Category: Energy News Beat

Molgas continues European LNG bunkering expansion

Energy News Beat European small-scale LNG player Molgas continues to expand its LNG bunkering business with the completion of its first operations in Belgium. According to an emailed statement, the group’s two inaugural truck-to-ship bunkering operations took place on the same day beginning of this week, serving “diverse clients and vessel types in Zeebrugge and […]

Visegrad, Baltic farmers rally against EU policies, backed by national governments

Energy News Beat   Farmers from eastern European and Baltic countries – namely the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Bulgaria – joined forces on Thursday to protest against EU policies, with many of their governments either supporting the farmers or at least expressing their understanding. In a joint memorandum seen by Euractiv, […]

Iran sends Russia hundreds of ballistic missiles

Energy News Beat Iran has provided Russia with a large number of powerful surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, six sources revealed, deepening the military cooperation between the two US-sanctioned countries. Iran’s provision of around 400 missiles includes many from the Fateh-110 family of short-range ballistic weapons, such as the Zolfaghar, three Iranian sources said. This road-mobile missile […]

U.S. energy flows through Panama Canal rose slightly in January

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The race heats up for massive IRA state and local climate funding program

Energy News Beat ​[[{“value”:” State and local governments across the country are finalizing plans and preparing applications for a $5 billion federal climate grant program under the Inflation Reduction Act. The EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program has already distributed almost half a billion dollars to participating states and metropolitan areas to develop or […]

The race heats up for massive IRA state and local climate funding program

Energy News Beat ​[[{“value”:” State and local governments across the country are finalizing plans and preparing applications for a $5 billion federal climate grant program under the Inflation Reduction Act. The EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program has already distributed almost half a billion dollars to participating states and metropolitan areas to develop or […]

Daily Energy Standup Episode #314 – Russia’s LNG Ambitions: A Game-Changer for Global Energy Markets

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories Russia to triple LNG exports by 2030 – deputy PM February 21, 2024 Mariel Alumit The country now ranks fourth in the world in terms of liquefied natural gas sales, according to Aleksandr Novak Russia plans to continue ramping up both output and exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), […]

Spain’s main parties clash over EU trade policy as farmers take to the streets

Energy News Beat [[{“value”:” Spanish farmers on Wednesday (21 February) staged their biggest rally yet since protests began two weeks ago, as the ruling Socialist party and the centre-right opposition clashed in parliament over border controls and ‘mirror clauses’ in EU trade deals. “Everything that enters the EU is perfectly controlled,” Spain’s Agriculture Minister Luis […]

Climate change’s invisible threats for mental health

Energy News Beat [[{“value”:” There is a growing need for an EU agenda that would address mental health challenges linked to climate change, stakeholders told an expert conference in Brussels, urging a shift towards mitigation alongside adaptation efforts.  “We know that experiencing the trauma of your home burning down or being forced to move because […]

Holtec to get $1.5bn loan to restart Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan

Energy News Beat Located along the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in Covert Township, the Palisades nuclear facility is a single unit pressurised water reactor, which was permanently shut down by its previous owner Entergy in May 2022 after more than 50 years of operation US-based energy technology company Holtec International is reportedly poised to […]