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How wind and solar got the best of the pandemic Nathaniel Bullard, Bloomberg FacebookTwitterEmail Renewables were the only energy source to grow last year.Spencer Platt, Staff / Getty Images Global recessions, wars, and (yes) pandemics have a way of driving down energy demand. Last year, the International Energy Agency said the collapse in global primary energy demand brought on by Covid-19 was the biggest drop since the end of World War II, itself the biggest drop since the influenza pandemic after World War I. Something was different about this collapse, though, something that is not only ...

Deep-freeze issues still lingering FacebookTwitterEmail FILE -- Steam and fog rise from the Total refinery in Port Arthur, Texas on Dec. 21, 2020.Brandon Thibodeaux/NYT (Bloomberg) -- Texas’s refining complex is mostly back from last month’s crippling cold blast, but lingering freeze-related issues continue to plague a number of production units. More than six weeks after the Arctic storm took down at least 18 of the state’s 30 refineries, and almost 5 million barrels a day of crude-processing capacity, two of the plants still haven’t restored operations. But at a number of sites, equ...

For climate Progressives, Biden's $2.25 trillion isn't enough Leslie Kaufman and Brian Eckhouse, Bloomberg April 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail President Joe Biden delivers a speech on infrastructure spending at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in Pittsburgh.Evan Vucci/AP (Bloomberg) -- As a candidate, Joe Biden garnered nearly unanimous support from environmentalists, progressives, and clean energy advocates for his promise to reconfigure the U.S. economy for the fight against climate change. But as president, his $2.25 trillion jobs-and-infrastructure bluepr...

Texas power firm Brazos Electric hit with $2.1 billion bill after freeze, files for bankruptcy Jeremy Hill, Eduard Gismatullin and Rachel Morison, Bloomberg March 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FILE - This Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, file photo shows power lines in Houston.David J. Phillip/Associated Press The largest power generation and transmission cooperative in Texas filed for bankruptcy in the wake of power outages that caused an energy crisis during the winter freeze last month. Brazos Electric Power Cooperative filed for Chapter 11 in the Texas after racking up an estimated $2.1 billion in...