Category: Energy News Beat

Russia’s Shadow Fleet – 24 min Bloomberg Video – “Ships aquired by “We don’t know who; and insured by who knows?”

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: Michael and I have talked about the “Shadow Fleet” for several years. Iran had been ahead of Russia in avoiding sanctions, but both have successfully made the United States irrelevant after the current administration’s weaponization of the US dollar around the world. A “shadow fleet” of aging tankers is […]

Ukraine says 500 settlements without power as energy consumption hits record

Energy News Beat Nasdaq Ukrainian energy consumption hovered near record highs on Friday, increasing strains on the fragile power sector as nearly 500 settlements faced blackouts due to Russian shelling, air strikes and bad weather, officials said. Source: Reuters Ukraine, an exporter of electricity before Russia’s invasion in February 2022, has been forced to turn […]

Yemen’s Houthis warn they will target all Israel-bound ships in Red Sea

Energy News Beat News|Israel-Palestine conflict Yemen’s Houthi movement says it will target all ships heading to Israel, regardless of their nationality, and warned all international shipping companies against dealing with Israeli ports. “If Gaza does not receive the food and medicines it needs, all ships in the Red Sea bound for Israeli ports, regardless of […]

Daily Energy Standup Episode #266 – Weekly Recap: Unpacking EPA Regulations, COP28 Hypocrisy, and Texas Commissioner’s Stand Against Onerous Rules

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Weekly Top Stories EPA’s Final Rule for Oil and Natural Gas Operations Will Sharply Reduce Methane and Other Harmful Pollution. December 2, 2023 Stu Turley ENB Pub Note: We will review these regulations and report on the first-, second-, and third-order magnitude impacts.  EPA has issued a final rule that will […]

Is Xcel Energy holding back substation capacity from solar developers? It’s complicated.

Energy News Beat ​Clean energy advocates believe technical restrictions imposed by Xcel Energy are curtailing the expansion of solar energy in Minnesota. The Minnesota Solar Energy Industries Association and a group of more than 20 developers, clean energy organizations and individuals filed a complaint in September (E-999/CI-16-521) with the Public Utilities Commission arguing Xcel’s “technical […]

Americans making billions at the cost of Ukrainian lives – Kremlin

Energy News Beat The US Secretary of State has boasted that 90% of Ukrainian military aid is spent within the US economy Kiev needs to understand that Washington earns billions on the war in Ukraine while ordinary Ukrainians die, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at a press conference on Friday. He spoke a day after […]

Russian Arctic Center strikes unlikely partnership

Energy News Beat An agreement has been reached to exchange employees and graduates, offer joint training, and build expedition teams The Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Studies (FECIAR), the Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Geography (IGRAS), will cooperate on polar research with the University of Toamasina in Madagascar, the center’s […]

AfD designated ‘extremist’ in third region

Energy News Beat Security services in Saxony claim the party is “undoubtedly” pursuing an anti-constitutional agenda Authorities in the German region of Saxony have designated the local branch of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as an extremist group.e The move follows similar decisions in Thuringia and Sachsen-Anhalt, while the party is accused of being […]

EU may allow member states to ban Russian gas – FT

Energy News Beat The EU may allow member states to unilaterally end gas imports from Russia, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing draft legislation. According to the document, the measure would give any member state the power to “partially or, where justified, completely limit” or block Russian and Belarusian companies from buying capacity in […]

What’s really behind Biden’s threat to send Americans to fight Russia

Energy News Beat The US president’s tough talk is laying the ground to blame Republicans for “losing Ukraine” The president of the United States has caused a stir. Speaking to Congress, Joe Biden brought up the possibility of “American troops fighting Russian troops.” Biden, of course, has repeatedly had problems staying on script or keeping […]