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Truckin’: The long, strange trip of electric pick-ups

Americans love pick-up trucks, and the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that make them rely on their relatively high profit margins to fuel earnings. Darragh Punch joins EnergyCents with hosts Hill Vaden and Sam Humphreys to discuss North America’s love affair with pick-up trucks and why electrifying them could be so important to mass EV adoption in the United States.Learn more about SP Global Commodity Insights energy coverage at: https://www.spglobal.com/commodityinsights/enJoin the conversation at energycents@spglobal.comMore listening options:

Infographic: The impact of the total solar eclipse on US power generation
Virtual power plants and the future electric grid

This week, Energy Evolution reports from CERAWeek, SP Global's flagship energy conference.Today’s conversation is with Meghan Nutting, executive vice president of Government and Regulatory Affairs at Sunnova Energy.Virtual power plants (VPPs) can help manage grid demand and support electrification, Nutting told podcast co-host Taylor Kuykendall on the sidelines of the event. She also talked about Sunnova’s Project Hestia, how VPPs may fit in with large conventional power plants, and policy levers to support solar power deployment.Subscribe to Energy Evolution to stay current on the energy transition and its implications. The show is co-hosted by veteran journalists Dan Testa and Taylor Kuykendall.More listening options:

Infographic: US Power Tracker
CERAWeek Daily: March 22

Listen to as Binish AzharMidream Oil News Editor, and Joe Fischer, ManagerAmerica's Gas News at S P Global Commodity Insights bringing you a summary of all that unfolded at CERAWeek 2024 at HoustonTexasUSACERAWeek took place from March 18-22 and LIVE is your all-access pass to the conference. Check back for more insights and cutting-edge coverage.

Infographic: Bearish Q2 signals hold sway for European gas, power markets
CERAWeek Daily: March 21

Listen to as Daniel WeeksEnergy Transition ReporterS P Global Commodity Insights coming straight from CERAWeek 2024. Daniel higlights all that unfolded during the Day 4 of the conference at HoustonTexasUSACERAWeek is taking place from March 18-22 and LIVE is your all-access pass to the conference. Check back for more insights and cutting-edge coverage.

AI is changing the energy system, putting premium on flexibility

This week, Energy Evolution reports from CERAWeek, SP Global's flagship energy conference.Our first conversation from the 'Super Bowl of energy' is with Arshad Mansoor, president of the Electric Power Research Institute.With AI changing the energy landscape at lightning speed, grid flexibility is increasingly indispensable, Mansoor tells podcast co-host Taylor Kuykendall.Given that, innovation and deployment of small modular reactors and hydrogen cannot come fast enough, Mansoor says.Subscribe to Energy Evolution to stay current on the energy transition and its implications. The show is co-hosted by veteran journalists Dan Testa and Taylor Kuykendall.More listening options:

Infographic: US Renewables Tracker
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How are gas operators navigating the difficult gas environment in 2024?

Pressured by sub-$2/MMBtu prices, many US producers have decided to cut spending on gas-directed drilling and completion activity and to scale back production in 2024. But there are signs of price improvement along the futures curve in late 2024 and thereafter, due in part to the arrival of new LNG facilities, giving operators reason for optimism.In this episode, Jeremy Beaman, natural gas news editor, talks with Bryan Mcnamara and Imre Kugler, directors of upstream research, about how natural gas producers are approaching a difficult price environment and what their plans are for 2024 and 2025.Register for Global Power MarketsMore listening options:

Interactive: Platts Renewable Energy Price Explorer

Market values of European wind and solar output plummeted in March as oversupply pulled power prices lower, Platts Renewable Energy Price Explorer shows.Spanish wind and solar capture prices were hit hardest, averaging around Eur12/MWh, according to Platts assessments for S&P Global Commodity Insights. Capture rates fell to 56% for Spanish solar and 60% for Spanish wind, the lowest monthly level on record.Germany, Europe’s biggest market for both wind and solar with 16 TWh generated in March, saw average capture prices fall below Eur60/MWh. Capture rates ranging from 81% for solar to 92% for offshore wind.The Explorer shows the "capture price" renewable energy generators receive based on hourly output and pricing data on a monthly basis.As such capture prices take account of the cannibalization effect caused by Europe's growing fleet of solar and wind farms and are a more accurate reflection of value than average day-ahead wholesale power prices.Elsewhere, Italian capture prices remained highest due to the underlying power price premiums. UK wind captured over 100% of wholesale market values in March averaging above Eur70/MWh.Italian wind and solar values averaged highest, but output was the lowest.Overall, gains for solar were not enough to offset lower wind generation, which fell year on year for the first time since June. The 46 TWh generated by the over 330 GW of wind and solar in the five markets was down 4% on year.For further information, see methodology or contact ci.support@spglobal.comThe dial chart shows monthly wind, solar, nuclear, gas and coal-fired generation across Europe's five biggest power markets. Click a segment for more detail.

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