Category: Energy News Beat

AI Study Undercuts IPCC Claims: CO2’s Role in Warming Grossly Overstated

Energy News Beat AI analysis finds CO2’s role in warming overstated, with solar variability and natural causes driving climate trends, contradicting IPCC models. ​An analysis of climate data by the respected AI Grok 3 beta verifies that the hype that’s been promoted by the media and other climate change activists for the past forty years […]

German Industry Flees High Costs And Bureaucracy As Merz Breaks Promises

Energy News Beat German companies are relocating abroad due to high energy costs, taxes, and red tape, while Merz breaks campaign promises, worsening the business climate. ​ Blackout News here reports how a growing number of German industrial companies are relocating their production abroad, driven by soaring energy costs, stifling bureaucracy, and an increasing tax […]

Shell plans to boost LNG sales by up to 5 percent per year

Energy News Beat Shell announced this ahead of its Capital Markets Day which will be held in New York on Tuesday. The company did not provide further details regarding the LNG sales growth. Shell sold 65.82 million tonnes of LNG in 2024, a 2 percent decrease from 67.09 million tonnes of LNG in 2023. The […]

Delfin to supply LNG to Germany’s SEFE

Energy News Beat According to a statement by SEFE, the HoA is for the long-term supply of 1.5 million tonnes of LNG per year for at least 15 years. SEFE said the LNG supplies will be sourced from floating LNG (FLNG) vessels that Delfin is deploying approximately 40 miles offshore near Cameron, Louisiana, on the […]

The market impact of an ageing VLCC fleet

Energy News Beat Mette Frederiksen, head of research and insight at Tankers International, on the future of the VLCC trades. The VLCC market is changing significantly. While the global fleet continues to grow with the introduction of newbuilds, the ageing vessels in operation are losing efficiency, therefore slowing the actual growth of tonnage supply. Adding […]

UK to include shipping in its emissions trading scheme from next year

Energy News Beat DP World London Gateway The shipping sector will be brought under the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) from next year under new green maritime plans unveiled today which will see vessels soon use future fuels and plug into charge ports as part of the UK’s new goals for shipping operators to […]

SPAC Implosion Keeps on Giving: Genetic Data of 15 Million Customers up for Grabs at 23andMe Bankruptcy Auction

Energy News Beat California Attorney General urges Californians to direct 23andMe to delete their genetic data and samples. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Genetic testing and data collection company 23andMe, which had gone public via merger with a SPAC in 2021, finally filed for bankruptcy today. Shortly after the announcement of the company’s merger with Richard Branson’s […]

Icon Energy bolsters fleet with modern ultramax

Energy News Beat Dry CargoEurope Icon Energy Nasdaq-listed Greek bulker outfit Icon Energy is expanding its fleet by bringing in a 2020-built ultramax on a bareboat charter. The Ismini Panagiotidi-led company said the 63,668 dwt scrubber-fitted vessel, to be named Charlie, should join the fleet between May and August 2025. The deal includes an advance […]

Performance Shipping flips aframax for $21.5m profit

Energy News Beat EuropeTankers Performance Shipping Nasdaq-listed Greek tanker owner and operator Performance Shipping has nearly doubled its money by selling one of its aframaxes. The Andreas Michalopoulos company has offloaded the 2011-built P Yanbu for $39m after picking up the 105,400 dwt vessel in late 2020 for $22m. The Japanese-built unit has been delivered […]

Uni-Tankers brings in fresh tonnage

Energy News Beat EuropeTankers Uni-Tankers Denmark’s Uni-Tankers is renewing its fleet with two modern stainless steel vessels. The Per Ekmann-led outfit is adding the Selandia Swan to its owned fleet this spring. The ship is said to represent the company’s ongoing commitment to renewing its fleet with new, energy-efficient tonnage. Uni-Tankers is also bringing in […]