Category: Energy News Beat

Bitcoin Price Stabilizes After Fake News On ETF Approval From Hacked SEC Post

Energy News Beat Bitcoin price spiked then dove late Tuesday after hackers posted fake news about bitcoin ETF approval from the official SEC Twitter account. The post Bitcoin Price Stabilizes After Fake News On ETF Approval From Hacked SEC Post appeared first on Investor’s Business Daily.  The post Bitcoin Price Stabilizes After Fake News On […]

Gladstone LNG exports slightly up in 2023

Energy News Beat Liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the Gladstone port in Australia’s Queensland rose 1.4 percent in 2023 compared to the previous year, according to Gladstone Ports Corporation. Curtis Island is home to the Santos-operated GLNG plant, the ConocoPhillips-led APLNG terminal, and Shell’s QCLNG facility. These are the only LNG export facilities on […]

How a Koch-linked group stalled a bipartisan Ohio energy efficiency bill at the last minute

Energy News Beat ​ A bipartisan energy efficiency bill was indefinitely delayed last fall amid a clash between a major conservative lobbying group and one of the state’s most prominent Republican lawmakers, according to previously unreported emails obtained by the Energy News Network. Just before an expected vote to let Ohio utilities offer voluntary energy […]

Rising Shipping Costs Will Impact Oil and LNG

Energy News Beat The Red Sea facilitates approximately 12 percent of global trade, including 30 percent of global container traffic. Shipping times vary by the size of the vessel, but large container vessels take approximately 25 days to go from Europe to Asia using the Suez Canal, and 34 days sailing around the Cape of […]

QatarEnergy, Hudong-Zhonghua seal deal for giant LNG carriers

Energy News Beat State-owned LNG giant QatarEnergy has signed a shipbuilding deal with China’s Hudong-Zhonghua for the construction of eight Q-Max LNG carriers as part of its shipbuilding program, according to shipbuilding sources. The giant vessels will have a capacity of 271,000 cubic meters and are scheduled to be delivered in 2028 and 2029, shipbuilding […]

EU dips further into emergency gas reserves

Energy News Beat Supplies of natural gas in the EU’s underground storage facilities continue to shrink as cold weather is forcing more fuel to be used for heating, Interfax reported on Tuesday. Gas inventories in the EU, one of the key indicators for the global market, fell to 85% full in early January after the […]

BRICS to create new global trade balance – Nigerian NGO CEO

Energy News Beat Membership in the group will “help reduce the Western dominance generally,” Muda Yusuf told RT The prominent Nigerian economist claimed that BRICS memberships are a “win-win situation.” On Tuesday, speaking during an exclusive interview to RT, Muda Yusuf, the CEO of the Nigerian Center for the Promotion of Private Enterprise, said a […]

Daily Energy Standup Episode #283 – Hybrid Ferry Woes, France’s Nuclear Shift, and Hydrogen Policy Critique

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories “Irreparable injury:” Courts order dismantling of wind farms in US, France January 9, 2024 Mariel Alumit A pair of geographically diverse court decisions handed down in December have ordered two wind farms be dismantled, highlighting the importance for renewable energy developers of securing all necessary approvals, including environmental and […]

ENB #171 George McMillan – Geopolitics are changing at a critical pace, and we can learn from the past to avoid wars today.

Energy News Beat The weaponization of the US Dollar and sanctions directly impact energy prices and are a major contribution to the potential pending wars.  George McMillan, Founder and CEO of G3Strat Group, a geopolitical historian and current energy expert, stops by the podcast. This is the second of our podcast series, which talks about […]

FRANCE DROPS RENEWABLES TARGETS IN NEW ENERGY BILL

Energy News Beat PARIS – Critics are deriding as a step backward a new French energy bill that favours the further development of nuclear power and avoids setting targets for solar and wind power and other renewables. France, like other EU countries, aims to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050. The proposed text, which is slated […]