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EU tearing itself apart over nuclear, gas, carbon and Russia
EU embraces wasteful hydrogen blending
Podcast: Why energy market volatility is here to stay
EU and US energy fortunes diverge, but for how long?
Energy transition = volatility
Introducing the Energy Flux podcast!
Big Oil’s painful offshore wind pivot
‘Greedy’ US natural gas producers face political heat
Woodside goes it alone on Scarborough LNG
Cheap, abundant ‘clear’ hydrogen – too good to be true?
The moral conundrum of carbon border taxes
COP26 must close the rhetoric gap without creating a supply gap
Will the world ever have a single unified power grid?
Inflation and volatility roil green PPA market
EU powerless to tame prices 💥 UK energy crisis deepens
Expensive gas = expensive hydrogen
POLL: Should I switch to Friday newsletters?
Demand destruction stalks Europe
China declares energy bidding war
‘The decarbonisation horse is out of the barn’
Don’t blame eco-activists for EU energy crunch *yet*
UK energy suppliers caught swimming naked
Too much politics, not enough gas
Net zero ain’t happening and CCS won’t save us
Natural gas is its own worst enemy
Afghanistan’s mineral bounty 💥 Big Oil’s chemical high
Woodside’s high-stakes BHP merger
UK sidesteps hydrogen culture wars
Blue hydrogen ‘dirtier than natural gas’
Brazil’s onshore oil renaissance
The glaring problem with ‘carbon neutral’ LNG
Forestry offsets on fire, literally | Peak fossil power | Germany’s dash for gas + MORE
EU’s green fuels strategy | hybrid gas-electric heating | coal’s comeback + MORE
Is the EU tipping the scales against green fuel imports?
Supersizing green fuels | Fit for 55 | A new use for coal? + MORE
Green ammonia seeks economies of scale
Covid, oil demand and energy equity | Loss-making coal | CO2 border taxes + MORE
Putting the Covid oil crash in context
‘Constraining oil supply is key to cutting demand’
Q&A: Mark van Baal, founder of Follow This
Moore’s law and renewables, blue hydrogen hurts LNG project + MORE
Moore’s law doesn’t apply to renewables
100% renewable US grid, DC makes a comeback + MORE
US can run on 100% renewable power – but should it?
Shell’s short term thinking, US methane regs, cash-starved shale + MORE
Republicans’ climate contortions, AI batteries, pricey green ammonia + MORE
US Republicans want to have their climate cake and eat it
BP denies over-paying for UK wind, global CO2 price, zero-carbon steel + MORE
‘We didn’t pay a premium’ – BP
Geothermal goes mainstream, India’s hydrogen haste + MORE
Bringing geothermal to the masses
Solar PV cost inflation, Big Oil’s ‘emissions intensity’ ruse + LOTS MORE
Solar PV enters uncertain new chapter
Equinor clings to ‘emissions intensity’ targets
NOCs’ painful renewables pivot, Volcano-powered bitcoin + MORE
El Salvador gets hot for bitcoin
UK’s nuclear demise, Oz solar-storage tech + MORE
Chevron takes a punt on solar-plus-storage tech
EDF calls time on UK’s costly AGR nuclear odyssey
‘Risk-free’ LNG, wind-powered oil rigs + MORE
Is the UK getting its first wind-powered oil platform?
Icelandic wind exports, Bitcoin’s energy crossroads + MORE
Ambitious Icelandic wind project aims to export power to UK grid
Bitcoin at energy crossroads as miners flee China
Japan, Australia attack IEA over ‘net zero’ + MORE
Japan and Australia attack IEA's ‘net zero’ pathway
Big Oil’s green spin-offs, NOCs’ net zero opportunity + MORE
Investors punish Big Oil for cutting dividends
National oil companies could be early winners on the road to ‘net zero’
IEA walks net zero tightrope, Bitcoin goes crazy for ESG + MORE
Bitcoin goes into ESG overdrive
IEA grapples with impossible trade-offs in landmark ‘net zero’ roadmap
Pipeline cyberattack lessons, Dutch carbon contract for difference + MORE
Netherlands subsidises Porthos CCS project with carbon ‘contract for difference’
Colonial pipeline ransomware debacle holds lessons for the energy transition
Hydro-powered bitcoin mining, hashing instead of flaring + MORE
Canadian oil producer mines bitcoin, snuffs out gas flare
Hydro-powered bitcoin miner lures institutional investors ahead of IPO
Tanzania’s zombie LNG megaproject, Total’s portfolio pivot + MORE
Total leans on its global LNG portfolio to mitigate Mozambique delays
Tanzania must make big concessions to revive zombie LNG project
Eni’s green spin-off, New York’s nuclear fallout, EV minerals crunch + MORE
EVs and wind turbines face critical minerals supply crunch
New York burns more gas after closing Indian Point nuclear power plant
Eni mulls green spin-off to relieve shareholders of low carbon burden
Bank holiday publishing schedule
Net zero effort: We need to talk about the urgent need for behavioural change
Leap of faith: Exxon bets the house on CCS and hydrogen (+ more)
Leap of faith: Exxon bets the house on explosive growth in CCS and hydrogen
EU taxonomy wrangling exposes uneven starting points in Europe's ‘net zero’ journey
CCS captures more US taxpayer dollars as part of Biden’s green jobs drive
Net zero impact? Climate summit pledges ‘barely move the carbon needle’
Brace yourself: The energy transition is happening ‘much faster than most realise’
You’re hired! Exxon promises US jobs bonanza in return for CCS subsidies
‘Red’ hydrogen: Has Russia sparked a battle for H2 market share in Europe?
‘Responsibly sourced gas’: Big US producers clean up their image, if not their act
Brave new world: Bitcoin opens digital frontier in global clean energy transition
Repent at leisure: Belgium’s rush to crush nuclear sparks dash for gas
Show me the money: Energy infrastructure lures private equity giants
Gas-fuelled fantasy: East Timor’s tortuous quest to decarbonise its tiny power grid
Stuck in a rut: hydrogen caught in polarised ‘hope versus hype’ debate
💥Energy Flux💥 Tuesday, 30th March 2021
💥Energy Flux💥 Monday, 29th March 2021
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