Undeveloped, unpermitted acreage lures private equity risk-takers who want in on the mineral and royalty coffers.

Here is a look at some of this week’s renewable energy news, including a move by battery maker Lyten to strengthen the U.S. battery supply chain.

Private operators are likely to let rigs go first, beginning in the Midcontinent and Powder River Basin, then the Eagle Ford, Bakken and Permian, according to J.P. Morgan Securities.

Kinder Morgan is undeterred by “perceived ups and downs” in the natural gas market, said Executive Chairman Rich Kinder during the company’s first earnings call of 2025.

Liberty Energy is seeing a growing pipeline of opportunities to jump onto, even as tariffs and OPEC+’s production strategy create uncertainty in the energy sector.