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UK refineries are being killed off by high carbon costs. How U.S. Blue States are following the same playbook

September 1, 2026 Clark Savage44

Britain’s downstream oil sector is shrinking in real time. Two refineries closed in 2025—Grangemouth in April and Lindsey in August—leaving only four operating sites: Fawley, Humber, Pembroke, and Stanlow. Liquid fuels still account for 47 percent of UK final energy consumption. There are no scalable near-term substitutes for diesel in freight, agriculture, and construction or […]

California is handing control of its fuel supply to foreign refineries

August 31, 2026 Clark Savage44

ENB Pub Note: This article first ran on America Outloud by Ronald Stein and Mike Ariza. Both are great energy leaders and have been on the Energy News Beat Podcast. We highly recommend checking out America Outloud and subscribing. Because California’s transportation fuel market is isolated from the rest of the country, with no major […]

Global Diesel Shortage on the Horizon

August 31, 2026 Clark Savage61

If you think diesel prices will ease next year, Wall Street is not with you. On August 31, 2026, CoinBureau founder Nic Puckrin flagged Goldman Sachs for more than doubling its 2027 diesel-margin forecasts, arguing that refineries are being hit from every direction—Middle East strikes, Russian export bans, and winter demand—with diesel at the epicenter […]

“Profound Game-Changer”: Musk Launching New Turbine Blade Factory To Solve Shortage Threatening AI Boom

August 30, 2026 Clark Savage118

Elon Musk confirmed on August 29 that SpaceX is bringing the hardest part of the gas-turbine supply chain in-house: casting hot-section blades and vanes at a new foundry in Bastrop, Texas. He called the move “a profound game-changer” because those parts—not the rest of the machine—are what now set the pace of new natural-gas generation […]

Can We Learn From the Texas Blackout in 2021 to Avoid What’s Coming?

August 30, 2026August 30, 2026 Clark Savage63

Energy News Beat — The question is no longer whether Winter Storm Uri was a one-off. The question is whether the United States is still pricing electricity as if kilowatt-hours were interchangeable, when what grids actually sell is energy that shows up when people need it. A widely circulated Electroverse post this weekend put the […]

President Trump to Meet With Key Oil Refiners Next Week

August 29, 2026August 29, 2026 Clark Savage98

President Donald Trump is scheduled to sit down Tuesday afternoon, September 1, with executives from at least 10 U.S. fuel makers and distributors. The agenda is straightforward and politically urgent: persistently high gasoline and diesel prices, what the industry can do about them, and how to expand domestic refining capacity. We hope he looks for […]

US gas is winning the AI sprint. China is still winning the power marathon.

August 28, 2026 Clark Savage59

The United States has pulled ahead of China in building natural gas plants to feed AI data centers. That is a real, measurable shift. It is also not the whole race. Global Energy Monitor’s mid-2026 update, reported by the Washington Examiner, shows U.S. gas projects under construction at 52 GW after a 76% jump in […]

What happens if Canada shuts down the electricity to New York?

August 28, 2026August 28, 2026 Clark Savage47

ENB Pub Note: This article ran on The Energy News Beat Substack – to comment, head over there. Blue States and Rinos Should Be a Warning For Consumers and Voters Stu Turley (Me) has been saying it on the Energy News Beat channel for years: energy security starts at home, and energy dominance is displayed […]

What Are the Next Steps for Venezuela’s Oil Production?

August 28, 2026 Clark Savage57

President Trump’s administration is in advanced talks with Venezuela’s interim government for what officials describe as a “massive” energy deal: a U.S. ownership stake or long-term lease covering 17 of the country’s most promising oil and gas fields holding about 90 billion barrels of proven reserves. That is nearly a third of Venezuela’s world-leading 300 […]

Tesla’s “Project Crystal Sun” is a real tax-incentive filing for a $10.1 billion vertically integrated solar-cell and module plant in Fort Bend County, Texas. It is not yet a committed factory.

August 28, 2026 Clark Savage92

Commercial production is targeted for the first quarter of 2029 if Tesla picks the Texas site, wins incentives, and clears permits. Tesla has not disclosed annual gigawatt output, so any panel-count figure is an estimate, not an official number. The internal name is Project Crystal Sun. The public paper trail is a Jobs, Energy, Technology […]

Category: US Energy News

UK refineries are being killed off by high carbon costs. How U.S. Blue States are following the same playbook

California is handing control of its fuel supply to foreign refineries

Global Diesel Shortage on the Horizon

“Profound Game-Changer”: Musk Launching New Turbine Blade Factory To Solve Shortage Threatening AI Boom

Can We Learn From the Texas Blackout in 2021 to Avoid What’s Coming?

President Trump to Meet With Key Oil Refiners Next Week

US gas is winning the AI sprint. China is still winning the power marathon.

What happens if Canada shuts down the electricity to New York?

What Are the Next Steps for Venezuela’s Oil Production?

Tesla’s “Project Crystal Sun” is a real tax-incentive filing for a $10.1 billion vertically integrated solar-cell and module plant in Fort Bend County, Texas. It is not yet a committed factory.

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