Category: Energy News Beat

Norway Wants to Scrap EU Power Links amid Surging Prices

Energy News Beat Norway’s ruling party and the opposition party leading in the polls ahead of next year’s election plan to campaign for cutting off an interconnector with Denmark and renegotiate electricity interconnections with the EU and the UK as Norwegian power prices have soared to multi-year highs. While not a part of the European […]

Proposed $70 billion AI data centre in MD of Greenview could launch an incredible new chapter for western Canadian energy

Energy News Beat In case you missed it the other day, the Municipal District of Greenview, in west-central Alberta, announced some rather huge plans: to develop the “world’s largest AI Data Centre industrial Park”. The potential total value of the project could exceed a staggering $70 billion. This might, just might, be the tip of […]

PPI, “Core” PPI, “Core Services” PPI Inflation Much Hotter after Whopper Up-Revisions Going Back Months

Energy News Beat The problem is in services, which account for 67% of PPI. But goods prices are re-accelerating too. The whole inflation scenario has changed. By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. The prior months’ data of the Producer Price Index were revised substantially higher today, powered by whoppers of upward revisions in the PPI for services, something […]

Commentary: To keep the lights on, the Midwest needs an ‘all of the above’ power grid

Energy News Beat   The following commentary was written by Carrie Zalewski, former Chair of the Illinois Commerce Commission and currently vice president of markets and transmission at the American Clean Power Association; and Brent Bailey, former Mississippi Public Service Commissioner and current vice president of operations at Efficient Power & Light LLC. See our commentary […]

Which state is rivaling California on EV leadership? Colorado

Energy News Beat California has long led the way on electric vehicles, but another Western state is challenging the Golden State’s top spot. Between July and September, nearly 25 percent of the vehicles registered in Colorado were electric or plug-in hybrids. In California, that figure was just over 24 percent. It’s not enough to crown Colorado the new undisputed leader […]

Argentina’s crude oil and natural gas production near record highs

Energy News Beat Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration and Argentina Ministry of Energy (Secretaría de Energía de la República Argentina [SESCO]) Crude oil and natural gas production in Argentina are both nearing record highs, driven by increasing output from the Vaca Muerta shale formation, which is offsetting declining output from conventional oil and natural gas fields. From January […]

Trump wants ‘day one’ US policy changes – Reuters

Energy News Beat ENB Pub Note: President Trump needs to put an updated Executive Order 13929 that he had implemented, and Biden terminated that Executive Order. That order “prohibits the acquisition or installation of “any bulk-power electric equipment designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied, by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction of […]

Russia announces BRICS+AI alliance

Energy News Beat The new collaboration is aimed at boosting technological partnerships between the group’s member states The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has announced the launch of an alliance within the BRICS group aimed at joint development of Artificial Intelligence (AI). RDIF chief executive, Kirill Dmitriev made the announcement on Wednesday on the sidelines […]

Waste from energy plant saves 2m tonnes of CO2

Energy News Beat Enfinium, an energy from waste operator, has said its Yorkshire site has saved 2.25 million tonnes of CO2. Its Ferrybridge 1 energy from waste facility has reached a milestone in diverting 6 million tonnes of unrecyclable waste from landfill. It’s been operational since 2015 and together with sister Ferrybridge 2 facility, makes […]

Deforestation and reforestation dynamics, Europe is driving a critical response to carbon removal

Energy News Beat   EU forests absorb around 10 per cent of the total EU emissions, playing an important role both in climate change mitigation and adaptation. Their innate ability to regenerate and adapt makes forests a great ally in facing the damaging effects of climate change. In November, the European Council approved a regulation establishing the EU’s first certification framework for […]