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Opinion & Features

How long can energy markets withstand the Iran war?

2026-07-21T23:00:00.000Z
At about a week’s worth of consumption, India’s petroleum reserves are more tactical than strategic.
Opinion & Features

How India is weathering the energy shock

2026-07-20T10:10:59.000Z
The UK Trades Union Congress has called for a hike in a tax on bank profits to allow a cut in energy bills for most households.
International

UK’s employers, energy sector urge new PM to slash power taxes

2026-07-14T00:57:40.000Z
Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz. The pre-war status quo, where Iran had no practical say over what moved through the strait, is probably gone for good.
Opinion & Features
THE BOTTOM LINE

US-Iran ceasefire collapse proves businesses cannot wait out the war

2026-07-13T23:00:00.000Z
The price of refined petroleum products remain as high as if crude oil was still changing hands above US$100 a barrel.
Opinion & Features

Iran isn’t the only conflict vexing the global oil market

2026-07-13T04:16:55.000Z
Zi char eatery Kok Sen is among businesses affected by the rise in electricity and gas prices.
Singapore

‘Stressed’: Singapore businesses rattled by higher electricity and gas prices

2026-07-02T00:26:29.000Z
As companies face a narrower window to secure supply, protect margins and manage energy costs, the turn to renewables is no longer just an ESG box to tick.
Opinion & Features

Waiting to transition to renewables is a losing game for companies

2026-07-01T23:15:00.000Z
The EU’s internal electricity market uses a marginal pricing model, whereby the most expensive megawatt hour needed to meet all demand sets the price for the entire market.
Opinion & Features

Is a European single market for energy such a good idea?

2026-06-29T04:38:00.000Z
In two years, distributed solar capacity could nearly triple to 3,500 megawatts, the size of the Philippines’ utility-scale solar fleet, says energy think tank Ember.
Energy & Commodities

Philippines leads the world in rush to solar as power prices soar

2026-06-29T01:13:47.000Z
Analysts expect oil to hover at around US$80 a barrel by the year-end.
Energy & Commodities

Crude oil ‘caught up in cautious enthusiasm’ over US-Iran peace deal, but analysts don’t expect further price easing soon

2026-06-19T12:54:02.000Z
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