Month: February 2024

Daily Energy Standup Episode #319 – Challenges in Climate Action, EV Market, Green Building, State Policies, and Corporate Investments

Clark Savage6

Daily Standup Top Stories Demagogues imperilling global fight against climate breakdown, says Kerry February 28, 2024 Mariel Alumit The populist backlash against net zero around the world is imperilling the fight against climate breakdown and must be countered urgently or we face planetary destruction “beyond comprehension”, the US climate chief, John Kerry, has warned. […] Apple’s EV exit […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #318 – Surging LNG Demand, Wyoming\’s Wind Boom, and Market Uncertainties

Clark Savage6

Daily Standup Top Stories U.S. Electricity Generation by Source in 2023: Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear, Wind, Hydro, Solar, Geothermal, Biomass, Petroleum February 27, 2024 Mariel Alumit By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET. Electricity generation, as measured in gigawatt-hours, has gotten hammered by a near-stagnation in demand since 2007, as efforts to make everything more efficient have produced results for […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #317 – Granholm\’s Clean Energy Agenda, First Solar\’s Impact, and Saudi Arabia\’s Oil Woes

Clark Savage8

Daily Standup Top Stories Energy Secy. Granholm explains the clean energy ‘battle’ – Really? February 26, 2024 Stu Turley The Biden administration has made some big investments into infrastructure and clean energy initiatives within the US. However, two years into the push to transition the country to clean energy, the government is still behind […] First Solar […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #315 – Weekly Recap: EVs, Nuclear Reactors, and California\’s Climate Conundrum

Clark Savage6

Daily Standup Top Stories Even the World’s Biggest Electric-Vehicle Market Is Slowing February 18, 2024 Stu Turley HONG KONG—Chinese electric-vehicle makers that enjoyed years of explosive growth now face a slowdown in domestic demand, spurring them to push overseas and challenge global auto giants already struggling with a transition to battery-powered cars. A subsidies-driven […] Government Approves Construction Permit […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #313 – Wind Farms Paid to Stay Offline and China\’s Real Estate Woes: Affecting Oil Demand Dynamics

Clark Savage6

Daily Standup Top Stories Two Wind Farms Received Over $100 Million To Switch Off February 20, 2024 Mariel Alumit Regular readers will know that I have long been concerned over the extraordinary level of payments to wind farms to switch off. These so-called ‘constraint payments’ are deemed necessary when the wires in the transmission […] The Kremlin […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #312 – EV Rollback, Toyota\’s Strategy, and LNG Ban

Clark Savage8

Daily Standup Top Stories Shocking development: Biden plans to roll back rule designed to juice EV push on country February 19, 2024 Mariel Alumit The Biden administration is planning to slow down the rollout of a rule that was designed to juice the United States’s transition to electric vehicles. The administration is reportedly planning to relax its limits on tailpipe emissions, […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #311 – EV Market Slump, California Oil Battles, and Nuclear Power Advancements

Clark Savage8

Daily Standup Top Stories Even the World’s Biggest Electric-Vehicle Market Is Slowing February 18, 2024 Stu Turley HONG KONG—Chinese electric-vehicle makers that enjoyed years of explosive growth now face a slowdown in domestic demand, spurring them to push overseas and challenge global auto giants already struggling with a transition to battery-powered cars. A subsidies-driven […] China’s stock market collapse […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #310 – Weekly Recap: The Energy Debate: Solar Expansion, Oil Well Shutdowns, and Renewable Transitions

Clark Savage6

Daily Standup Weekly Top Stories Biden plan will earmark millions of acres of public land for solar development February 11, 2024 Stu Turley On Jan. 17, the Biden administration unveiled a draft analysis of a plan that identifies millions of acres of public land as suitable for utility-scale solar development across 11 Western states — and millions […]

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