Energy Economics with Fexingo: Oil Prices, Renewables, and the Cost of Power

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Energy markets are governed by a complex interplay of geopolitics, technology, and weather — but the price you pay for electricity often has little to do with any of them. Each episode, Lucas and Luna sit down at the Fexingo energy desk to dissect the data behind the headlines: Brent crude’s weekly move, the latest DOE inventory report, the cost curve of solar versus combined-cycle gas, and the policy signals from Brussels, Beijing, and the White House. They examine why oil prices spike on a refinery outage in Texas, how the Inflation Reduction Act reshapes project finance for wind farms, and what the IEA’s net-zero roadmap actually implies for coal phase-out. This is not a green-versus-fossil debate; it is a numbers-driven look at the real economics of power — including the weird world of negative electricity prices, the role of battery storage as a swing asset, and the unglamorous but vital business of grid reliability. Every show is tied to live market data refreshed at runtime, so the conversation shifts as futures curves twist and capacity factors change. Lucas asks the sharp questions about marginal cost and policy risk; Luna brings the on-the-ground perspective of project developers, traders, and utility planners. By the end, you will understand not just what happened in energy today, but the structural forces that will determine tomorrow’s cost of power. Can the world build enough clean generation fast enough to replace fossil fuels — and who will pay for it? #OilPrices #RenewableEnergy #EnergyEconomics #ElectricityMarkets #LNG #SolarPower #WindEnergy #BatteryStorage #GridReliability #IEA #InflationReductionAct #NetZero #FuturesTrading #Commodities #Business #FexingoBusiness #BusinessPodcast #Economics