Daily Energy Standup Episode #309 – Power Politics: PG&E, Municipal Misunderstandings, and China\’s Energy Game

Daily Standup Top Stories PG&E becomes California’s most expensive power provider February 14, 2024 Mariel Alumit On Jan. 1,  PG&E started charging 13% more for power. The rate hike – expected to cost an average family another $33 a month – will pay to bury power lines and other wildfire mitigation […] Do Municipal Politicians Actually know […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #308 – US Ascends as Top Oil Producer, OPEC Forecasts Demand Surge

Daily Standup Top Stories Visualizing the Rise of the U.S. as Top Crude Oil Producer February 13, 2024 Mariel Alumit Visualizing the Rise of the U.S. as Top Crude Oil Producer This was originally posted on Elements. Sign up to the free mailing list to get beautiful visualizations on natural resource megatrends in your email every week. Over […] OPEC […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #307 – Global Energy Developments: From Electric Buses to Geothermal Advancements

Daily Standup Top Stories Virginia legislation would activate state program to fund electric school buses February 12, 2024 Mariel Alumit   Virginia is on a roll transitioning to electric school buses. And that momentum could remain uninterrupted if legislators activate a precedent-setting but dormant initiative to tap into state dollars. Freshman Del. Holly Seibold has […] New […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #306 – Solar Expansion, Oil Deals, LNG Pressure, and Legislative Battles

Daily Standup 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 more […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #305 – Weekly Recap: Orsted\’s Strategy, Carbon Tax Impact, Nuclear Advocacy, Solar Labor Concerns, EV Resistance, and Hidden Costs of Net-Zero

Daily Standup Weekly Top Stories Orsted’s strategic shake-up has investors worried February 4, 2024 Stu Turley Wind firm Orsted will present its new strategy on Wednesday Company faces dilemma of cutting targets or raising capital Cutting dividend, asset sales could restore confidence -analysts COPENHAGEN, Feb 2 (Reuters) – Orsted (ORSTED.CO), opens new […] GOLDSTEIN: Trudeau government doesn’t know […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #304 – Lower Earnings, Record Consumption, and Geopolitical Shifts

Daily Standup Top Stories TotalEnergies reports lower LNG earnings, sales February 7, 2024 Allen Santos France’s TotalEnergies said on Wednesday that the company’s integrated LNG business logged a decline in its adjusted net operating income in the fourth quarter of 2023 due to lower prices. The company’s integrated LNG adjusted […] The True Costs Of Net-Zero Are […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #303 – Coal\’s Resurgence, EV Challenges, and BP\’s Strategy

Daily Standup Top Stories Biden Makes Coal Great Again As Exports Soar To India February 6, 2024 Stu Turley US thermal coal exporters recorded more than $5 billion in overseas sales in 2023, shipping upwards of 32.5 million metric tons of the high-polluting power fuel, according to Reuters, citing data from ship-tracking firm Kpler. These […] Why Americans […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #301 – Wind Farm Challenges, Global Warming Solutions, and Oil & Gas Finance Market Analysis

Daily Standup Top Stories Wind Farms Are Overstating Their Output — And Consumers Are Paying For It February 3, 2024 Stu Turley Dozens of British wind farms run by some of Europe’s largest energy companies have routinely overestimated how much power they’ll produce, adding millions of pounds a year to consumers’ electricity bills, according to market […]

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Daily Energy Standup Episode #300 – Weekly Recap: Net Zero Cost Concerns, LNG Export Halt, Turbine Explosions, and Africa\’s Energy Vision

Daily Standup Weekly Top Stories Energy Bills Set to Soar as Report Finds Almost All Major Studies on Net Zero Grossly Underestimate Cost January 28, 2024 Stu Turley ENB Pub Note: I have just interviewed data modeling experts who have found where the global warming narrative over the last four years has been manipulated to increase […]

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