Chemicals & Energy

Americans Face Record Metals Prices as Shipping Costs Surge

February 8, 2022

Surging prices of the raw materials needed for your refrigerators, automobiles, window frames and plumbing show no signs of abating as America’s supply chain crisis spills into another year.

Texas Deep Freeze Will Bring a Fresh Test to Power Grid

February 1, 2022

Bloomberg

Texas is facing an Arctic blast this week that threatens to leave Dallas blanketed in snow, freeze oil and natural gas production areas and will test the state’s power grid.

Clean Energy Shift Doesn't Threaten Saudi Arabia's Oil Empire

January 14, 2022

Helen Atkinson, Senior Editor

Most transportation today relies on hydrocarbon fuel sources. And despite dreams of a green energy revolution, that’s not likely to change in the near future, according to one of America's foremost experts on Saudi Arabia.

China’s Solar Industry Is Slowly Shifting Away From Xinjiang

December 21, 2021

Bloomberg

Chinese solar companies are gradually shifting the country’s solar supply chain away from Xinjiang as the U.S. increases its scrutiny of the region.

Mobile Power Plants Are Taking to the High Seas

Europe Is Desperate for LNG While Asia Has More Than It Needs

December 20, 2021

Bloomberg

Asia’s relentless buying of liquefied natural gas earlier this year has left the region so well stocked for winter that spot shipments are being diverted to energy-hungry Europe.

Biden Sees Progress in Supply Crisis Amid Faster Inflation

December 2, 2021

Bloomberg

President Biden said his administration’s work has begun to alleviate supply chain disruptions and that higher inflation is a “natural byproduct” of the global economy’s recovery from the pandemic.

A lithium-ion automotive battery pack sits on a chassis.

Rising Battery Costs Hit Carmakers, Threaten Climate-Change Push

December 2, 2021

Bloomberg

Soaring commodity prices and supply chain bottlenecks are threatening to push up the cost of batteries seen as crucial in the fight against climate change.

How Digital Transformation Has Left Power Stations Vulnerable to Attack

November 25, 2021

Elad Ben-Meir, SCB Contributor

The digital transformation of operational technology (OT) for monitoring and controlling physical processes has introduced new blind spots and magnified others, making industrial control systems (ICS) susceptible to nation-state attacks.

Last-Mile Fuel Delivery Lets Truckers Skip the Gas Station

November 24, 2021

Frank Mycroft, SCB Contributor

Cutting out fuel stops can save time, money and the environment.

Biden Signed the $550 Billion Infrastructure Deal. Here's Who Gets the Money.

November 16, 2021

Bloomberg

President Biden signed the $550 billion measure at a White House ceremony on Monday, after appointing a group of officials to guide the law’s enactment.

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