Britain’s operator says it will hold a 5.9 GW cushion this winter. An analyst working from its own workbook gets 0.5 GW. Prepared by ENB Research Desk for Stu Turley. Data as of Oct. 28, 2026 (CT). ENB opinons are labeled as Stu’s Take 1. Bottom line Verdict in brief Verdict: both grids remain inside […]
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In this Energy Realities podcast roundtable, hosts Dr. Tammy Nemeth, David Blackmon, and Stu Turley examine the rapidly shifting global energy landscape and the contradictions embedded in Western climate policy. The discussion spans from Qatar Energy’s landmark 23-year LNG supply agreement with Chenier—signaling natural gas as a permanent fixture in the global energy mix—to the […]
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Britain has spent years accelerating wind and solar deployment under Clean Power 2030 and net-zero targets. The generation numbers look impressive on paper. The grid, however, was not built for them, and the mismatch is now producing record costs, regular curtailment of green power, emergency interventions, and growing questions about reliability. Felicity Bradstock’s October 25, […]
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Panels, Chinese-linked inverters, rush interconnections, and what Iran-linked water cyberattacks teach ratepayers, utilities, and data-center investors This is the introduction for the Energy News Beat Research Desk on The Energy News Beat Substack. We are providing deeper dives for paid subscribers on Energy Topics, and this was requested by a paid subscriber. Bottom line up […]
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Eight months into the U.S.-Iran conflict that began in late February 2026, the Strait of Hormuz remains a restricted and dangerous chokepoint. Iranian attacks on commercial shipping have reached their highest levels of the war in October, with dozens of incidents reported and tankers still moving under U.S. naval coordination—often with AIS transponders off. While […]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a trilateral summit with U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping next month to discuss ending the war in Ukraine, according to an exclusive Wall Street Journal report cited by Bloomberg and other outlets on October 18-19, 2026.Bloomberg The idea was first raised during a phone call […]
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Iran says two loaded tankers hit mines. Ukraine ended a brief energy truce, the SPR put 17 million more barrels on offer, European wholesale gas sits $25 above the U.S. benchmark, and the Secretary of State is touring the world’s largest single-site refinery. Here is how this week’s five biggest stories land in your tank […]
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U.S. upstream oil and gas mergers and acquisitions are showing renewed momentum heading into the fourth quarter of 2026, with foreign strategic buyers and private equity sponsors emerging as key potential catalysts for a late-year surge. After volatility tied to geopolitical events earlier in the year tempered activity, dealmaking rebounded in the third quarter, and […]
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Peter Clack (@PeterDClack) recently put the central contradiction of the Western Net Zero project in plain terms: the green transition is now almost entirely dependent on hardware manufactured by the same industrial giant the West hoped to displace or outcompete. In a post that cuts to the heart of energy density, industrial policy, and geopolitical […]
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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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