed and cooling demand in Asia was...