Energy News Beat In a significant move toward bolstering its clean energy portfolio, Duke Energy has taken an initial regulatory step to explore building new nuclear capacity in North Carolina. The company recently submitted an early site permit (ESP) application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a potential site at its Belews Creek […]
Energy News Beat Jerry James, President of Artex Oil Company and an Executive Committee Member of Shale Crescent USA, stops by the Energy News Beat Podcast to share insights on the reindustrialization of the United States. With new electricity demands from AI, Data Centers, and the reindustrial movement from the Trump Adminstration, backed by huge […]
Energy News Beat In a move that underscores the ongoing tension between fossil fuel revival efforts and the push for clean energy, the Trump administration issued an emergency order on December 30, 2025, requiring the Craig Station Unit 1 coal-fired generator in northwestern Colorado to remain operational beyond its planned retirement date. This 446-megawatt unit, […]
Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: Excellent article from Watt-Logic and Kathryn Porter. We are contacting her for an interview next month. 2025 could come to be characterised as the year the lights began to flicker across Europe as threats to energy security begin to manifest. We almost ran out of electricity in Britain in […]
Energy News Beat In a move that’s reigniting debates over energy security, environmental risks, and California’s fraught relationship with fossil fuels, Sable Offshore Corp. has secured federal approval to restart its Las Flores Pipeline System off the Santa Barbara coast. The decision, handed down by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) in late […]
Energy News Beat In a significant milestone for advanced nuclear technology, the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) has received its first delivery of tri-structural isotropic (TRISO) fuel for the Department of Defense’s (DoD), now called the DOW, Project Pele, a pioneering mobile microreactor designed to provide resilient, transportable power for military operations. This development, achieved by […]
Energy News Beat As we kick off 2026, it’s time to reflect on the whirlwind year that was 2025 in the energy sector. From record-breaking production to geopolitical shrugs and the relentless march of technology, 2025 taught us invaluable lessons about balancing ambition with reality. At the heart of it all is a timeless truth: […]
Energy News Beat As we step into 2026, the energy landscape is poised for significant shifts driven by geopolitical tensions, technological advancements, and policy changes. For consumers, rising costs in electricity, gasoline, and diesel remain a pressing concern, often varying starkly along political lines in the U.S. Investors, meanwhile, can find opportunities in resilient sectors […]
Energy News Beat In this episode of Energy Newsbeat – Conversations in Energy, host Stu Turley sits down with Adam Ferrari, CEO of Phoenix Energy, to talk about “American oil” in action—from drilling record-setting four-mile laterals in the Bakken and delivering strong well economics even at $60 oil, to Phoenix’s transparent, yield-focused model that lets everyday […]
Energy News Beat In this episode of Energy Newsbeat – Conversations in Energy, host Stu Turley sits down with Dr. Gene Nelson of Californians for Green Nuclear Power and the “Green Nuke” Substack to unpack how anti-nuclear ideology and California’s Public Utilities Commission are ignoring basic physics and economics. Dr. Nelson explains why overreliance on solar, […]
