Category: Energy News Beat

EXCLUSIVE: Conservative State Files First-in-the-Nation Lawsuit Against BlackRock Over Deceptive Climate Policies

Energy News Beat FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti on Monday sued the investment company BlackRock for deceptive practices. “BlackRock has said two things that can’t both be true,” Skrmetti, a Republican, told The Daily Signal in an interview Monday. “The first is that they’re taking investors’ money and investing it purely for the purpose […]

African Energy Banks: A silver bullet for Africa’s Energy transformation

Energy News Beat Africa’s Energy Industry has found itself under a harsh spotlight as global concern over climate change increases. Various governments and IOCs around the world are pledging and planning to reduce their emissions – with varying degrees of ambition – in response to global climate change. Approximately 140 global financial institutions have decided […]

He fixed California’s power grid for Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’s worried about the energy transition

Energy News BeatFormer Albertan Yakout Mansour moved to California two decades ago when he was recruited to run the state’s power grid under then Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. The way he tells it, it sounds like the government policy-makers had latched onto big changes in the electricity system, not fully understanding the consequences, and he was […]

ENERGY TRANSITION EPISODE 91 -Filmed Live On YouTube on December 18, 2023

Energy News Beat ENERGY TRANSITION #91 – COP 28, coming home Highlights of the podcast:   The Podcast Hosts for The Energy Transition Energy Thought Leader, Podcast Host, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil International Author writing about energy, mining, and geopolitical issues. Bulgaria Principal at DB Energy Advisors, energy author, and podcast host.Principal at DB Energy Advisors, […]

The Energy Space and Geopolitics: Understanding the Difference Between Economic Development Ideals and the Reality of Geopolitical Strategies

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: This is the 5th in a series from George and his other articles and video can be found here on his Author page: https://energynewsbeat.co/george-mcmillian/ The tremendous global interaction and views of his landing page, podcast, and articles are amazing. Having a total “Energy Thread” covering so many different areas […]

Extensive power grid upgrades and expansion threaten the energy transition

Energy News Beat People are becoming increasingly concerned about the mineral requirements for the energy transition and how these will be met. In October, the International Energy Agency (“IEA”) published a report entitled Electricity Grids and Secure Energy Transitions in which it sets out the grid-related challenges to the energy transition. It identifies regulatory reform, planning reform, […]

Biden admin finalizes most restrictive offshore oil drilling plan in US history

Energy News Beat The Biden administration on Friday finalized a plan to dramatically curb the number of offshore oil and gas lease sales over the next five years as it continues to aggressively push green energy development. The Department of the Interior’s (DOI) five-year offshore oil and gas leasing program schedules just three Gulf of Mexico lease sales through […]

Cambridge scientists recommend careful cost assessment before switching to heat pumps

Energy News Beat The researchers said that an increment in heating demand due to the use of heat pumps can be accurately predicted based on heating hours, local climate, heat loss and thermal mass. They also recommended including heat loss and thermal mass parameters in buildings’ energy performance certificates, so households can make more informed […]

Here’s how wind farms in the US impact nearby home values

Energy News Beat A new study from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab offers fresh insights into the impact of wind farms on the values of nearby homes. The analysis, “Commercial Wind Turbines and Residential Home Values: New Evidence from the Universe of Land-Based Wind Projects in the United States,” scrutinized a dataset of 500,000 home sales near 428 […]

Potential Impacts of a Hurricane on Gulf LNG Exports

Energy News Beat The advent of the LNG Export Era has had a dramatic impact on the North American Natural Gas Market. Nearly 13% of all natural gas produced in North America is shipped overseas to trading partners; exposing domestic customers to international markets. This global market exposure has been highlighted by the events in […]