Author: Erick Parel

Tsakos presses on with fleet renewal

Energy News Beat EuropeTankers Nico Thobaben / Marine Traffic Greek owner Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) has confirmed market rumours about the sale of one of its oldest suezmax tankers with additional divestment of ageing tonnage potentially on the horizon as part of the company’s fleet renewal programme. The New York-listed company said in its quarterly […]

Nord Stream Uncertainty

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories TotalEnergies CEO Not Ruling Out Return of Nord Stream Gas Pipelines March 26, 2025 Clark Savage ENB Pub Note: Governments face a choice: follow energy policies that are not sustainable or go for low-cost energy and look to have a growing economy. We are seeing the green energy policies […]

Trump admin considers killing big energy projects in Dem states

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This is an interesting article from Politico. The critical point is that the Department of Energy is not looking to cut any good energy sources. I define good sources of energy as those that offer more energy than it takes to harvest or create. Hydrogen and ethanol take more […]

Europe Should Dust Off Multilateral Nuclear Plans

Energy News Beat ENB Pub note: Energy Security starts at home, and the EU and the UK have tried to use interconnects to use other countries’ electrical generation as their energy security. The same goes for basic national security. Countries need to have a basic understanding of taking care of their own citizens first, and […]

Cheniere ships 4,000th LNG cargo

Energy News Beat According to Cheniere, the milestone cargo was loaded onboard the 2021-built 174,000-cbm LNG carrier, Maran Gas Ithaca, at the Sabine Pass facility in Louisiana. The LNG carrier, owned by Greece’s Maran Gas and chartered by Germany’s Uniper, is heading toward the Dutch Gate LNG terminal in Rotterdam, its AIS data provided by […]

Japan’s Tokyo Gas completes Sodegaura LNG power plant

Energy News Beat Tokyo Gas held a ceremony on Thursday to mark the completion of the plant. According to Tokyo Gas, the plant consists of ten gas engines, each with a capacity of about 9,780 kW for a total of 97,800 kW. The firm said the plant is capable of flexible power output adjustment by […]

Shell seals LNG deal with India’s IRM Energy

Energy News Beat IRM Energy, which delivers natural gas to industrial, commercial, and residential customers, announced the signing of the deal with Shell Energy India in a statement on Wednesday. “The total quantity to be purchased under the agreement will be 1,23,21,200 MMBtu equivalent to approximate 326.84 mmscm @ 9500 k/cal gross calorific value (GCV),” […]

Ingka, Oxan, and Avapa to develop two floating wind farms off Italy

Energy News Beat IKEA owner Ingka Investments and French offshore wind developer Oxan Energy have partnered with Avapa Energy on two floating offshore wind development projects in Italy. The projects have the potential to reach a total installed capacity of 2.45GW. The two offshore wind projects will be named Sicily South and Sardinia Northwest. The […]

Japan developing green energy-powered offshore data centres

Energy News Beat A consortium consisting of NYK Line, NTT Facilities, Eurus Energy Holdings, MUFG Bank, and the city of Yokohama has signed a memorandum of understanding to build an offshore floating green data center. With the advancement of digital transformation, an explosive increase in demand for data centers is expected, and large sites are […]

Shipping tackles potential workforce crisis

Energy News Beat In a move to improve seafarer well-being and tackle worsening labour shortages in the shipping industry, the Global Maritime Forum has launched new guidelines for improving life at sea. The international not-for-profit organisation said that it aimed to use its most recent Sustainable Crewing Guidelines to boost working conditions and alleviate the […]