Energy News Beat The COP28 UN climate conference in Dubai ended last week with a flurry of self-congratulatory commentary about the “historic” nature of the final agreement in which parties, for the first time, overtly backed a process of “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy systems, in a just, orderly and equitable manner.” The […]
Energy News Beat This year has seen a flurry of oil mega-mergers worth more than $100 billion. Big deal flow and rising US production point to industry forecasts of big demand for years to come. The “inevitable” consolidation suggest oil companies are shrugging off peak demand concerns. A string of multi-billion dollar mergers and acquisitions […]
Energy News Beat Duke Energy has thrown consumers under the proverbial (electric) bus to make their operations carbon neutral by 2050. As a result, electricity prices in North Carolina may increase by 19% over the next three years. The company’s president, Lynn Good, receives more than $20 million annually in compensation financed in part by ensuring that consumers lower their […]
Energy News Beat Attacks linked to war in Gaza are threatening global trade Oil and gas prices jump as big companies avoid Red Sea Shipping in the Red Sea is grinding to a halt with oil tankers idling and container vessels rerouting around Africa as violence linked to the Israel-Hamas war threatens to undermine the global […]
Energy News Beat FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti on Monday sued the investment company BlackRock for deceptive practices. “BlackRock has said two things that can’t both be true,” Skrmetti, a Republican, told The Daily Signal in an interview Monday. “The first is that they’re taking investors’ money and investing it purely for the purpose […]
Energy News Beat Africa’s Energy Industry has found itself under a harsh spotlight as global concern over climate change increases. Various governments and IOCs around the world are pledging and planning to reduce their emissions – with varying degrees of ambition – in response to global climate change. Approximately 140 global financial institutions have decided […]
Energy News BeatFormer Albertan Yakout Mansour moved to California two decades ago when he was recruited to run the state’s power grid under then Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The way he tells it, it sounds like the government policy-makers had latched onto big changes in the electricity system, not fully understanding the consequences, and he was […]
Energy News Beat ENERGY TRANSITION #91 – COP 28, coming home Highlights of the podcast: The Podcast Hosts for The Energy Transition Energy Thought Leader, Podcast Host, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil International Author writing about energy, mining, and geopolitical issues. Bulgaria Principal at DB Energy Advisors, energy author, and podcast host.Principal at DB Energy Advisors, […]
Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This is the 5th in a series from George and his other articles and video can be found here on his Author page: https://energynewsbeat.co/george-mcmillian/ The tremendous global interaction and views of his landing page, podcast, and articles are amazing. Having a total “Energy Thread” covering so many different areas […]
Energy News Beat People are becoming increasingly concerned about the mineral requirements for the energy transition and how these will be met. In October, the International Energy Agency (“IEA”) published a report entitled Electricity Grids and Secure Energy Transitions in which it sets out the grid-related challenges to the energy transition. It identifies regulatory reform, planning reform, […]
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