Category: Energy News Beat

Australia edge South Africa to set up Cricket World Cup final with India

Energy News Beat Sports|ICC Cricket World Cup Australia will play Virat Kohli and India for the Cricket World Cup trophy after beating South Africa by three wickets in a semifinal thriller. After restricting the South Africans to 212 – despite David Miller’s defiant 101 – Australia eked their way to 215-7 to win with 16 […]

Telecommunications cut off in Gaza after fuel runs out

Energy News Beat Palestinian telecommunications companies Jawwal and Paltel have announced their network went out of service in the Gaza Strip as a result of failure to allow fuel into the besieged territory. The companies wrote in statements on X on Thursday that “all energy sources sustaining the network have been depleted”. They had warned […]

German police raid Islamic centre over alleged ties to Iran, Hezbollah

Energy News Beat News|Israel-Palestine conflict Police in Germany have conducted raids at 54 sites across the country as part of an investigation into an Islamic centre for alleged links to Iran and the Tehran-backed group Hezbollah. The Ministry of the Interior said Thursday’s operation primarily targeted the Islamic Centre of Hamburg (IZH) as well as […]

‘The land is still alive’: A Mapuche leader’s fight for home in Argentina

Energy News Beat Bariloche, Argentina – Standing on the land she inhabited for five years, 22-year-old Betiana Colhuan scrolled through her phone’s camera roll. The screen flickered with memories of home: an image of Colhuan sitting in a field of yellow flowers. Another of her small son standing in front of the white horse she […]

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians after alleged West Bank attack

Energy News Beat Three Palestinians have been killed after allegedly carrying out a shooting attack at an Israeli checkpoint near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank amid soaring violence across the territory. At least six members of the Israeli security forces were wounded in the attack, one critically, Israeli police said on Thursday. list of […]

Is Israel using communication blackouts in Gaza as a weapon of war?

Energy News Beat Israel’s war on Gaza has taken a multitude of shapes, but the bombing and the raids are only part of the story. Another less talked-about weapon is connectivity – or lack thereof. list of 4 items list 1 of 4 Live on TikTok: Cousin of Palestinian activist beaten by Israeli soldiers list […]

U.S. crude oil inventories increase by 3.6 million barrels

Energy News Beat Weekly Crude Oil Storage as of November 10, 2023 Click for EnerCom Analytics Dashboard. U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 3.6 million barrels from the previous week.  At 439.4 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 2% below the five year average for […]

After 8-year effort, another proposed natural gas power plant in Allegheny County is nixed

Energy News Beat Another proposed natural gas power plant has been called off in Western Pennsylvania, this one after eight years of development, permitting and opposition. Chicago-based Invenergy, which was developing the Allegheny Energy Center project in Elizabeth Township, surrendered its installation permit last week and withdrew its application to connect to the regional grid. […]

What’s Keeping the Lights On?

Energy News Beat Welcome to Grid Brief! Normally, today would be our rundown of power generation in America’s power markets. But the Energy Information Administration is still ironing out its data maintenance. So, rather than looking at generation, we’re going to look at reliability and resource adequacy in America’s power markets based on two recent […]

Adnoc plans to boost Das Island LNG capacity by 0.9 mtpa

Energy News Beat Adnoc Gas, the gas and LNG unit of UAE’s energy giant Adnoc, plans to add about 0.9 mtpa of production capacity at its Das Island liquefaction plant by debottlenecking the terminal’s three liquefaction trains. The liquefaction and export terminal on Das Island in the Persian Gulf currently has a capacity of 6 […]