Category: Energy News Beat

Cold weather prompts National Grid to activate energy blackout scheme

Energy News Beat The National Grid is to pay some households to cut their energy use after activating its blackout prevention scheme during the current cold snap. Eligible properties with smart meters will be offered cash and other rewards in return for reducing their usage between 5pm and 6.30pm on Wednesday, it has been announced. […]

Auto Dealers Call on Biden to Hit Brakes on Unrealistic, Unachievable Electric Vehicles Mandate

Energy News Beat A coalition of nearly 4,000 auto dealers on Tuesday sent a letter to President Joe Biden explaining why his plans to force Americans into electric vehicles are unworkable. The bottom line: Despite subsidies to car manufacturers to make the EVs, and tax credits for drivers to buy the cars, only 7% of new vehicle […]

Royal Caribbean takes delivery of LNG-powered giant in Finland

Energy News Beat Royal Caribbean International, a unit of Royal Caribbean, has taken delivery of its LNG-powered Icon of the Seas from Finland’s Meyer Turku. After 900 days of design and construction by thousands of experts, Royal Caribbean International welcomed the highly anticipated Icon of the Seas to the family on November 27, it said […]

UAE officially stops using dollar for oil trades

Energy News Beat The global financial landscape is witnessing a seismic shift as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) boldly moves away from the US dollar in its oil trade dealings. This strategic pivot aligns with the broader ambitions of the BRICS economic alliance, of which the UAE is a recent addition. The changeover, involving the transition to […]

Delfin seals long-term LNG supply deal with Gunvor

Energy News Beat Delfin Midstream, the US developer of a floating LNG export project in the Gulf of Mexico, has signed a long-term liquefied natural gas supply deal with a unit of Geneva-based energy and LNG trader, Gunvor. Delfin LNG, a unit of Delfin Midstream, and Gunvor Singapore entered into the LNG sale and purchase […]

CoolCo says LNG newbuild duo still available for charter

Energy News Beat LNG carrier operator CoolCo is still in talks with charterers to find work for two newbuild LNG vessels it purchased from its largest shareholder Eastern Pacific Shipping. “CoolCo continues to be in discussions with multiple potential charterers seeking employment for the newbuilds,” the firm said in its third-quarter report on Tuesday. CoolCo exercised […]

Origin: Australia Pacific LNG deliveries impacted as tanker loses power at jetty

Energy News Beat Deliveries from the ConocoPhillips-operated Australia Pacific LNG plant on Curtis Island have been delayed as a loaded LNG tanker docked at the terminal’s jetty had lost power and was unable to leave, according to shareholder Origin. Origin, which is subject to a takeover offer from a consortium consisting of Canada’s Brookfield Asset Management […]

Germans Have Become Welfare Piggy-Bank For Immigrants, New Govt Data Reveals

Energy News Beat Authored by John Cody via Remix News, Germany’s welfare system is being dragged down by the country’s growing immigrant population, with data from the country’s Federal Employment Agency showing that over six out of 10 welfare recipients deemed able to work are migrants. The country’s welfare system, once referred to as Hartz […]

2024 Will Be The Busiest Political Year On Record – and potentially violent

Energy News Beat Yesterday, Deutsche Bank’s Jim Reid published his 2024 World Outlook titled “The race against time” (which we will discuss shortly), and which refers to the fact that funding has dried up or tightened considerably over the last couple of years for various parts of the economy as rates have risen. So can […]

‘Massive’ federal solar investment could mean big utility savings in Kentucky coal country

Energy News Beat ​ An unlikely collaboration between a Kentucky coalfield county and Kentucky’s largest city began when a former high school English teacher, Megan Downey, walked into the Lawrence County courthouse in Louisa in August.   Inspired by a personal desire to find ways to tackle the impacts of climate change, Downey had launched a […]