Fossil fuels like oil and natural gas are back in the Earth’s energy consumption mix. The US and the entire world heard President Donald Trump say that immediately after his inauguration at the Capitol, he would issue —and did so on January 20, 2025—an executive order instructing his Ambassador to the United Nations to notify his decision to withdraw the US from the Paris Agreement of COP21 of November 2015, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including CO2. In the end, accor

The recurring crisis in Ecuador’s electricity sector, after a series of years of navigating its fragility in one way or another existing of its generation, transmission, sub-transmission and distribution systems , leaves the problem without a solution; perhaps the problem is reaching its peak, and there are sensible reasons, publicly discussed, analyzed, and recommended, to prevent the nation from facing the risk of repeating blackouts due to purely technical causes that cou

The optimal operating conditions of a photovoltaic plant are directly associated with environmental variables and can have a significant impact on performance. Photovoltaic plants are designed to efficiently convert solar energy into electricity, but their performance depends on several environmental factors. Among these, temperature is one of the most critical. Although solar panels need sunlight to generate energy, high temperatures are not always beneficial and can, in f

The tariff deficit is defined as “the gap between the cost of generating, transporting, distributing, and selling electricity and what consumers pay for it. In Spain, so far this year, the accumulated deficit amounts to 2,313.89 million euros. In Ecuador, it is approximately 603 million dollars , resulting from emergency contracts. In practice, the tariff deficit means that the State or consumers end up assuming a deficit that accumulates year after year, generating debt a

Future scenarios for oil and natural gas production and consumption are immensely important, since planet Earth – for the years before and after 2050 – will still be highly dependent on oil and natural gas at 72.5%; but also, very dependent on the behavior of investors when they decide to make energy decisions to sustain the normal development of the world's social and economic progress. The IEA – as the energy arm of the OECD, the economic organization for cooperation and de