A Kern County oilman briefed two Cabinet secretaries on a plan to store sunlight as heat in old California oil fields for weeks at a time. The physics is real, and a national lab study backs storage on a terawatt-hour scale. But the only funded test is a 100-kilowatt pilot, and some of the biggest […]
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The President signed the refining authority in April, and $1 billion has moved to the Energy Department. But ENB found no refinery award; most of the law expires Dec. 11, and the first big new refinery since 1977 is not due until 2028-29. The barrels that could come fastest are restarts and a wider shipping […]
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Peter Clack (@PeterDClack) recently put the central contradiction of the Western Net Zero project in plain terms: the green transition is now almost entirely dependent on hardware manufactured by the same industrial giant the West hoped to displace or outcompete. In a post that cuts to the heart of energy density, industrial policy, and geopolitical […]
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By Stuart Turley, host of the Energy News Beat podcast • Published Oct. 10, 2026 • Strike, reactions, prices and storm data as of 6:30 a.m. CT, Sat., Oct. 10, 2026 • Follows our Friday report, Trump Says Russia Will Supply Diesel If you haul freight, plant wheat or heat a house with oil, this […]
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Hurricane Isaias, the first named hurricane of the 2026 Atlantic season, made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Destin, Florida, late Friday evening, bringing destructive winds, storm surge, and heavy rain that left hundreds of thousands of utility customers in the dark across the Gulf Coast and into the Southeast.Bloomberg If you have power, […]
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Isaias had 110 mph winds at 7 a.m. CDT Friday, on the cusp of major-hurricane strength, and is expected to come ashore between Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle tonight or early Saturday. It has already shut in 62.9% of Gulf oil output. Here is what the next one to three weeks could mean at the […]
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After the $58 billion Coterra merger, a $4.2 billion South Texas sale buys time—not a full reset—in a $90-plus oil market. Hat tip to Reese Energy Consulting and Steve Reese for highlighting this, and we will be covering this on a podcast with him soon. Devon Energy’s February all-stock combination with Coterra Energy closed in […]
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Pacific Gas and Electric is warning customers that it may implement Public Safety Power Shutoffs (PSPS) starting Friday afternoon, October 9, 2026, and extending through the weekend into Monday as dry, gusty winds raise wildfire risk across parts of Northern and Central California. Local reporting citing PG&E notifications puts the potential scope at about 12,200 […]
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Chinese-headquartered companies have delivered more than 70 GW of inverters to America’s commercial and utility solar plants, while each U.S. grid is designed to ride through the sudden loss of roughly 2.8 to 3.9 GW. Replacing one big transformer now takes about two and a half years. What has actually been found, what Washington has […]
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Larry Schweikart stops by the Energy News Beat Podcast and the Energy Impacts Podcast. In this wide-ranging political and energy analysis podcast, hosts David Blackmon and Stu Turley sit down with renowned political analyst and historian Larry Schweikart to discuss the critical issues shaping the 2026 midterm elections and beyond. With just 27 days until […]
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