Category: Energy News Beat

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, […]

China’s LNG imports rise in November

Energy News Beat China’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports rose for the second month in a row in November, according to customs data. Data from the General Administration of Customs shows that the country received about 6.80 million tonnes in November, a rise of 6.6 percent compared to the same month last year. This is the highest […]

Indian foreign minister planning visit to Moscow – media

Energy News Beat While in Russia, the top diplomat is expected to discuss improving connectivity to boost bilateral trade Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister, is planning a trip to Moscow later this month to review bilateral agreements and discuss connectivity initiatives, including the South Asian country’s investments in Russia’s emerging Far East Region, the […]

Anonymously funded group stokes local opposition to Ohio solar project

Energy News Beat ​ An anonymously funded group is spreading misinformation about a rural Ohio solar project, according to project backers and others who reviewed claims made at a recent event. Knox Smart Development was incorporated last month by Jared Yost, a Mount Vernon resident and opponent of the planned 120 megawatt Frasier Solar project. […]

How do sanctions negativily impact the enviornment? – A discussion with Armando Cavanha and Stu Turley

Energy News Beat Armando Cavanha is a global thought energy thought leader with years of experience with Big Oil and is now a professor with international reach. Please follow Armando on his LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cavanha/ Some of the unintended consequences of the weaponization of the U.S. Dollar are critically hindering the move to net zero […]

A Shale Oil CEO’s Second Act: Going Green

Energy News Beat For almost a decade, Tony Sanchez III was the epitome of a shale-boom CEO—furiously drilling oil wells, piling on debt and hunting quail and nilgai with fellow executives near his family’s ranch in South Texas. Then tumbling oil prices and heavy debt helped send his company, Sanchez Energy, into bankruptcy in 2019. Now Sanchez […]

DAVID BLACKMON: This Agency Is Scrambling To Adjust Its Absurd ‘Peak Oil’ Predictions

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: David Blackmon’s articles on the Daily Caller, Forbes, and Substack are fantastic. We recommend subscribing to them all, and his Substack is HERE: https://blackmon.substack.com/.  The IEA also just released their 2023 coal report which is a stark opposite of their predictions of “Peak Oil.”.  The full report on coal […]

Germany Ends Electric Vehicle Subsidies Abruptly In Latest Blow To Tesla

Energy News Beat Germany on Saturday effectively ended electric vehicle subsidies immediately. Tesla already is losing Model 3 subsidies in France and the U.S. Electric vehicle subsidies are ending in Germany abruptly, the government announced Saturday, a blow for Tesla (TSLA), Volkswagen (VWAGY), BMW (BMWYY), Stellantis (STLA) and more. German’s coalition government, facing a budget crisis, is ending the “environmental bonus” program as […]

Russia boosts fuel exports to Central Asian country

Energy News Beat More than 176,000 tons of liquefied petroleum gas have been supplied to Afghanistan this year Afghanistan has doubled imports of Russian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) since the beginning of the year, as Moscow diversifies its energy flows from the EU to new markets, Reuters reported this week. Russia supplied over 176,000 tons […]

Russia wants to improve ties with NATO, not fight – Putin

Energy News Beat Moscow has no fundamental disputes with Western countries, but they insist on confrontation, the president has said Russia does not have the slightest reason to attack NATO, President Vladimir Putin has said, adding that the US-led military bloc is well aware that Moscow has no plans to do so. In an interview […]