Author: Erick Parel

Global offshore wind additions to hit 19GW in 2025

Energy News Beat The global offshore wind industry is poised for a rebound in 2025, with capacity additions expected to reach 19GW and sector-wide expenditure projected to hit $80bn, a new Rystad Energy report suggests. This recovery follows a slowdown at the end of last year when new installations dropped to approximately 8GW which is […]

Polish study suggests ships are conducting GPS jamming operations in the Baltic

Energy News Beat EuropeOperations Hannes van Rijn / Marine Traffic A study by Polish researchers claims that moving vessels on the Baltic Sea are responsible for an escalation in GPS disruptions in the region. The study observed GPS interruption at a ground level with a sensor installed at Gdynia Maritime University in the north of […]

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Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories PetroVietnam Gas seals long-term LNG supply deal for Nhon Trach power plants March 3, 2025 Mariel Alumit According to a PV Gas statement, the two units of state-owned PetroVietnam signed the LNG supply contract for Vietnam’s first two LNG power plants for 25 years. This move follows a contract […]

US DOE eases LNG bunkering regulations

Energy News Beat According to a statement by DOE, the order modifies a prior order issued to Jax LNG under the previous administration that asserted new oversight for the use of LNG to power marine vessels, also known as LNG bunkering. Jax LNG is a small-scale coastal LNG facility located at Dames Point near Jacksonville, […]

PetroVietnam Gas seals long-term LNG supply deal for Nhon Trach power plants

Energy News Beat According to a PV Gas statement, the two units of state-owned PetroVietnam signed the LNG supply contract for Vietnam’s first two LNG power plants for 25 years. This move follows a contract signed by PV Gas and PV Power for LNG supply for the commissioning of the two power plants in November […]

Thailand’s B.Grimm Power to import up to five LNG cargoes this year

Energy News Beat In August 2024, B.Grimm LNG, a unit of B.Grimm Power, imported 65,000 tons of LNG via PTT’s Map Ta Phut LNG terminal 1 (LMPT1) in Rayong province. The firm purchased its first LNG cargo from Japan’s Sumitomo. With this shipment, B.Grimm Power became the first private company in Thailand to import LNG […]

Japan’s Jera launches third LNG unit at Goi power plant

Energy News Beat The power firm and LNG trader said on Monday that the power station’s unit 3 has started commercial operation on March 1. As a result, all of the units from 1 to 3 in Goi thermal power station have commenced commercial operations. Jera said the new unit with a generating capacity of […]

Venezuelan coast guard vessel enters disputed waters near ExxonMobil FPSO

Energy News Beat AmericasOffshore ExxonMobil A Venezuelan military ship was spotted in Guyana’s waters on Saturday morning sailing close to ExxonMobil’s producing FPSO claiming that the units were operating in “a disputed area”. In a national address, Guyana president Irfaan Ali revealed that the Venezuelan vessel, which entered Guyanese waters on Saturday morning, was part […]

Drill-Baby-Drill for 20 Years: US Natural Gas Production and Exports via LNG and Pipeline Rose to New Records in 2024

Energy News Beat Prices rose from the collapsed levels in the prior year and are back where they’d been in 1996, down by 70% from the peak in 2005. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. When it comes to US natural gas production, exports, and imports, a key element is that the price of natural gas in the […]

The Seven P Plan of the Left Part 4: The Need for An Alternative University System and Revival of the Scientific Project in the Social Sciences to Save the West

Energy News Beat George McMillan III, Copyright © June 23, 2024/August 9, 2024 The Professor P The Prosecutor P The Police P The Politician P The Press P The Priest P The Parent P Introduction—Changing the University Curricula The first three introductory papers explained the “Seven P Plan of the Left” in a bottom-line up-front […]