#renewables

Lots of hiring ongoing & coming up. Large portfolio of projects in 2026

Companies layoff and Hire. It’s renewables.

Was a great 2025 for AES, bonuses are high again like every year. What a great time to be a part of a great company.

According to Axios, peak oil is expected to occur around 2030. This is earlier than many experts had believed, and it is based on the US’s shift back toward renewables. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief of Climatecrisis247, explains,

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/oil-is-on-the-way-out/vi-AA1Qsk5T?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W230&cvid=69178c1edb5b497096bd420ecd4427be&ei=26

I’ve always been curious. What’s the whole deal with MW saying we don’t create demand, we meet demand?

We’re a fortune 10 company and the ceo is saying we can’t influence market demand? I’m always confused by this talking point.

We could absolutely influence demand if we invested in renewables, batteries, ai power supply, nuclear, etc…

Idk, any thoughts?

Trump administration cancels millions in funding for Plug Power and GE Vernova. U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko's office said $180 million in total funding was canceled for projects connected to the Albany region.

By Luke Nathan – Reporter, Albany Business Review
Oct 3, 2025

I can’t afford what I just bought if I went back to my old job.

ChatGPT Deep dive — Imperial Oil Ltd. (what it could’ve done if not constrained by majority stakeholder ExxonMobil)

Insights
• Peers (Shell, Suncor, Dow, Neste, Valero, global traders) show the pathway Imperial could have taken.
• Imperial stayed conservative — one renewable diesel plant, domestic oil-sands focus, incremental CCS.
• If independent of Exxon, Imperial could have played the role of “Canadian national energy champion” — scaling renewable fuels, CCS, and petrochemicals at home, while diversifying upstream and trading abroad.
Highest Value (Strategic + Financial impact)

1.  Renewable diesel & SAF (feedstock integrated) – Could have built a multi-site, national-scale low-carbon fuels business with secure domestic feedstock → multi-billion long-term market.
2.  Hydrogen hubs (blue + green) – Missed chance to anchor Alberta industrial hydrogen economy tied to oil sands steam and transport → major new revenue stream + government-backed.
3.  CCS clusters – Didn’t lead Alberta CCS storage and third-party service model → protects oil sands + creates carbon storage revenue business.
4.  Global upstream diversification – Stayed oil-sands heavy instead of securing Guyana/West Africa growth barrels → lost exposure to some of world’s lowest-cost new oil.

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⚡ Medium Value (Margin & Resilience plays)

5.  Petrochemicals & recycling – Failed to repurpose refining assets into higher-margin petrochemicals and circular plastics → lost structural margin uplift.
6.  Trading & logistics – No regional trading desk to capture arbitrage in crude/products/LNG → missed billions in cyclical upside like Shell/BP.
7.  Infrastructure monetization – Sat on valuable pipelines/terminals instead of monetizing and redeploying capital → could have unlocked billions in cash for growth.

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🛠️ Lower but Still Material Value (Efficiency & Future-proofing)

8.  EV & mobility infrastructure – Didn’t leverage Esso retail sites into multi-energy hubs (EV charging + hydrogen + renewable diesel) → lost future-proof customer relevance.
9.  Upgrading & solvent tech – Moved slowly on bitumen upgrading and solvent-assisted recovery → missed per-barrel margin lift and carbon intensity reductions.
10. Feedstock integration (bio-inputs) – Didn’t acquire/control Canadian feedstock chains (canola, waste oils) → vulnerable to input cost swings in renewable fuels.

An engineering, procurement, and construction solar company, Blue Ridge Power, will be laying off 517 employees across its Asheville and Fayetteville locations as it winds down operations. The layoffs, which will affect 348 workers in Fayetteville and 169 in Asheville, are scheduled to take place by November 18. This decision was communicated through a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) filed with the North Carolina Department of Commerce.

https://news.ssbcrack.com/pine-gate-renewables-blue-ridge-power-to-lay-off-517-workers-as-business-closes/