Daily Standup Top Stories The “Energy Transition” Won’t Happen July 16, 2024 Mariel Alumit The laptop class has rediscovered a basic truth: foundational innovation, once adoption proceeds at scale, is followed by an epic increase in energy consumption. It’s an iron law of our universe. To illustrate that law, […] China plans low-carbon upgrades for coal power […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Three major solar farms get green light in the East of England July 15, 2024 Mariel Alumit The Secretary of State for Energy has approved the construction of three major solar farms in the east of England. Sunnica on the Suffolk/Cambridgeshire border, Gate Burton in Lincolnshire and Mallard Pass in Lincolnshire and […] […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories South Dakota clashes with Minnesota on clean energy, coal plant closures July 8, 2024 Mariel Alumit SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A political border war between South Dakota and Minnesota on how to handle tax policies, abortion and the pandemic response could spill over into renewable energy and the future of coal […] ConocoPhillips […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories The Myth of the Inevitable Rise of a Petroyuan June 11, 2024 Stu Turley In diplomacy, what’s left unsaid often matters more than what’s said. After Chinese President Xi Jinping met the king of Saudi Arabia in December, both nations issued lengthy readouts extolling the burgeoning Saudi-Sino relationship in […] Don’t Bet Against […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Shell plans job cuts in offshore wind business as CEO refocuses on oil and gas May 29, 2024 Mariel Alumit (Bloomberg) – Shell Plc is preparing to cut staff from its offshore wind business as Chief Executive Officer Wael Sawan moves the company away from the capital-intensive renewable energy sector. The British […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories The U.S. Data Center Energy Train Wreck May 26, 2024 Stu Turley ENB Pub Note: I had the pleasure of interviewing Ron Miller on the podcast, and here is one of his outstanding articles. I highly recommend following him on Linkedin. The U.S. and the world are […] US Power Demand Surge Spurs […]
Continue ReadingWeekly Daily Standup Top Stories Who is paying for the Free Energy Wind?- or as Penguin Empire Reports – “Who’s paying for lunch?” May 18, 2024 Stu Turley ENB Pub Note: This is a guest post from the Pengquin Empire Reports Substack. We highly recommend supporting and following them. “In the financial world, it tends to […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Who is paying for the Free Energy Wind?- or as Penguin Empire Reports – “Who’s paying for lunch?” May 18, 2024 Stu Turley ENB Pub Note: This is a guest post from the Pengquin Empire Reports Substack. We highly recommend supporting and following them. “In the financial world, it tends to be […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Lessons from Texas for California, New York and Other Green Virtue Signaling States May 8, 2024 Mariel Alumit Drops in power generation from wind farms, hydro dams and nuclear reactors has forced the operator of the electric grid in Texas – one of the largest power systems in the United States – […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Wind farms are useless, says Duke of Edinburgh April 14, 2024 Stu Turley In a withering assault on the onshore wind turbine industry, the Duke said the farms were “a disgrace”. He also criticised the industry’s reliance on subsidies from electricity customers, claimed wind farms would “never work” […] Investors Bet On Further […]
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