Category: Energy News Beat

West will have to reconsider Russia sanctions as part of Ukraine peace deal – Rubio

Energy News Beat Ending the conflict could open up “historic” opportunities for US-Russian relations, the US secretary of state has said The United States and its allies would have to address the sanctions imposed on Russia in order to achieve an “enduring, sustainable” solution to the Ukraine conflict, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told […]

Rebuilding ties, finding common ground, Ukraine peace negotiations: key takeaways from Russia-US talks in Riyadh

Energy News Beat Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has described the meeting with the US delegation as “useful” as both sides look to re-establish contacts Russia and the US have taken the first steps towards normalizing relations after an impasse which lasted years under the Joe Biden administration. Delegations from Moscow and Washington met on […]

UK Government relaunches Net Zero Council 

Energy News Beat The UK Government has relaunched the Net Zero Council with a plan to help various sectors accelerate towards net zero targets and support thousands of jobs. The relaunch reflects a new “mission-led approach”, ensuring government actively engages with a broad range of industry leaders and stakeholders to drive the progress towards net […]

EU forges ahead with ‘independent’ Russia sanctions policy amid mixed US signals

Energy News Beat   EU envoys agreed on a further round of sanctions on Russia on Wednesday amid conflicting signals from the United States about the future of Washington’s own  regime of restrictive measures aimed at Moscow. The new sanctions package – the EU’s 16th since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 […]

Japan’s January LNG imports rise

Energy News Beat The country’s LNG imports increased to 6.64 million tonnes last month. LNG imports dropped slightly compared to 6.74 million tonnes of LNG in December, which was up by 5.7 percent year-on-year. The world’s second-largest LNG importer took 65.89 million tonnes of LNG last year, down 0.4 percent year-on-year. Japan’s coal imports for power […]

Construction underway on major England-Scotland power link

Energy News Beat Construction has begun on a subsea electricity superhighway that will transport power for two million homes in the UK. Electricity will be transported along more than 190 kilometres of predominantly undersea cable linking the south-east of Scotland with the north-east of England. Eastern Green Link 1, a joint venture by SP Energy […]

Tokyo Gas takes stake in Batangas LNG terminal

Energy News Beat Tokyo Gas announced on Wendesday that it had subscribed a 20 percent stake in FGEN LNG, marking its first investment in a commercially operational overseas LNG terminal project. However, the Japanese firm did not provide financial details. Back in 2020, First Gen, controlled by the Lopez family, signed a joint cooperation deal […]

Sec. Hegseth: DOD Climate Programs Ripe For Cuts, Military Should Focus On War-Fighting

Energy News Beat Hegseth eyes DOD climate programs for cuts, arguing the military should focus on warfighting, not solving the global thermostat. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth pinpointed climate change programs as a potential place for the Department of Government Efficiency to cut Department of Defense spending while traveling in Germany this week. [emphasis, links […]

Europe’s Top Leaders Meet in Paris to Stay Relevant

Energy News Beat As U.S. and Russian officials begin negotiating an end to the Ukraine war without them. A group of European leaders convened in Paris for an emergency meeting on Monday, still reeling from a weekend during which their long-standing ability to rely on the United States for support was thrown into question and ahead of […]

Trump Is Dismantling Biden’s Green New Scam And Restoring Energy Freedom

Energy News Beat Under Biden, Americans endured a radical net zero agenda. Trump’s executive actions are rolling it back and restoring energy freedom. ​Under Biden, Americans endured a radical net zero agenda. Trump’s executive actions are rolling it back and restoring energy freedom.  The post Trump Is Dismantling Biden’s Green New Scam And Restoring Energy […]