AEMO’s biennial Integrated System Plan says data-centre electricity demand will surge over the next 25 years, almost doubling consumption on Australia’s main grid by 2050. Data centres could make up nearly 10% of National Electricity Market (NEM) underlying demand by 2050, about four times today’s share. AEMO identifies a renewables-led, network-connected system—backed by storage and gas—as the lowest-cost pathway. Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said the government intends to dep

US Energy Secretary Wright warned the EU that if it refuses to relax methane regulations, US gas supplies will "flow to other regions." He said: "If this regulation is not meaningfully reformed, it will cause serious pain for Europe that is entirely unnecessary," and added the issue is not about escalation but that "our energy will go somewhere else." EU energy commissioner Dan Jørgensen has vowed to resist pressure from the US and other LNG exporters and to press ahead with revisions aimed at curbing methane emissions. The US has previously warned the regulation's complexity and potential fines could threaten trade. EU energy ministers will meet in Luxembourg on Friday to discuss the rules.

Bank of Japan Governor UEDA said economic growth may slow but will continue a moderate recovery.