Day: May 10, 2025

16 States, DC Sue Trump Admin Over EV Charger Funds, Most Have Built None

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: The EV markets should be supported by the open market and not subsidies. For example, the Tesla charger network, built with no subsidies, is nationwide. As of January 2025, Tesla’s Supercharger network consists of over 7,000 stations with more than 65,800 connectors worldwide. The network spans three main regions: […]

UK’s Green Agenda Blows Up As Ørsted Kills Massive Offshore Wind Project

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: We see two distinct directions for countries and their energy policies. One will be to energy sanity and fiscal prosperity, and the other will be to further deindustrialization and total financial and societal collapse. The EU, the UK, and countries like Germany, and States like California, Hawaii, Delaware, New […]

The Iberian blackout shows the dangers of operating power grids with low inertia

Energy News Beat Last week there was a widespread blackout across Iberia which also briefly affected the south of France. All power was lost on the peninsula and it was many hours before it was fully restored after a rare black start. Eight people are reported to have died – one in Portugal and seven […]

Newsom’s War On Oil Could Send California Gas Prices To $9, Analyst Warns

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This is a national security issue, and Gavin Newsom has deliberately caused it. This week’s podcast with Mike Umbro and Ronald Stein pointed out some key points. The entire transcript is here: California’s Energy Hypocrisy: How Policies Are Hurting the State “California is now a national security risk.” Ronald […]

Week Recap: What’s Behind OPEC+’s Bold Move to Increase Oil Supply?

Energy News Beat Weekly Daily Standup Top Stories Why Spain’s Rooftop Solar Owners Weren’t Spared From the Blackout May 4, 2025 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: Rooftop solar panels on homes are not bad; they must be appropriately designed and set up for disaster use. I have taken the time to learn how to get the […]

10-year Treasury Yield Back at 4.39%, Yield Curve Steepens at Long End, Mortgage-Rate Spread Remains Historically Wide

Energy News Beat Despite the rumors during bond turmoil, foreigners kept buying Treasuries and the “basis trade” didn’t blow, but the “swap spread trade” made a mess. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The 10-year Treasury yield rose to 4.39% today and is now back in the middle of the range of the past two-plus years, despite the […]