(Click a bullet point to open the relevant article) Monday – 18th March LNG supply into Europe and UK is growing causing unit cost to decrease. Supply is becoming more diverse. Qatar dominance has waned in recent months with USA, Russia now delivering along with Cameroon, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago. 3 graphs are worth a quick…
Month: Mar 2019
Third Update of March 2019 – An overview of last weeks Energy news
(Click a bullet point to open the relevant article) Monday – 11th March Another one bites the dust (UK energy provider). This time it is Brilliant Energy. FT counts 11 UK utility companies have gone under since January 2018. 1 million customers have been displaced. Hydro-electric schemes in Scottish Highlands face local opposition. Report from…
Second Update of March 2019 – An overview of last weeks Energy news
(Click a bullet point to open the relevant article) Monday – 4th March Article makes the case for combination of demand-side response, gas power and European interconnectors meaning we can rely on power supply during periods of high demand and low output from renewable sources. In the Netherlands, an auction to provide offshore wind has…
First Update of March 2019 – An overview of last weeks Energy news
(Click a bullet point to open the relevant article) I thought the below chart was well worth including (kindly permitted for inclusion by its owner, Dr Grant Wilson from Birmingham University Energy Institute). It captures 4 years of UK energy in the same unit (GWh) showing gas, electricity and transport demand. Tuesday – 26th February…