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Japan's $36 Billion Bet On US Energy Dominance

Japan's $36 Billion Bet On US Energy Dominance

Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com,

  • Japan has committed $36 billion as the first tranche of its $550-billion U.S. investment pledge under last year’s trade deal, including plans to build a 9.2 GW natural gas power plant in Ohio.

  • The remaining funds will support a synthetic diamond factory and the Texas GulfLink deepwater oil export terminal.

  • The massive gas plant reflects surging U.S. electricity demand — particularly from AI-driven data centers — with natural gas emerging as the preferred source of reliable baseload power.

The Quiet Revolution Reshaping America's Energy Future

The Quiet Revolution Reshaping America's Energy Future

Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com,

  • The geothermal revolution includes both shallow geoexchange systems, such as The Riverie high-rise which uses boreholes for heating and cooling, and deeper, more technologically advanced "enhanced geothermal" techniques.

  • Enhanced geothermal aims to make this alternative energy source viable anywhere by borrowing advanced drilling technologies from fields like hydraulic fracturing and nuclear fusion to access the Earth's core heat.

  • The sector is gaining momentum with significant investment from major tech figures like Bill Gates and Google, and is projected by the U.S. Department of Energy to supply about 90 gigawatts of carbon-free energy by 2050.

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