JPMorgan upgrades Malaysia, citing data centers and policy reforms

JPMorgan upgrades Malaysia, citing data centers and policy reforms

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 26: The JPMorgan Chase logo is seen at their headquarters building on May 26, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Data centers have been widely talked about and Malaysia is emerging as an attractive investment opportunity offering different sectors and ideas to play, according … Read more

Philippines surpasses China to be most dependent on coal-generated power

Philippines surpasses China to be most dependent on coal-generated power

Coal-fired power plants in Mariveles, Bataan, the Philippines, on June 6, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Philippines’ dependency on coal-fired power surged 62% last year, overtaking China, Indonesia and Poland, according to London-based energy think-tank Ember. The Philippines was also the most coal-dependent country in Southeast Asia in 2023, as adoption of … Read more

U.S. needs major nuclear power expansion, Southern Company CEO says

U.S. needs major nuclear power expansion, Southern Company CEO says

The United States needs to build a significant number of nuclear plants to supply surging energy demand while also meeting climate goals, the CEO of Southern Company said at an event on Thursday. “This country will need more nuclear plants going forward,” Chris Womack said at the Reuters Global Energy Transition conference in New York … Read more

We are starting a position in a market-leading renewable energy company

We are starting a position in a market-leading renewable energy company

We’re initiating a position in Nextracker , buying 350 shares at roughly $48.18. Following Thursday’s trade, Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust will own 350 shares of NXT with a weighting of about 0.5%. Nextracker makes solar tracker systems that allow huge utility-scale rows of solar panels to rotate and follow the sun’s movement across the sky … Read more

Solar is growing faster than any energy source as clean power for data centers

Solar is growing faster than any energy source as clean power for data centers

Aerial view of the Oberon Solar O&M farm on March 24, 2024 in Ector County, Texas. In 2023, Texas led the nation in solar installations on its power grid, surpassing California for its second consecutive year.  Brandon Bell | Getty Images Solar is booming in the United States as power demand surges, outpacing the growth … Read more

Hot utility stock NextEra falls nearly 5% after announcing plan to sell $2 billion in equity units

Hot utility stock NextEra falls nearly 5% after announcing plan to sell  billion in equity units

Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images NextEra Energy stock fell nearly 5% in early trading Tuesday after announcing a plan to sell $2 billion in equity units to finance power projects as electricity demand rises and to pay back debt. The Florida-based power company, which operates the largest portfolio of renewable energy in the … Read more

Used EV price crash gets deeper with ‘premium’ brand idea history

Used EV price crash gets deeper with ‘premium’ brand idea history

A used 2020 Tesla Model 3 is available for sale on a CarMax lot on March 10, 2022 in Burbank, California.  Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Back in February, used electric vehicle prices dipped below used gasoline-powered vehicle prices for the first time ever, and the pricing cliff keeps getting steeper … Read more

Nuclear is ‘overblown’ as energy source for data centers, AES CEO says

Nuclear is ‘overblown’ as energy source for data centers, AES CEO says

President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the AES Corporation Andres Gluski speaks during an interview with Reuters in Santiago, Chile June 4, 2019. Picture taken June 4, 2019.  Rodrigo Garrido | Reuters The euphoria over nuclear energy as a power source for data centers is “overblown,” the CEO of a major power provider for … Read more

Con Edison taps Evergy’s Kirk Andrews as new CFO

Con Edison taps Evergy’s Kirk Andrews as new CFO

Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Evergy Chief Financial Officer Kirk Andrews will replace Consolidated Edison‘s current CFO Robert Hoglund, who plans to retire on July 8, the companies announced Monday. Andrews has been CFO of the Midwest utility company since 2021. Evergy said Geoffrey Ley, vice president, corporate planning and … Read more

Honda may be America’s most committed EV automaker, for the moment

Honda may be America’s most committed EV automaker, for the moment

The All-New, All-Electric Honda Prologue is on display at the 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on November 24, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. While missing a host of brands, this year’s edition of the Los Angeles Auto Show debuted a range of new models.  Josh Lefkowitz | Getty Images … Read more