Kuwait looks to the cloud as power grid feels the strain
Kuwait has invited bids to construct three power substations that will supply electricity to Google Cloud data storage centres
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Head of Division for the World Energy Outlook (WEO) at the International Energy Agency (IEA)
Host Jason Bordoff sits down with Tim Gould, Head of Division for the World Energy Outlook (WEO) at the International Energy Agency (IEA), for a preview of 2017 WEO.
They discuss:
From the affordability crisis and the data center boom, to the US government’s campaign to reinvigorate the Venezuelan oil market, energy is dominating headlines in unusual ways. And...
Great power competition—particularly between the United States and China—is intensifying. This rivalry is reshaping everything from technology supply chains and energy security to the future of artificial intelligence. ...
Early on January 3, 2026, the United States apprehended Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife and removed Maduro from power. Maduro was transported to New York, where he now faces federal charges of narco-terrorism and drug trafficking.
This has been a crucial year for US energy policy. The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminated many of the clean energy incentives that were...
Venezuela holds 70% of Latin America's natural gas reserves, which it could export to Colombia and Trinidad to increase revenues.
Geopolitical uncertainty associated with Russian gas exports could swing the range of those exports by an estimated 150 bcm per year.