Kavya Balaraman is the Editor in Charge of Commodities & Energy. She specializes in topics such as commodities markets, energy policy and regulation, and renewable energy, with a particular focus on nuclear energy and energy trading. Kavya's work has been featured in prominent publications including pv magazine Global, Utility Dive, Smart Cities Dive, and Yahoo Finance.
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Kavya’s coverage focuses heavily on energy-related topics, particularly those related to innovative technologies and industry developments. Her articles often cite data and government announcements, indicating a preference for fact-based reporting.
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By: Anushree Mukherjee, Kavya Balaraman, Joe Bavier, Arpan Varghese
Oil prices climbed nearly 9% after Israel launched widescale strikes against Iran targeting nuclear facilities and missile factories, with benchmark Brent crude futures trading near $74.74 per barrel. [O/R]
By: Anmol Choubey, Kavya Balaraman
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The United States became a net exporter of crude oil to Nigeria in February and March, as crude demand on the U.S. East Coast slowed due to refinery maintenance and the Dangote refinery drove up Nigeria's demand for inputs, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a note on Tuesday.
By: Kavya Balaraman
Grid operators across the U.S. are revamping their forecasting methods, introducing reforms to power markets and streamlining interconnection processes to quickly connect more energy to the grid, as a potent combination of extreme weather and data center growth elevate power demand this summer.
By: Kavya Balaraman
The U.S. is poised to see supply shortages of 30% and 10%, respectively, of power and distribution transformers this year, as surging electricity consumption drives demand for power infrastructure, Wood Mackenzie said on Thursday.
By: Kavya Balaraman
(Reuters) -U.S. nuclear power generation is set to rise, analysts at Wood Mackenzie said, as surging demand driven by data centers strains grids across the country and a wave of tech companies sign deals to source power from the zero-carbon resource.
By: Sherin Elizabeth Varghese, Anmol Choubey, Kavya Balaraman, Louise Heavens, Conor Humphries
Morgan Stanley on Monday raised its Brent crude forecast for the first half of 2026 to $60 a barrel from $57.5, citing the decision by OPEC+ to pause quota hikes in the first quarter of next year and recent U.S. and EU sanctions on Russian oil assets.
By: Kavya Balaraman, Noel John
Robust investment demand for silver, its inclusion on the U.S. critical minerals list, and a wave of momentum buying have propelled the white metal to a fresh record high, setting prices up to close out 2025 at more than double the level at which they began.
By: Kavya Balaraman
By Kavya Balaraman April 9 (Reuters) - Big Tech is reshaping the funding landscape for new nuclear technologies as it seeks to bolster
By: Kavya Balaraman, Anjana Anil
By Kavya Balaraman and Anjana Anil April 10 (Reuters) - The sharp hit to global oil production from the Iran war is poised to flip the oil
