Energy News Beat We have a new website rolling out this week, and I am showing off the new template. We also have 9 huge stories. When you have the IEA last week setting the stage for energy lockdowns, buckle up. I do not think many people are up to the lockdowns again. But I […]
Energy News Beat The wind energy industry loves to portray itself as the ultimate green savior—clean, renewable, and kind to the planet. But a closer look at its supply chain reveals a dirty secret hidden in the Amazon rainforest. Balsa wood, prized for its lightweight strength, forms the core of many wind turbine blades. The […]
Energy News Beat A powerful Tropical Cyclone Narelle has forced Chevron to shut down production at its Wheatstone LNG facility in Western Australia, adding fresh pressure to an already strained global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market. The outage, which began on March 26-27, 2026, stems from storm damage to the offshore platform and onshore processing […]
Energy News Beat In a significant geopolitical and energy-sector shift, the United States has directed the removal of Chinese contractors from maintenance and rehabilitation work at Venezuela’s El Guri Hydroelectric Dam—the third-largest in the world after China’s Three Gorges and the Itaipu Dam on the Brazil-Paraguay border. American engineering giants Siemens and General Electric (GE) […]
Energy News Beat Energy News Beat Exclusive Analysis The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its “Sheltering from Oil Shocks” report on March 20, 2026, and it reads like a blueprint for managed energy rationing. Amid the Middle East conflict that has choked off roughly 20% of global oil supply through the Strait of Hormuz, the […]
Energy News Beat Is California on the precipice of social and economic collapse? ENB Pub Note: This article is from the California Globe by Katy Grimes, and she has appeared on the Energy News Beat several times discussing the California energy crisis caused by Gavin Newsom. David Blackmon, Stu Turley, and Mike Ariza will be […]
