Day: December 8, 2023

Is Xcel Energy holding back substation capacity from solar developers? It’s complicated.

Energy News Beat ​Clean energy advocates believe technical restrictions imposed by Xcel Energy are curtailing the expansion of solar energy in Minnesota. The Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association and a group of more than 20 developers, clean energy organizations and individuals filed a complaint in September (E-999/CI-16-521) with the Public Utilities Commission arguing Xcel’s “technical […]

Americans making billions at the cost of Ukrainian lives – Kremlin

Energy News Beat The US Secretary of State has boasted that 90% of Ukrainian military aid is spent within the US economy Kiev needs to understand that Washington earns billions on the war in Ukraine while ordinary Ukrainians die, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a press conference on Friday. He spoke a day after […]

Russian Arctic Center strikes unlikely partnership

Energy News Beat An agreement has been reached to exchange employees and graduates, offer joint training, and build expedition teams The Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Studies (FECIAR), the Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Geography (IGRAS), will cooperate on polar research with the University of Toamasina in Madagascar, the center’s […]

AfD designated ‘extremist’ in third region

Energy News Beat Security services in Saxony claim the party is “undoubtedly” pursuing an anti-constitutional agenda Authorities in the German region of Saxony have designated the local branch of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as an extremist group.e The move follows similar decisions in Thuringia and Sachsen-Anhalt, while the party is accused of being […]

EU may allow member states to ban Russian gas – FT

Energy News Beat The EU may allow member states to unilaterally end gas imports from Russia, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing draft legislation. According to the document, the measure would give any member state the power to “partially or, where justified, completely limit” or block Russian and Belarusian companies from buying capacity in […]

What’s really behind Biden’s threat to send Americans to fight Russia

Energy News Beat The US president’s tough talk is laying the ground to blame Republicans for “losing Ukraine” The president of the United States has caused a stir. Speaking to Congress, Joe Biden brought up the possibility of “American troops fighting Russian troops.” Biden, of course, has repeatedly had problems staying on script or keeping […]

Orban explains why EU can’t accept Ukraine

Energy News Beat The Hungarian leader warned that the bloc’s agricultural system would be destroyed if Kiev were allowed to join Bringing Ukraine into the European Union would be a “bad decision,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban asserted in an interview with the news outlet Le Point published on Friday. The Hungarian government has opposed […]

India concerned over G7 ban on Russian diamonds – media

Energy News Beat The country’s polishing industry would reportedly be severely impacted as a result India’s gemstone traders fear that the looming G7 ban on Russian diamonds will hit the entire industry, and have called for more flexible implementation timelines, the Indian Express reported on Friday. Leaders of the G7 – which consists of Canada, […]

82% of Germans disapprove of government – poll

Energy News Beat Olaf Scholz holds the lowest approval rating for a chancellor since the survey began in 1997 Over four in five Germans (82%) are dissatisfied with the performance of the country’s “traffic light” governing coalition, according to an ARD-DeutschlandTrend poll published on Friday. Chancellor Olaf Scholz in particular received the worst approval rating […]

EPA Ups Estimates for the Social Cost of Carbon

Energy News Beat Key Takeaways 1. The Biden Administration announced a new “social cost” of carbon dioxide almost 4 times higher than President Biden’s interim number based on the Obama administration’s metric. 2. The new number will make it easier for the Biden Administration to justify stopping projects, denying permits and raising the cost of […]