HF Sinclair posts a profit and closes its only Canadian lubricant (base oil) refinery. Not because of no profits, but it is not worth doing business with Net Zero Leadership.

HF Sinclair Corporation (NYSE: DINO) just delivered its strongest quarterly results in years while simultaneously announcing it will retire the base oil refining assets at its Mississauga, Ontario facility—Canada’s largest (and essentially only significant) producer of Group II and Group III base oils. The decision comes amid a highly profitable lubricants segment, not losses. The […]

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Britain Doubles Down on Wind by Moving to Floating Wind Farms for More Expensive Energy

Britain is running out of shallow waters suitable for fixed-bottom offshore wind turbines and is now pivoting aggressively to floating wind farms in deeper seas around Scotland, Wales, and Cornwall. According to recent reporting, the government aims for roughly 3,000 new floating turbines over the next 10–15 years (about 500 by 2030), adding around 30 […]

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What if 9 Substations were Targeted on the US Grid? Would Jon Wellinghoff’s Prediction of an 18-Month US Grid Blackout Happen?

The U.S. power grid faces a long-standing vulnerability that has resurfaced in recent discussions: a coordinated attack on a small number of critical substations could trigger a cascading nationwide blackout lasting months—or longer. This warning, originally highlighted by former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, stems from analysis following the 2013 Metcalf substation […]

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Why does Britain have the most expensive energy in the world? And why do Blue States Follow?

Hat tip to Claire Coutinho (then Energy Secretary, now Shadow Secretary of State for Energy) and the think tank Onward with modeling by Transira Energy. This article was first published on the Energy News Beat Substack.  Britain’s electricity prices rank among the highest in the developed world—frequently the highest for industrial users among IEA countries and […]

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Home>Conversations In Energy With Stu Turley>The Energy Crisis is Coming: How Home Battery Systems Are Becoming Essential Infrastructure The Energy Crisis is Coming: How Home Battery Systems Are Becoming Essential Infrastructure

Steven Wang, CEO of Jackery Americas, stops by the Energy News Beat Podcast There are way too many warning signs across the globe and in the US. We have a real treat with Steven Wang, CEO of Jackery Americas, talking about solutions and what’s around the corner. I would like to get Steven and Doomberg on a […]

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China impacted the global oil supply, and moved the crisis downstream. Diesel is the next inflationary problem for the Trump Administration.

Brent crude hovering near $91 a barrel might look manageable on a trading screen. Jeff Currie, the veteran commodities strategist now at Carlyle Group, argues that focus is dangerously misplaced. “Nobody on the planet Earth consumes crude oil,” Currie told CNBC. “Refineries do. Everyone else consumes gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, and those markets look […]

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