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    US energy reporter

    Amanda Chu covers US energy at the Financial Times and is a lead writer of the Energy Source newsletter. She is based in New York and joined the FT as an editorial intern in 2021. She graduated from Georgetown University.

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    • Friday, 1 December, 2023
      Electric vehicles
      US moves to choke China’s role in electric vehicle supply chain

      Strict new IRA tax credit rules aim to boost domestic industry but could slow transition from petrol

      Lordstown Motors electric truck
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Energy Source
      How the energy transition will hit petrostate economies Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, the latest from Opec+

      People are silhouetted against a logo for the COP28 summit
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      Special ReportManaging Climate Change
      Biden’s climate law triggers global shifts in cleantech supply chain

      Trading partners struggle to compete with potential $1tn of spending

      Employees working on the construction of a wind turbine
    • Thursday, 30 November, 2023
      News in-depthNews in-depth11 min
      US transmission lines prove problematic | FT Energy Source

      America needs to triple its current transmission capacity if it hopes to be carbon neutral by 2050

      FT Energy Source US green energy's pylon problem
    • Tuesday, 28 November, 2023
      InterviewUtilities
      Clean-energy sell-off is ‘very wrong’, warns US power group boss

      AES chief defends renewables investment despite market rout this year

      Andrés Gluski, CEO of AES
    • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
      Energy Source
      Biden needs a ‘Goldilocks’ answer to electric vehicle subsidy question Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, IEA urges oil and gas companies to pay up for the energy transition

      Vehicles recharge at a Tesla Supercharger station in in El Cerrito, California
    • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
      Energy Source
      Can the UN broker the first-ever binding plastic pollution agreement? Premium content

      Today’s newsletter is the first of our new data-focused editions

      A mound of plastic waste scavenged from various environments including river channels and dump sites sit in the yard at T3 (EPZ) Limited, a recycling and repurposing factory in Athi River town, Machakos county
    • Wednesday, 15 November, 2023
      US-China relations
      Shanghai manufacturer says US has ‘xenophobic’ view of Chinese investors

      Hesai’s claim comes as Biden and Xi meet to ease tensions between the world’s two largest economies

      A Hesai Lidar stand at the International Motor Show in Munich, Germany
    • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
      Energy Source
      Energy’s ‘urgent’ methane problem  Premium content

      Also in today’s newsletter, Exxon’s foray into lithium and a Russian oil scoop

      A gas flare
    • Sunday, 12 November, 2023
      Wind power
      US offshore wind goals will be missed, say parts manufacturers

      Sector must be fundamentally reset to become economically viable, executives warn

      A huge foundation for an Orsted offshore wind turbine
    • Saturday, 11 November, 2023
      News in-depthUS economy
      How Biden’s landmark climate law is transforming a small South Carolina town

      Blythewood is a test case for how US manufacturing projects could affect rural economies

      Real estate broker Justin Singletary
    • Friday, 10 November, 2023
      Hydrogen power
      Canada lines up $4bn green hydrogen project in cleantech push

      Bulk of TES Canada’s production will be used to generate ‘electric natural gas’

      A hydrogen pipeline
    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in America
      China culls spend in response to US trade hostility

      Restrictions imposed over national security concerns have taken their toll on US communities dependent on foreign-owned projects

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    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in America
      How we compiled the 2023 FT-Nikkei Investing in America ranking

      We have made significant changes to the methodology to reflect investor preferences

    • Tuesday, 7 November, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in America
      Biden’s flagship acts trigger subsidy wars

      American states offer billions of dollars to outbid each other to secure new projects and jobs

      US President Joe Biden speaking from a stage with a backdrop sign saying ‘Bidenomics Investing in America’ behind him
    • Saturday, 4 November, 2023
      US Inflation Reduction Act
      Green energy investment headwinds threaten Biden’s climate targets

      Interest rates, supply snarls and permitting delays soften boost from Inflation Reduction Act

      A composite image of a Ford EV and an Ørsted offshore wind farm
    • Thursday, 2 November, 2023
      FT News Briefing podcast13 min listen
      The battle for EV batteries in US speeds up

      Egypt allows first evacuees from Gaza

    • Tuesday, 31 October, 2023
      Foreign investment in US
      Toyota to invest $8bn in North Carolina battery plant

      Investment is the largest by a foreign carmaker in a US factory since Inflation Reduction Act was passed

      People taking photos of a Toyota electric vehicle on display
    • Thursday, 26 October, 2023
      Special ReportInvesting in America
      Can America’s south-east unseat Detroit as ‘Motown’ of the EV age?

      A war for investment pits the sunbelt region against the automotive heartland of the Midwest

      A montage of a Volkswagen vehicle, a US map and an underlaid horizontal bar chart
    • Monday, 23 October, 2023
      Solar power
      Solar company Sunnova warns of looming energy crisis

      CEO John Berger’s comments come as shares of renewable energy companies fall because of high interest rates

    • Friday, 13 October, 2023
      Oil & Gas industry
      Fossil fuel companies among winners of $7bn in US green funding

      Investments include $1.2bn for Texas hydrogen hub that counts oil supermajors ExxonMobil and Chevron as partners

      Smoke billows out of a smokestack
    • Thursday, 12 October, 2023
      News in-depthExxonMobil
      Behind ExxonMobil’s contrarian $60bn oil bet

      Purchase of Pioneer Natural Resources boosts US group’s Permian Basin inventory as fossil fuel debate heats up

      A crude oil pump jack and flare burning excess gas at a drill pad in the Permian Basin in Texas
    • Tuesday, 10 October, 2023
      BP PLC
      BP says transition strategy ‘unchanged’ by leadership turmoil

      Interim chief tells investors oil supermajor remains committed to Bernard Looney’s planned production cuts

      BP interim CEO Murray Auchincloss
    • Saturday, 7 October, 2023
      News in-depthExxonMobil
      ExxonMobil’s talks with Pioneer herald ‘new era’ of shale consolidation

      Oil major’s possible takeover of $56bn independent driller ‘puts large companies into play’

      A pump jack operates in the Permian Basin near Odessa, Texas
    • Tuesday, 3 October, 2023
      US Inflation Reduction Act
      Siemens’ US chief urges strong message to voters on Biden subsidies

      Executives fear Republicans will repeal clean energy tax breaks if they win in 2024

      Barbara Humpton
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