An eclectic mix of energy and climate news from around the world compiled by Roger Andrews. A bit delayed this week because I have a job :-) Finding it difficult to keep all the strands running.
This week we again feature Tesla's Big South Australian Battery (BSAB), which Tesla claims is not getting paid for 30-40% of the energy it delivers to the grid. Stories to follow include: OPEC and Russia to stick together: Gazprom can't do without Ukraine's pipelines; Germany to convert to LNG; the Cyprus gas field conflict; blackout warnings in NSW; the Gulf's first hydro plant; the EU's "stupid" climate targets; the Europe-China interconnector; climate concerns can a UK coal mine; more climate change lawsuits on the cards in the US; thermal energy storage in crushed rock; global CO2 emissions rise in 2017 and palm trees in Canada.
Correct link to Blowout 221
http://euanmearns.com/blowout-week-221/
LNG is going to make the USA into the world’s largest energy exporter ? Am I exaggerating?
I believe that on a net energy tally, the US is now, and will be well into the future, an energy importer.