Category: Energy News Beat

The Rising Demand for Nuclear Power: A Call for Regulatory Reform

Energy News Beat The Increasing Global Demand for Nuclear Power The global demand for nuclear power is on the rise, with policymakers recognizing the safety and environmental benefits of nuclear energy in comparison to fossil fuels and renewables. This shift in preference is backed by a global survey conducted by market research firm Savanta on […]

Why’s The New York Times Fearmongering About Indonesia’s Presidential Frontrunner?

Energy News Beat It’s an information warfare provocation intended to manipulate voters’ perceptions of the frontrunner to the point that a run-off election is scheduled this summer, which could then give the US’ preferred candidate the chance that he needs to come to power and align Indonesia with America against China in the New Cold […]

Germany’s Alternoil inks another bio-LNG deal

Energy News Beat German LNG fueling station operator Alternoil has recently signed a deal to supply bio-LNG to compatriot logistics firm Contrail Transport. Alternoil, a part of avanca, said in a statement it would supply bio-LNG to Contrail for at least the next six years. It said that Visbek-based Contrail operates a modern fleet of […]

Spot LNG shipping rates drop below $60,000 per day

Energy News Beat Spot charter rates for the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier fleet dropped below $60,000 per day, while European and Asian prices also continued to decline this week. Last week, Spark30S Atlantic decreased to $83,500 per day, and the Spark25S Pacific decreased to $66,000 per day. “LNG freight rates have fallen for the seventh […]

SFL takes delivery of LNG-powered PCTC chartered by K Line

Energy News Beat China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) delivered SFL Corporation’s LNG dual-fuel pure car and truck carrier, Odin Highway. This PCTC will serve a charter deal with Japan’s K Line. CSSC’s GSI handed over the vessel with a capacity of 7,000 units to John Fredriksen-controlled SFL on January 19. The shipbuilder says this is […]

Shell’s QGC business to drill more wells

Energy News Beat Shell’s QGC business in Australia revealed plans to drill more wells as it looks to boost gas supply to its Queensland Curtis LNG export plant and the domestic market. Shell Australia said in a statement that about 115 newly planned gas wells would be drilled and connected in the Western Downs region […]

Status of the Housing Bust in San Francisco (Lowest Price for any December since 2017 & 2019), Silicon Valley & the Bay Area

Energy News Beat In 19 months, prices in San Francisco dropped nearly as much as in the first 19 months of Housing Bust 1. Overall Bay Area is well behind. We’re keeping score. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The median price of single-family houses In San Francisco dropped to $1.45 million in December, down by 29.6%, or […]

Daily Energy Standup Episode #291 – Evolving Energy Landscape: Renewables Bubble Burst, California Solar Woes, and the Chilling Impact on Net Zero Goals

Energy News Beat Daily Standup Top Stories 2023 – The Year The Renewables Bubble Burst January 20, 2024 Stu Turley In 2023. clean energy witnessed one of the toughest years in its short history. Supply chain issues, the energy crisis post Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing ramp of interest rates and inflation hit […] California […]

Mexican MP asks for prior consultation principle to be added to new Mining Law

Energy News Beat ​ Left-wing MP Mary Carmen Bernal presented an initiative before the Mexican Parliament to make prior consultation mandatory in the new Mining Law. In detail, Bernal proposed that if the Ministry Economy plans to grant mining concessions on Indigenous land, an informed, culturally appropriate and good-faith consultation must be carried out with […]

Global inventory of world’s mines needed – researchers

Energy News Beat ​A lack of a comprehensive inventory of the world’s mines and the absence of robust data on various aspects of mining operations is hampering sustainability efforts, a recent commentary in the journal Nature states. In the article, Victor Maus, a researcher in the Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability Research Group of the […]