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Johnson Says Brexit Britain Must Adapt Amid Fuel, Food Shortages
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said he won’t fall back on immigration to solve the U.K.’s truck driver shortage, as he presented supply chain troubles that have left supermarket shelves bare and gas stations dry as a “period of adjustment” in the wake of Brexit and the pandemic.
A gas pump reads 'out of use' amid fuel shortages in the U.K. Photo: Bloomberg.
Iron Battery Breakthrough Could Eat Lithium’s Lunch
The world’s electric grids are creaking under the pressure of volatile fossil-fuel prices and the imperative of weaning the world off polluting energy sources. A solution may be at hand, thanks to an innovative battery that’s a cheaper alternative to lithium-ion technology.
Iron-flow batteries on the production floor at the Energy Storage Systems Inc. (ESS Inc.) facility in Wilsonville, Oregon. Photo: Bloomberg.
An Obscure Chinese Mining Law Is Hobbling Global Energy Security
China’s current energy crisis can be traced back in part to a legal amendment targeting miners that garnered little notice when it went into effect in March.
Pieces of coal stacked at a mining site. Photo: Shutterstock.
Gas-Starved Europe Can't Look West as U.S. Faces Its Own Crunch
Americans are staring down their own supply squeeze — and the accompanying sky-high utility bills.
An oil pumping jack in an oil field in Kansas, U.S. Photo: Bloomberg.
China’s Electricity Crunch Is World’s Latest Supply Chain Threat
China’s energy crisis is shaping up as the latest shock to global supply chains as factories in the world’s biggest exporter are forced to conserve energy by curbing production.
Workers assemble products in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. Photo: Bloomberg.
Johnson Burned Bridges With EU Truckers He Now Wants Back
The U.K. wants to issue visas for truckers to ease a shortage that’s led to gasoline stations running dry and hit food supply chains. The hard part could be persuading drivers from eastern Europe, the biggest pool of labor in recent years, to come back.
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Ford, SK Building $11.4 Billion Electric Truck, Battery Plants
Ford Motor Co. and South Korea’s SK Innovation Co. plan to spend $11.4 billion to construct three battery factories and an assembly plant for electric F-Series pickup trucks in Tennessee and Kentucky, the biggest investment in the U.S. automaker’s history.
A car battery assembly line. Photo: Getty Images.
Fuel Shortages Pile Pressure on Johnson as U.K. Crisis Escalates
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under increasing pressure to do more to ease a supply chain crisis in Britain after pumps ran dry at some gasoline stations because of panic buying.
A gas pump reads 'out of use' amid fuel shortages in the U.K. Photo: Bloomberg.
Europe Faces Winter Energy Crisis Years in the Making
Europe’s gas prices have more than tripled this year as top supplier Russia has been curbing the additional deliveries the continent needs to refill its depleted storage sites after a cold 2020 winter.
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Tesla Co-Founder Aims to Build an Entire U.S. Battery Industry
Redwood Materials Inc., the battery recycling company created by Tesla Inc. co-founder J.B. Straubel, has been keeping a big secret: It isn’t really a recycling company.
An electric vehicle charges. Photo: Bloomberg.
Hurricane Ida: How the Energy Logistics Industry Can Cope
This has been a devastating year thus far in terms of natural disasters, with virtually every region of the U.S. feeling the effects of some type of weather-related catastrophe. And it has been especially true for the energy logistics space in the wake of Hurricane Ida.
Photo: Bloomberg
Here’s Why U.S. Oil Supplies Took Such Big Hit From Ida
The damage to offshore platforms and pipelines was so severe that two out of every three barrels of crude normally pumped from the U.S. sector of the Gulf of Mexico are unavailable.
Photo: Bloomberg.
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