Energy News Beat Dive Brief: Boston is pulling out of the race to be one of the 10 Massachusetts cities and towns allowed to ban fossil fuels in new construction through a state pilot program, Mayor Michelle Wu told The Boston Globe last week. Wu said she’d gotten “clear indications” that Boston would not be selected for the […]
Energy News Beat Tokyo Electric Power Holdings is accelerating preparations for the restart of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station in Niigata Prefecture. In the face of escalating fuel costs, restarting nuclear power stations is deemed crucial to stabilizing performance and maintaining a stable power supply. This move holds significant importance for the country’s energy policy as it strives […]
Energy News Beat The last time European petrochemical plants processed so little of their favorite feedstock, Sweden’s ABBA was the most popular band on the continent, and the Fall of Saigon had marked the end of the Vietnam War. It was 1975, and the region was still licking its wounds after the first oil crisis. […]
Energy News Beat The US State Department confirmed this week that it has the authority to revoke the visas of foreign nationals who express support for Hamas while living in the US. The announcement said it has “broad authority under the INA [Immigration and Nationality Act] to revoke visas” – contained in a letter issued […]
Energy News Beat China’s Hudong-Zhonghua has kicked off the construction of a new series of 23,000-teu LNG dual-fuel containerships for French shipping giant CMA CGM. The shipbuilder held the steel cutting-ceremony on November 17 for the vessel with a working name H1904A on November 17. Hudong-Zhonghua said this is the first of four 23,000-teu vessels […]
Energy News Beat Poland’s Gaz-System said it had not received binding capacity orders at a “sufficient level” to proceed with the implementation of the second FSRU as part of the LNG import project in Gdansk Bay. In July this year, Gaz-System launched a binding season for capacity bookings at the planned second FSRU with a […]
Energy News Beat China’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports rose in October compared to the same month last year, according to customs data. Data from the General Administration of Customs shows that the country received about 5.17 million tonnes in October, a rise of 29.5 percent compared to the same month last year. LNG imports in […]
Energy News Beat By Jan Nieuwenhuijs, of Gainesville Coins In a recent interview the Dutch central bank (DNB) shares it has equalized its gold reserves, relative to GDP, to other countries in the eurozone and outside of Europe. This has been a political decision. If there is a financial crisis the gold price will skyrocket, […]
Energy News Beat Ever since Friday’s release of more than 40,000 hours of Jan. 6 Capitol Police security video, dozens of clips debunking the Jan. 6 committee’s ‘violent insurrection’ narrative have been floating around X. Mike Lee raises questions In response to the exculpatory footage that the Jan. 6 committee never showed the American public, […]
Energy News Beat In 2022, 2.8 billion tonnes of metals were mined throughout the world – while major industries that directly consume processed mineral materials contribute 14% of the US economy. As Visual Capitalist‘s Bruno Venditti details below, here’s each metal’s contribution to the total: More via Visual Capitalist: Iron Ore Dominance Iron ore dominates […]
