The UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) has formally objected to the proposed Hope Moor Wind Farm in Yorkshire and County Durham, warning that 23 turbines—each up to 200 meters tall, roughly twice the height of Big Ben—could degrade radar systems used to track Russian jets, missiles, and other low-flying threats.Dailysceptic In a letter seen by The […]
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Nine huge stories from the Energy News Beat Team – Buckle Up This was our second Live feed to Substack, and as we try to grow here, we want to hear from you: what is important, and what we can do better. I am still on a small high this week as we have been […]
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On 5 October 2026, members of the Green Party of England and Wales voted at their autumn conference to drop the party’s longstanding blanket opposition to nuclear power. The motion removes nuclear fission from the list of technologies the party had committed to phase out and reclassifies it as a low-carbon option that can be […]
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Politicians, Permitting Reform, and the Collapse of Energy Logic In this episode of the Energy Realities podcast, hosts Dr. Tammy Nemeth, Stu Turley, and David Blackmon tackle the rampant contradictions plaguing modern energy policy across North America and beyond. From Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s sudden reversal on natural gas pipelines to Canada’s conflicting signals on […]
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Global electricity demand is growing faster than the grids that have to carry it. The constraint is no longer just generation. It is the hardware that steps voltage up and down—large power transformers and the related substation gear—and the industrial base that used to build them. The International Energy Agency’s Electricity 2026 report puts global […]
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President Trump’s Midterm Diesel Probability Forecasting Tool ties record distillate prices directly to Senate control odds less than five weeks before the November 3 vote. Retail on-highway diesel sat at $6.382 per gallon for the week of September 28 (EIA), down only modestly from the $6.529 record the prior week and more than $2.60 above […]
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A forecast is not a plan. A storage target is not a molecule. And a press release about “diversified supply” does not fill a cavern in Bavaria when the cargo is sitting in the Pacific because Seoul or Dhaka paid more. As of late September 2026, the European Union is heading into the heating season […]
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The Energy Realities Team of Dr. Nemeth, David Blackmon, and Stu Turley was in rare form this morning. In this roundtable discussion, three energy experts examine the perfect storm of policy decisions, geopolitical conflicts, and ideological commitments that have created a global energy crisis. Hosted by Stu Turley of Energy News Beat, with guests Dr. […]
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The official line since the energy crisis has been simple. Families and businesses are exposed because fossil-fuel prices are set internationally. After the latest Middle East shock, ministers said Britain had to “get off the fossil fuel rollercoaster” and that “when global gas prices spike, people here shouldn’t be picking up the tab.” Ofgem and […]
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Diesel prices in the United States have smashed records, topping $6 per gallon nationally and exceeding $7 on the West Coast, while inventories sit well below five-year averages. Truckers, farmers, freight operators, and industrial users feel it first. The pain is global: European and Asian markets have also hit or approached records as middle-distillate supplies […]
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