Energy News Beat  French Prime Minister François Bayrou on Tuesday announced plans to divide highly sensitive legislation that would legalise assisted dying into two separate parts. The bill – adressing a politically charged issue in France – was under review by lawmakers last June but was halted following President Emmanuel Macron’s calling of snap […]
Energy News Beat  Ireland’s parliament, the Dáil, descended into chaos on Wednesday, postponing what was supposed to be a routine vote to confirm the new prime minister. The Dáil was due to elect Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin as Taoiseach shortly after midday Brussels time. But opposition lawmakers disrupted proceedings over a plan to […]
Energy News Beat  Transport and Tourism Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas told the World Economic Forum’s Davos summit today that the EU’s planned sustainable tourism strategy will allow the sector to keep growing. When quizzed during a panel discussion on the citizen backlash against overtourism in Europe, Tzitzikostas quickly said the industry’s development is central to […]
Energy News Beat The country’s new president and prime minister have a mandate to reform the country—but do they have the power? Lebanon has two new leaders and neither is to Hezbollah’s liking. On Jan. 9, Gen. Joseph Aoun, commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF), was elected president with 99 out of 128 votes […]
Energy News Beat Two months ago, Nigeria’s beleaguered energy sector witnessed a very significant event: the Dangote Oil Refinery began producing gasoline and selling it domestically to Nigeria’s state oil firm, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), marking the first time in decades Africa’s largest oil producer is refining its own crude. The state-of-the-art $20.5 billion refinery […]
Energy News Beat New Jiangzhou Shipbuilding Dutch owner Mercurius Shipping has returned to China’s Jiangxi New Jiangzhou Shipbuilding Heavy Industry for more stainless steel chemical tankers. The inland waterway shipping player has signed up for a pair of 6,000 newbuilds, with delivery likely by June and September 2026. No price has been given for the […]
Energy News Beat CenterPoint Energy activated its Emergency Operations Center this afternoon in advance of Winter Storm Enzo’s arrival to be prepared to manage its response and restoration efforts. The company is coordinating with state and local emergency partners as it prepares to respond to the potential winter impacts on the Greater Houston area. To aid in restoration efforts, […]
Energy News Beat With the Trump inauguration yesterday, this podcast is timely. – We cover Greenland, Energy Policies, Federal Budgets, Elon Musk, President Trump’s next steps and plans for 2025. In the Energy News Beat – Conversation in Energy with Stuart Turley sits down with Christopher Messina to explore the explosive insights from his book, Messina’s […]
Energy News Beat  ENB Pub Note: There is more to this story than meets the eye. Renaming the Gulf of America, it has brought up a legal question about the Oil and Gas drilling bans by the Biden-Harris administration. Those bans were for the Gulf of Mexico, not the Gulf of America. – This will […]
Energy News Beat Fusion, AI demand, SMRs…is nuclear on the rise again? Back in 2011 the Fukushima disaster seemed to spell the end of nuclear energy expansion in Europe and around the world. Now, new analysis from the IEA seems to show 2025 could be the year it makes a global comeback. ELN explores the […]
