Jamie Smyth
@JamieSmythF
US Energy Editor for the Financial Times 🗽DM's open for scoops/ ideas/comments. Former Irish/ Oz / Brussels corr. Belfast man http://ft.com/jamie-smyth
Canadian reactor group taps into Donald Trump’s nuclear renaissance: begins talks with US officals and utilities about licensing its Candu rector ft.com/content/9c95d1… via @ft
Trump administration allows Chevron to restart Venezuela operations following prisoner exchange and passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ft.com/content/c10e9c… via @ft
Canada’s bid to become an energy superpower: can Mark Carney successfully exploit the nation's fossil fuel resources to ward off the ill effects of Trump's tariffs? ft.com/content/25f55d… via @ft
Rivals cast their eye over BP crown jewels even as Shell walks away and analysts ponder the value of a break up of the 116 year-old oil major @MalcolmMoore @thomas_m_wilson ft.com/content/d3e913… via @ft
Global hydropower generation jumped 10 per cent in 2024 and the development pipeline is healthy. Is hydro and pumped storage the renewable superpower that can help keep the lights on? @marthamuir25 @FT ft.com/content/cf63b5… via @ft
How oil traders called the Middle East conflict: open source intelligence and social media posts gave market participants confidence to sell despite the turmoil @FT @MalcolmMoore ft.com/content/611fb4… via @ft
Oil price jumps 4 % above $80 after US strikes Iran ft.com/content/67430f… via @ft
Holtec bets on surge in electricity demand to fuel nuclear investment, as it prepares to reopen Palisades plant and build a fleet of SMRs @holtecintl @energybants ft.com/content/27b6da… via @ft
Can the US power grid keep up with the AI data centre boom? ft.com/content/028ac9… via @ft @marthamuir25
Bill Gates and Sam Altman-backed nuclear groups raise more than $1bn as investors bet on power-hungry AI @FT ft.com/content/7f3e0e… via @ft
Oil CEOs met Big Tech and policymakers in Washington on Monday to discuss concerns that energy shortages could cause the US to lose the AI race with China @FT on.ft.com/45mT2NZ

Asian Development Bank is in talks with its government stakeholders about lifting funding ban on nuclear power projects- this follows World Bank policy u-turn @FT ft.com/content/27f869… via @ft
Did Saudi Arabia do a "Pump for Trump" deal with the US to facilitate Israel’s attack on Iran and keep a lid on oil prices? @thomas_m_wilson @FT ft.com/content/eb36f6… via @ft
World Bank lifts decades-long ban on funding nuclear energy in major boost for atomic energy industry ft.com/content/d80b68… via @ft
US oil companies have teamed up with the clean energy industry to lobby Republicans to keep Joe Biden’s hydrogen tax credits - axing them would boost China ft.com/content/107b49… via @ft
The @FT's new Texas correspondent @shevory has debuted on Energy Source today- posing the question: Have low oil prices killed M&A? ft.com/content/e28334… via @ft
Mark Carney courts oil industry in bid to Trump-proof Canada’s economy ft.com/content/17ceae… via @ft
The drive to scrub carbon from the air is stalling as Donald Trump takes aim at clean energy, even though carbon capture is a priority for the fossil fuels sector @marthamuir25 @FT ft.com/content/fd237d… via @ft