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The week in Global Energy & Infrastructure
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The disruption spread from crude into refinery capacity, gasoline, and diesel, with prices reaching records and raising costs across transport, agriculture, construction, and food distribution. The IEA warned that sustained fuel inflation could eventually destroy oil demand.
Tanker attacks, US-Iran escalation, and reduced traffic pushed oil above $100 and raised forecasts toward $120. A brief diplomatic price retreat did not remove the chokepoint's vulnerability or the risk to global flows.
Houthi attacks on Saudi energy sites and advances near the Red Sea intensified threats to production and shipping. Drone strikes then shut Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline, while Baghdad's response exposed a wider regional accountability crisis.
Record Texas demand and rapid data-center growth made firm power and grid capacity binding constraints. Regulators and grid operators responded with clean-power conditions, large-load tariffs, and proposals that shift more reliability responsibility toward projects.
China paused new battery projects as authorities reviewed excess capacity, while automakers pursued domestic battery production and India confronted continued dependence on Chinese clean-energy equipment. Supply-chain diversification therefore became part of energy security rather than only industrial policy.
The UK faced a potential £70 billion grid investment bill as electricity demand rises, while Europe's solar expansion produced negative prices during periods of oversupply. Transmission, storage, flexible demand, and interconnection now matter as much as adding generation.
Rolling blackouts triggered violent protests and forced the Gambian president to promise new generation and grid infrastructure. The recurring crisis left financing and delivery as the test of whether the pledge can restore reliable power.
Federal courts rejected Energy Department efforts to delay coal plant retirements, finding that the agency exceeded its authority. The rulings narrowed the administration's ability to preserve aging generation through emergency powers.
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