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Britain’s £150 billion grid rebuild is being sold as the price of cheap, clean power. The more useful question is whether the country is paying to lock in an expensive, weather-dependent system after already shutting the firm plants that used to keep prices and industry competitive.

September 21, 2026 Clark Savage522

The National Energy System Operator’s figures put transmission investment at about £64 billion through 2030 and another £89 billion after that—more than £150 billion in all. The Guardian’s mapping of official recommendations points to well over 4,000 miles of new power lines by 2041, plus subsea cables and converter stations to move Scottish and offshore […]

Net Zero Has Done More Harm to the West—and the Atmosphere—While Benefiting China

September 20, 2026 Clark Savage267

How a policy sold as climate leadership transferred industrial power, energy security, and emissions to Beijing. David Blackmon put it as bluntly as anyone in energy journalism has: every facet of the West’s net-zero obsession and taxpayer-subsidized “energy transition” is designed, in practice, to benefit one country. That country is China. On September 20, 2026, […]

Laser Enrichment: America’s Path to Nuclear Fuel Independence

September 19, 2026 Clark Savage383

In this episode of the Energy News Beat Podcast, host Stu Turley sits down with Christo Liebenberg, President, Co-Founder, and Chief Technical Advisor of LIS Technologies, to explore one of the most promising solutions to America’s nuclear fuel crisis. As global demand for nuclear power accelerates—driven by AI data centers, electrification, and climate imperatives—the U.S. […]

U.S. Fuel Crisis Status, Next Steps and Impact to Consumers

September 18, 2026September 18, 2026 Clark Savage699

The United States is not short of crude oil. It is short of spare refining capacity, spare distillate inventory, and spare time. Diesel is the pressure point. National retail diesel is printing all-time highs near $6.40 a gallon. California is above $8.30. Midwest pump prices are breaking state records after ExxonMobil’s Joliet refinery in Illinois […]

Colorado oil and gas wells lag even with high oil prices.

September 17, 2026September 18, 2026 Clark Savage737

West Texas Intermediate is trading near $101 a barrel. National gasoline is $4.44 a gallon. Those are the conditions that usually refill rig lines and permit queues. In Colorado, they have not. As of September 17, 2026, Colorado operators had filed only 335 drilling permits over the trailing 24 months. In the last 90 days, […]

Fed Raises Rates Following Past Mistakes: A Supply Shock Treated as a Demand Problem

September 16, 2026 Clark Savage736

On September 16, 2026, the Federal Reserve raised the federal funds target range by 25 basis points to 3.75–4.00 percent, its first hike since July 2023. The decision was unanimous. Chair Kevin Warsh and the FOMC cited elevated inflation and said the move would support a “timelier return” to the 2 percent goal. Economic activity […]

Diesel and Refining Capacity Set to be the Inflationary Impact The Fed Can’t Control

September 12, 2026September 12, 2026 Clark Savage932

The Federal Reserve can raise rates. The Treasury can issue bills. Neither institution can weld a crude distillation unit back together after a drone strike, add inches to a California products pipeline, or refill Gatun Lake. That is the story of September 2026: crude is still findable; diesel is not. The constraint has moved downstream, […]

Behind the Meter (BTM): Why Oil & Gas Companies Are Also Becoming Power Companies

September 11, 2026September 12, 2026 Clark Savage822

Energy News Beat Channel — September 11, 2026 Hector Acevedo put the industry’s new map on the table this week: AI did not just raise electricity demand. It collapsed the old division of labor. Utilities no longer have a monopoly on electrons. Oil and gas companies no longer stop at molecules. Hyperscalers no longer wait […]

The 6,000 reasons the world can’t simply quit oil

September 8, 2026 Clark Savage241

ENB Pub Note: This article first ran on America Outloud by Ronald Stein and Hoshihiro Moronaka. We highly recommend subscribing and reading their stories. Social media, smartphones, computers, and the many electronic devices that did not exist a century ago are being called “addictive.” A similar question is now being asked about the products made from crude […]

Iran War Causes a Shift in Oil and Energy Markets

September 6, 2026 Clark Savage624

The war that began on February 28, 2026, with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, and Iran’s subsequent campaign against tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, has forced the largest rewrite of global oil trade routes in decades. Pre-war, roughly 20 million barrels per day of crude and products moved through Hormuz. Flows have […]

Category: Industry Insights

Britain’s £150 billion grid rebuild is being sold as the price of cheap, clean power. The more useful question is whether the country is paying to lock in an expensive, weather-dependent system after already shutting the firm plants that used to keep prices and industry competitive.

Net Zero Has Done More Harm to the West—and the Atmosphere—While Benefiting China

Laser Enrichment: America’s Path to Nuclear Fuel Independence

U.S. Fuel Crisis Status, Next Steps and Impact to Consumers

Colorado oil and gas wells lag even with high oil prices.

Fed Raises Rates Following Past Mistakes: A Supply Shock Treated as a Demand Problem

Diesel and Refining Capacity Set to be the Inflationary Impact The Fed Can’t Control

Behind the Meter (BTM): Why Oil & Gas Companies Are Also Becoming Power Companies

The 6,000 reasons the world can’t simply quit oil

Iran War Causes a Shift in Oil and Energy Markets

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