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Six weeks before the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism transitions from reporting to payment phase, major European multinationals remain unprepared while 72 global markets develop parallel carbon border systems that could reshape international trade dynamics. Marcel Duits, chief CBAM officer at compliance platform Dubrink, reports his team is still conducting introductory briefings in November 2025, […]

Electricity is fast becoming the world’s defining energy currency. According to the International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2025, global electricity demand will rise by roughly 40 percent by 2035, outpacing all other energy growth. Yet this surge—driven by the electrification of transport, heating, and data-intensive technologies—exposes a deeper fault line: the fragility of the […]

American electricity prices surged 34% from 2020 to August 2025, reaching $14.87 per kilowatt-hour from $10.96—the fastest five-year increase in recent history. Yet comprehensive state-by-state analysis reveals a counterintuitive finding: data center concentration shows minimal correlation with residential rate increases, challenging the narrative that server farms drive household electricity costs. U.S. Energy Information Administration data […]